Internet-threat portal on tap from Tipping Point. ThreatLinQ, currently in beta testing, will enable customers to check threat intelligence that TippingPoint gathers, see polls of how other customers are handling the problems, and view the kind of attacks that are occurring and their originating IP addresses.Check Point introduces VPN-1, new software that is intended to protect virtual machines running on the same piece of hardware from each other, and is also capable of performing network address translation between the virtual servers and the external network.An analyst says not many companies are likely to take advantage of Microsoft’s new tier of support in the near-term, but the company will take a more collaborative approach to working with those customers who do, to maintain the health of their IT networks. And at least Microsoft is not forcing customers to move to Premier Ultimate the way SAP did with its highest-end option. Related: Dialing down software support costs. According to reports posted to Apple’s support forum, the iPhone 2.0.2 firmware fails to fix 3G reception problems such as dropped calls, weak signal strength, and slow surfing speeds. And Randall Kennedy sees some signs indicating that Microsoft might be abandoning Vista and, instead, shifting its attention to Windows 7. Randall Kennedy even suggests that the summer of 2008 will go down as Vista’s swan song. Is Microsoft finally throwing in the Windows Vista towel? Security