Intel Corp.'s attempt to stanch the loss of market share to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., its smaller rival in the computer microprocessor business, appears to be working and may allow it to gain lost ground over the next six months, analysts said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- July 11, 2006
Reacting to complaints from users, Microsoft has quietly decided to give Vista users who do not have the latest display technologies a somewhat "cooler" user interface than what has been seen in the beta copies so far.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 11, 2006
With Exchange Server 2007 expected later this month in a feature-complete Beta 2 version, it's time to get serious about evaluating the server.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 10, 2006
Adesso Systems, Inc. will use Microsoft's WorldWide Partner Conference, which kicks off in Boston on Tuesday, to raise the curtains on its first partner program aimed at developers looking to create Web-based mobile and distributed applications.
- By Ed Scannell
- July 10, 2006
Microsoft said this week it has started an open-source project on the SourceForge collaborative software development management site to create free translators that can transform Office Open XML documents into OpenDocument format and vice versa.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 06, 2006
An FBI computer consultant gained access to the secret passwords of Director Robert Mueller and others using free software found on the Internet, the latest embarrassment in the bureau's long struggle to modernize its computers.
- By The Associated Press
- July 06, 2006
Britain's top law enforcement official on Thursday approved the extradition to the United States of an alleged computer hacker accused of damaging U.S. military systems.
- By The Associated Press
- July 06, 2006
Microsoft is shipping a free downloadable tool to let users create a private folder where they can store sensitive files.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 06, 2006
Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to close an undisclosed number of offices worldwide over the next four years to cut real estate costs.
- By The Associated Press
- July 06, 2006
Lucid8 LLC announced last week it is shipping the latest update to its DigiVault continuous data protection and disaster recovery package for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 and 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 05, 2006
Altiris, Inc., last week announced the Altiris Endpoint Security Solution, a package meant to help IT set a balance between security and business productivity.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 05, 2006
In a major step toward new penalties against Microsoft Corp., Europe's antitrust regulators voted unanimously Monday in favor of fining the world's largest software company for flouting a 2004 ruling, two people close to the case said.
- By The Associated Press
- July 03, 2006
Data storage provider EMC Corp. saw its stock dive Friday after announcing a $2.1 billion deal for RSA Security Inc. that represented a hefty premium for the computer authentication provider.
- By The Associated Press
- July 03, 2006
A U.S. magistrate has struck down many of the SCO Group Inc.'s claims against IBM Corp., saying the Utah company failed to show its intellectual property was misappropriated when Big Blue donated software code to the freely distributed Linux operating system.
- By The Associated Press
- July 03, 2006
A federal judge has dismissed Go Computer Inc.'s antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- July 03, 2006
Microsoft Corp. is cutting 148 total U.S. sales jobs, as part of efforts to be more efficient, the company said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- June 29, 2006
Microsoft quietly began shipping Beta 3 of Internet Explorer 7 on Thursday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 29, 2006
Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it has, at least slightly, delayed delivery of Office 2007, primarily for performance issues.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 29, 2006
IBM is readying a major update to its Lotus Sametime collaboration software that the company says will include ties into Microsoft Office, SharePoint and Outlook.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 28, 2006
The Bush administration's cybersecurity chief is being paid $577,000 under a two-year agreement with the university that employs him and also does extensive business with the federal office he manages.
- By The Associated Press
- June 28, 2006