Microsoft gave customers a status check on a range of SQL Server-oriented plans on Thursday, including the intention to ship the long-awaited database mirroring technology for SQL Server 2005 this month.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 06, 2006
Microsoft will begin beta testing Speech Server 2007, the latest version of its interactive voice response platform for call centers, in May and plans final release before the end of the year.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 06, 2006
There are now more than 80 million web sites on the Internet, double the number three years ago, according to the latest survey of the Web by Internet research firm Netcraft.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 06, 2006
Microsoft announced this week the availability of Windows Storage Server 2003 Release 2, the second iteration of its dedicated file and print server, right on schedule.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 05, 2006
Microsoft is introducing two new wireless desktop mice, one optical and one laser, and has updated its best selling optical mouse, too.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 05, 2006
Shares in Apple Computer Inc. surged Wednesday after the computer maker unveiled software to help owners of its new Intel-based Macs run not only its own operating system but also Microsoft Corp.'s rival Windows XP system.
- By The Associated Press
- April 05, 2006
Verizon Communications Inc. is proposing refunds to Internet customers who found legitimate e-mail from friends and businesses blocked by the company's spam filters, according to a proposed class-action lawsuit settlement.
- By The Associated Press
- April 05, 2006
New York's attorney general sued another Internet pop-up advertising company Tuesday, accusing it of secretly installing malicious programs on personal computers and sending ads through "spyware" that is already installed.
- By The Associated Press
- April 04, 2006
Face-off with VMware intensifies.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 04, 2006
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who hopes to distribute
$100 laptops to the world's children dismissed recent criticisms Tuesday and
said his project could begin distributing the computers by early next year.
- By The Associated Press
- April 04, 2006
Computer Sciences Corp. on Tuesday said it plans to cut about 5,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its work force, over two years and is considering selling the company, a provider of information technology services.
- By The Associated Press
- April 04, 2006
When Microsoft Corp. researchers learned recently that a software flaw had been made public and could prompt Internet attacks, the company ordered a team to devote all its time to fixing the flaw and making the repair work with other products.
- By The Associated Press
- April 03, 2006
Microsoft said Monday it will acquire a small Boise, Idaho firm that specializes in business intelligence tools built on top of Microsoft’s business intelligence platform.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 03, 2006
The Justice Department is demanding internal files from dozens of Internet service providers and other technology firms as it seeks to defend a controversial Internet child protection law.
- By The Associated Press
- March 31, 2006
Demand for Web access may not be as limitless as it once seemed, at least for the time being, according to a new survey of worldwide Internet usage.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 30, 2006
Microsoft will license to third parties technologies previously unavailable to competitors in the input hardware marketplace.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 30, 2006
EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has written to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer to outline EU concerns that the new Vista operating system could break antitrust rules, EU spokesman Jonathan Todd said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- March 30, 2006
Microsoft Corp. is releasing new versions of its software packages for safeguarding and archiving e-mails and other corporate messages.
- By The Associated Press
- March 30, 2006
Microsoft confirmed this week that Service Pack 1 for Virtual Server 2005 R2 will arrive in early 2007 instead of late this year, although the company says it doesn’t categorize the change as a “slip.” Instead, according to a spokesperson, Microsoft is merely able to be more precise about a delivery date as it gets closer to testing the update.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 29, 2006
Microsoft’s Business Solutions group this week made a flurry of small but substantial announcements regarding upgrades and additions to the company’s Dynamics branded line of CRM and ERP applications.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 29, 2006