French telecommunications gear maker Alcatel SA said Tuesday it has sued Microsoft Corp. in a U.S. federal court for patent infringement.
- By The Associated Press
- November 22, 2006
Microsoft helps its quarter but hurts its customers by holding back details on price hikes -- more than quadruple on some products -- during the all-important October budget season.
- By Scott Braden
- November 21, 2006
The digital ink is hardly dry on Microsoft's peace agreement with Novell, but already the outlines of the deal are starting to blur.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 21, 2006
For those who have been frequently frustrated in the past when new versions of Windows did not support their hardware, the times, they are a-changing.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 21, 2006
Guidance Software Inc. said Thursday it's settled Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from a 2005 security failure that allowed hackers to access the credit card information of thousands of customers.
- By The Associated Press
- November 17, 2006
Microsoft execs aren't exactly shouting, "Head 'em up, move 'em out," as Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Yates character did in the '60s TV series, "Rawhide," but their long drive to bring Windows Server "Longhorn" to market continues.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 16, 2006
A former Source Media Inc. executive was charged with hacking into the company's computer system three years after he was dismissed, and tipping off employees whose jobs were in jeopardy, prosecutors said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- November 16, 2006
Tired of waiting for Windows Vista? Got an MSDN Premium subscription? Well, there you go.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 16, 2006
Shares of Dell Inc. fell Thursday after the company delayed its third-quarter earnings report and said federal regulators had begun a formal investigation into the computer company
- By The Associated Press
- November 16, 2006
Right on the heels of the releases of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to manufacturing, Microsoft has released some details on its new-generation tracks for those software releases.
- By Michael Domingo
- November 15, 2006
Microsoft made several milestone announcements regarding its database products Wednesday at its SQL PASS conference in Seattle.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 15, 2006
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates told shareholders Tuesday that Windows Vista could be the company's biggest product launch since Windows 95 debuted more than a decade ago.
- By The Associated Press
- November 15, 2006
Microsoft has formed a cross-industry group of software and hardware vendors aimed at enhancing interoperability with its software.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 15, 2006
Microsoft Corp. said it will partner with MetroFi Inc. to build a free wireless Internet service for Oregon's largest city.
- By The Associated Press
- November 15, 2006
Eighty-six percent of IT decision makers say they plan to adopt Windows Vista, and 20 percent say they will move to the new operating system within the next year, according to a new tracking poll sponsored by CDW Corp.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 14, 2006
Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, on Tuesday launched the world's first "quad-core" processors, a new line of chips that feature four computing brains and improved performance over previous models with just one or two processing cores.
- By The Associated Press
- November 14, 2006
Microsoft launched the beta test of its new Forefront Client Security product that aims to help protect business desktops, laptops and server operating systems from viruses, spyware and other threats at its IT Forum conference in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 14, 2006
Chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has quietly discontinued a money-losing line of low-cost PCs aimed at helping customers in developing countries get access to the Internet, according to a regulatory filing.
- By The Associated Press
- November 14, 2006
If Cisco Systems Inc. has its way, the Oakland Athletics' new ballpark in Fremont, California, will be the stadium of the future.
- By The Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- November 13, 2006