A final legal judgment against Microsoft that was rendered in 2002 over antitrust concerns expired on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2011
Google unveiled "Chromebooks," a new line of notebook devices that will run its Chrome operating system, on Wednesday, at the close of the Google I/O 2011 conference in San Francisco.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 12, 2011
While most of the analysis of Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype has focused on the consumer aspects of the deal, partners have responded enthusiastically and are seeing some opportunities for Skype alongside Microsoft Lync.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 12, 2011
In response to a Congressional investigation into device manufacturers' location data storage policies, Microsoft issued a letter explaining how Windows Phone 7-based mobile phones store users' location data.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 11, 2011
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today described the company's pending $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype as a major milestone in Redmond's effort to extend cross-platform communications across mobile devices, PCs and home entertainment systems.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 10, 2011
Marking the largest acquisition in Microsoft's history, the company today announced it has agreed to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 10, 2011
The next big Windows Phone 7 update, dubbed "Mango," will be coming this fall, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 09, 2011
Novell Inc. now has the legal right of way to sue Microsoft for unfair competition in the office productivity software arena.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 06, 2011
Security is not a top priority for cloud computing vendors and customers, according to a recent CA Technologies-sponsored survey by the Ponemon Institute.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- May 06, 2011
A study on worldwide PC microprocessor shipments released by IDC on Thursday bodes well for the PC market's prospects this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 05, 2011
Google is the most reputable company in the United States, according to a recent survey by market researcher Harris Interactive.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 04, 2011
A Microsoft-hosted webinar on Monday spotlighted the company's new Internet Explorer 9 browser, and what IT managers should know before adopting it.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 04, 2011
Microsoft has entered a legacy agreement with the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) over its purchase of Nortel's IPv4 numbers, possibly heading off controversy over the issue of who controls IPv4 numbers.
- By William Jackson
- May 03, 2011
VMware's Cloud Foundry, the company's fledgling cloud offering, suffered two brief outages last week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 03, 2011
Microsoft has confirmed that Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Platform at Microsoft, will move to the Windows Azure group as part of a May reorg, as expected.
- By Michael Desmond
- May 02, 2011
The release candidate (RC) version of Microsoft's Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) solution is now available for download, the company announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 02, 2011
According to one Directions on Microsoft analyst, Windows 8 -- or whatever Microsoft calls its next operating system -- might be released in 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2011
Amazon Web Services on Friday issued a detailed postmortem explaining the cause of last week's massive outage of its cloud services that left numerous customers crippled.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 29, 2011
Tech watchers and armchair legal eagles raked Apple over the coals this week over reports that the company keeps track of customers' locations through its iPhone.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 29, 2011
Led by gains from its Office, Xbox and Kinect products, Microsoft has recorded $16.4 billion in earnings in its fiscal third-quarter, the company reported on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 29, 2011