Redmond reveals that it's working on a stripped-down version of the Windows kernel that would dramatically reduce its footprint.
- By Keith Ward
- October 22, 2007
The European Commission said Monday it would take until Nov. 13 to examine Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick to review its proposals meant to eliminate antitrust concerns.
- By The Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
Microsoft agreed to obey key parts of a 2004 antitrust ruling upheld by EU appeals court, cutting royalties and handing information over to open source developers.
- By The Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
Four states press federal court to extend by five years oversight of the software company that began in 2002 as part of a landmark antitrust settlement.
- By The Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
IBM announced growth in its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Business Partner segment, citing more than 4,100 members to date. That number represents a leap from the program's start in June of 2005, when there were just 50 partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 19, 2007
Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares fell more than 3 percent Friday after reporting a loss of nearly $400 million for the third quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2007
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer compared the company's search technology to a precocious toddler -- one who would eventually grow up to rival nemesis Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2007
The Windows Automatic Update might be a patch management and change control issue, observers say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 19, 2007
EBay Inc.'s Skype division has let down eBay executives, but they're confident they can reorganize the troubled Internet phone unit and make it more useful to people outside of the online marketplace.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
Upgrade exam for MCSEs contains material based on pre-release version of Windows 2008, according to Microsoft.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 18, 2007
Google Inc.'s third-quarter profit soared 46 percent to hurdle the enormous expectations that have elevated the Internet search leader's stock price by more $100 during the past month.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it has launched a version of the video-sharing site in Taiwan in its latest push to expand in foreign markets.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
Computer shipments rose this summer at the fastest rate in nearly two years, and Hewlett-Packard Co. pulled still farther ahead of Dell Inc. as the world's largest maker of PCs, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
The points of change cited by the research firm include Web 2.0-style apps, SaaS, global-class computing, "consumerization" of IT and open source.
- By Will Kraft
- October 18, 2007
Because of a hiccup in its hardware unit, IBM Corp. stock took a hit even though the technology bellwether reported a 6 percent rise in earnings and exceeded Wall Street forecasts. Investors were also sorting out how much IBM is exposed to woes in the financial industry.
- By The Associated Press
- October 17, 2007
Intel Corp.'s soaring sales of microprocessors helped the company overcome flat prices for those chips and reap a 43 percent boost in profits in the third quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- October 17, 2007
Google and IBM are providing resources to universities focusing on Internet-scale application studies.
- By Will Kraft
- October 16, 2007
Microsoft's "Unified Communications" suite of products aims to blur the distinction between electronic and voice communications.
- By Keith Ward
- October 16, 2007
Apple Inc.'s next-generation operating system, Mac OS X "Leopard," will be available Oct. 26 for $129, and Apple's online store is taking pre-orders, the company said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- October 16, 2007
Two antitrust claims brought against Microsoft Corp. by Novell Inc. can proceed, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- October 16, 2007