Setting the stage for a possible bidding battle, Microsoft Corp. is mulling an investment in Facebook Inc. that would value the rapidly growing online hangout at $10 billion or more, according to a report published Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- September 24, 2007
Microsoft released several major updates for its Windows lineup today, including the first release candidate (RC) for Windows Server 2008 and the initial public beta for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.
- By Keith Ward
- September 24, 2007
A European think tank is recommending to the European Commission that computers sold abroad come without any operating system pre-loaded.
- By Keith Ward
- September 24, 2007
European Union regulators will decide before November whether to clear Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion takeover bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick or study the issue further.
- By The Associated Press
- September 24, 2007
Dell Inc. announced a deal Monday to launch a retail presence in China by selling computers through the country's biggest chain of electronics stores as it struggles to capture a bigger share of the booming market.
- By The Associated Press
- September 24, 2007
Melding a hodgepodge of different software makers into a cohesive business is supposed to be difficult.
- By The Associated Press
- September 21, 2007
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to give a deposition in a stock-options backdating case against Apple's former general counsel, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- September 21, 2007
Although Microsoft had hoped to release a CTP of its newest database server every 60 days, the latest test release will slip, company officials acknowledged this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 21, 2007
Internet search company Google Inc. has registered in-house lobbyists for the first time since establishing a Washington office in 2005.
- By The Associated Press
- September 20, 2007
Intel Corp. fired a pair of technical salvos at smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday, announcing a November launch date for its next generation of chips and showing off its momentum in manufacturing technology.
- By The Associated Press
- September 19, 2007
The head of a leading security software vendor denounced the use of data files commonly used by Google Inc. and other Web sites to track user activity, saying such sites should seek permission ahead of time.
- By The Associated Press
- September 19, 2007
The no-cost alternatives for Microsoft Office just keep growing: IBM announced yesterday that it is now offering Lotus Symphony, a free suite of "enterprise-grade" software featuring word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications for Windows and Linux.
- By Becky Nagel
- September 19, 2007
Although technology companies like to say they can revolutionize any business, many blue-chip vendors have concentrated on selling only to certain businesses: the biggest ones.
- By The Associated Press
- September 19, 2007
Exam retake program provides opportunity for candidates to retake a failed exam; registration is required.
- By Michael Domingo
- September 19, 2007
Microsoft Corp. today officially unveiled PerformancePoint Server 2007, its highly anticipated performance management (PM) software.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 19, 2007
Microsoft Corp. today officially unveiled PerformancePoint Server 2007, its highly anticipated performance management (PM) software.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 19, 2007
A computer administrator at one of the nation's largest prescription drug management companies admitted Wednesday he planted an electronic "bomb" in the company's computer system.
- By The Associated Press
- September 19, 2007
Google Docs, which is trying to muscle in on Microsoft's Office suite, has released its PowerPoint counterpart, known as "Google Presentations."
- By Keith Ward
- September 18, 2007
Jason Zander began his first day in his new job as GM overseeing the Visual Studio Team at the VSLive New York conference Monday. Zander, the opening keynoter at VSLive in downtown Brooklyn early Monday morning, just got word of his new assignment on Friday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 18, 2007
CodeGear announced yesterday the general availability of its first development tool for Ruby-on-Rails (RoR). The company's new 3rdRail integrated development environment (IDE) comes with several features specifically designed to make it easier and faster for both new and experienced Rails developers to build database-driven Web applications.
- By John K. Waters
- September 18, 2007