Windows Home Server (WHS), Microsoft's first-ever server for home use, gets its first update today.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 25, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Seagate Technology on Monday released a toolkit for system builders to encourage sales of Seagate's storage products with Windows Vista.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 25, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Office 2008 for Mac will be available in the U.S. beginning next Jan. 15. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 25, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hackers stole millions of credit card numbers from discount retailer TJX Cos. by intercepting wireless transfers of customer information from two Miami-area Marshalls stores, according to an eight-month investigation by the Canadian government. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- September 25, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Distributed Management Task Force, an industry organization advocating the  development of interoperable server management, has released Systems Management  Architecture for Server Hardware 2.0. 
                    
			            - By David  Kopf
- September 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. said Sunday it has added 20 new advertising clients since the acquisition of online ad company aQuantive closed six weeks ago.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- September 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will hold the 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston from Monday, July 7 through Thursday, July 10.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer received a pay package valued about $1.3 million for fiscal 2007, a year in which profit at the world's largest software maker topped $14 billion, according to documents filed Friday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- September 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When the job is too big for the Geek Squad, Best Buy for Business turns to the Ingram Micro Services Network.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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