Since its debut, Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 has arguably established itself as Microsoft Corp.'s most secure Web browser to date. To be sure, Redmond has dutifully included IE 7.0 patches in its Internet Explorer patch roll-ups -- but at the very least, Microsoft's newest IE flavor hasn't fallen prey to any of the blockbuster exploits that have so bedeviled Internet Explorer in the past.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 11, 2007
Averting a looming court battle over how it has been handling the exodus from its Internet dial-up service, AOL has agreed to make it easier for its remaining customers to leave as part of a $3 million settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia.
- By The Associated Press
- July 11, 2007
DENVER -- Microsoft this week launched a tool at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference to help partners walk their customers through licensing options.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 11, 2007
Oracle on Wednesday took the wraps off the long-anticipated new version of its flagship database, a release that provides a substantial increase in performance, storage management and availability, according to the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 11, 2007
Meeting past promises, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will ship in September.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- July 11, 2007
Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
- By The Associated Press
- July 11, 2007
Openbravo, a Pamplona, Spain-based provider of open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for small and medium-size businesses, is seeking partners around the globe. The company, which was founded in 2001 under the name "Tecnicia," launched its "Pioneers" program today to establish international partnerships.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 11, 2007
Just this week, a security researcher alerted Internet Explorer users (and Microsoft itself) to a new input validation vulnerability in IE 7.0.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 11, 2007
DENVER -- Microsoft is launching a partner-driven program to promote early adoption of Dynamics Live CRM, the company announced Tuesday at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver.
- By Anne Stuart
- July 10, 2007
Dell Inc. is launching a new line of notebook and desktop personal computers called "Vostro" that are aimed at small businesses with 25 or fewer employees.
- By The Associated Press
- July 10, 2007
Feb. 27, 2008 promises to be one of the most important dates in Microsoft's 33-year history, as it will release a host of major new products, including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.
- By Keith Ward
- July 10, 2007
With this week's Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft kicked off its monthly patching exercise with three critical security bulletins.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 10, 2007
Attendees at IBM's Impact 2007 event held in May had some interesting opinions on their companies' plans for service-oriented architectures (SOAs). IBM commissioned the Link Group, a marketing research firm, to conduct the survey. The exact number of respondents wasn't disclosed in an IBM press release describing the survey's findings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 10, 2007
Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA) licensing program could be in big trouble, with many customers feeling they're not getting their money's worth, according to a survey from Forrester Research.
- By Keith Ward
- July 09, 2007
Windows Vista Service Pack (SP)1 is back on track.
- By Keith Ward
- July 09, 2007
D&H Distributing, the Harrisburg, Pa.-based computer distributor focused on SMB resellers, on Monday opened a subsidiary in Canada.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2007
Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, will invest $218.5 million in virtualization software maker VMware Inc., the companies announced Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- July 09, 2007
On Feb. 27, 2008 Microsoft plans to release a host of major new products, including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.
- By Keith Ward
- July 09, 2007
Google Inc. is buying e-mail security specialist Postini Inc. for $625 million, fortifying the Internet search leader's effort to sell online software services to corporate customers seeking alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s long-dominant products.
- By The Associated Press
- July 09, 2007
Microsoft Corp. plans to open a software development center in Canada this fall to attract talent and avoid U.S. immigration issues.
- By The Associated Press
- July 06, 2007