In the most serious admission yet of the extent of Dell Inc.'s financial woes, the company's internal audit committee said it has found a number of accounting errors and evidence of misconduct in its months-long review of previous earnings statements.
- By The Associated Press
- March 30, 2007
Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, on Wednesday unveiled details of a new lineup of processors slated for production later this year that promise a performance boost and energy savings because of the transition to a new manufacturing technology.
- By The Associated Press
- March 29, 2007
A committee of the Internet's key oversight agency agreed Wednesday to form a new working group that would examine how to offer more privacy to small businesses and people with individual Web sites.
- By The Associated Press
- March 29, 2007
Initial testing for an online peer review of up to 250 patent applications is set for next week even as the program's director deflects fears that participants could be liable later for willful patent infringement.
- By The Associated Press
- March 29, 2007
In another reminder of technology's quantum leaps, Yahoo Inc.'s free e-mail service will provide unlimited storage space to its nearly 250 million users worldwide -- a concept that seemed unfathomable just a few years ago.
- By The Associated Press
- March 29, 2007
More than two months after first disclosing that hackers accessed customers' financial data from its computers, discount retailer TJX Cos. has revealed that information from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards was stolen over an 18-month period.
- By The Associated Press
- March 29, 2007
Microsoft this week announced the launch of ZenZui, an independent company partially funded by Microsoft created to market ZenZui's Zooming User Interface, which was patented by Microsoft and was first developed in the Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Research lab.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 29, 2007
Microsoft Learning retires Windows 2000-to-Windows 2003 MCSE upgrade exams next year.
- By Michael Domingo
- March 29, 2007
Microsoft's Live Labs applied research group announced Wednesday it is making a limited number of previews available for a new mobile browser technology it has intriguingly dubbed "Deepfish."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 29, 2007
"Orcas" will include exciting new tools and functionality for database management within VB and C# while maintaining continuity and connectivity with legacy DBMS.
European countries and Singapore have surpassed the United States in their ability to exploit information and communication technology, according to a new survey.
- By The Associated Press
- March 28, 2007
Microsoft announced it has expanded the company’s board by one seat -- from nine to 10 -- and elected Reed Hastings, 46, chairman and CEO of Netflix, to fill the new spot. Hastings has also been appointed to the finance committee.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 28, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $100,000 fine against Amp'd Mobile Inc., the wireless phone company aimed at the youth market, for failing to protect consumers' personal calling records from thieves.
- By The Associated Press
- March 28, 2007
Microsoft on Monday announced the release of public beta versions of Office Communications Server 2007, the company's Voice over IP and unified communications server, and Office Communicator 2007, Microsoft's unified communications client.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 28, 2007
Yahoo Inc.'s free e-mail service will provide unlimited storage space to its nearly 250 million users worldwide
- By The Associated Press
- March 28, 2007
Microsoft announced Tuesday it is shipping one of the first key pieces of its Dynamic Systems Initiative, also called DSI.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 27, 2007
A Russian school principal accused of installing pirated Microsoft software in school computers was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a second time.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007
The key oversight agency for Internet addresses is reviewing the way it oversees businesses that sell domain names in the wake of financial and operational problems that left customers of one company nameless.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007
Microsoft announced Monday it has bought out devBiz Business Solutions, a company that specializes in software development tools and components for professional .NET developers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 27, 2007
A Russian school principal accused of installing pirated Microsoft software in school computers was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a second time, in a case widely seen as a misguided attempt to crack down on software bootlegging.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007