Disgraced dot-com tycoon Takafumi Horie slammed his conviction and harsh sentence for securities fraud on Sunday, insisting he had committed no crimes and that he had more than paid for any mistakes by losing his company.
- By The Associated Press
- March 19, 2007
Microsoft this week began shipping the release candidate for Expression Blend, its new design tool for building Windows user interfaces using the .NET Framework 3.0’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 15, 2007
Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the online meeting company WebEx Communications Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash.
- By The Associated Press
- March 15, 2007
Google Inc. is adopting new privacy measures to make it more difficult to connect online search requests with the people making them -- a thorny issue that provoked a showdown with the U.S. government last year.
- By The Associated Press
- March 15, 2007
Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company continues to combat Microsoft's market-dominating Windows platform.
- By The Associated Press
- March 15, 2007
Microsoft expands Partner Skills Plus program to include MCP exams covering Vista, Exchange 2007 and the Office technology suite.
- By Michael Domingo
- March 14, 2007
Microsoft will buy Tellme Networks, which provides voice-enabled mobile search, directory assistance and computerized, speech-driven customer service hotlines.
- By The Associated Press
- March 14, 2007
Microsoft Tuesday began shipping the second service pack for Windows Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 14, 2007
Lenovo Group Ltd. became the first computer maker to agree to pre-load Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live toolbar
- By The Associated Press
- March 14, 2007
Microsoft on Wednesday acquired Tellme Networks, Inc., which specializes in speech recognition and the integration of voice and data, technologies that may play a central role in Microsoft's Unified Communications and collaboration initiatives.
- By Ed Scannell
- March 14, 2007
Lenovo Group Ltd. became the first computer maker to agree to pre-load Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live toolbar and make its search portal the main service on all new computers worldwide.
- By The Associated Press
- March 14, 2007
- By The Associated Press
- March 14, 2007
Intel Corp. has received approval to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China amid booming Chinese demand for chips used in personal computers and mobile phones, the government said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- March 14, 2007
Visual FoxPro 9 will be the end of the line for Microsoft's under-appreciated desktop database developer tool, the company formally told third-party developers Tuesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 13, 2007
A leading analyst, who recently joined Microsoft to become a technology evangelist, quietly went back to his old job last week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 13, 2007
U.S. regulators filed civil fraud charges Monday against four former Nortel Networks executives, including ex-CEO Frank Dunn, alleging they repeatedly altered the telecom equipment maker's revenue to meet Wall Street expectations.
- By The Associated Press
- March 13, 2007
Microsoft and F5 Networks announced Tuesday they have signed an OEM deal that will put Redmond’s System Center Operations Manager 2007 on F5’s management appliances.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 13, 2007
Printers with data drives used for storing, reproducing copied documents can be security weak link if not protected.
- By The Associated Press
- March 13, 2007
MTV owner Viacom Inc. sued the popular video-sharing site YouTube and its corporate parent, Google Inc., on Tuesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages on claims of widespread copyright infringement.
- By The Associated Press
- March 13, 2007
In an effort to deepen its relationship with small-business customers, Dallas-based retailer CompUSA Inc. is looking to partner with Microsoft Small Business Specialists near its stores.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 12, 2007