Six months after announcing a telecommunications alliance, Microsoft and Nortel this week presented some early results of their efforts and outlined a roadmap for future projects.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 18, 2007
Microsoft has released its Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007 (BDD 2007), a set of tools and guidance on how to use them to enable IT shops to deploy desktops running Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, 2007 Microsoft Office system, or Microsoft Office 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 18, 2007
In the late 1990s, Sun Microsystems Inc. promoted itself as "the dot in dot-com" -- a strategy that proved painful when the technology bubble burst.
- By The Associated Press
- January 18, 2007
Spammers have tweaked legitimate e-mail and sent them through normal spam channels.
- By The Associated Press
- January 18, 2007
The state will likely drop criminal charges against a low-level investigator in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying scandal because he already pleaded guilty to similar crimes in federal court, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- January 18, 2007
The state will likely drop criminal charges against an investigator in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying scandal because he already pleaded guilty to similar crimes in federal court.
- By The Associated Press
- January 18, 2007
Microsoft expected to put another Vista exam in front of beta testers next week.
- By Michael Domingo
- January 18, 2007
Apple Inc. on Wednesday posted a record profit in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street estimates as earnings rose 78 percent amid strong holiday sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh computers.
- By The Associated Press
- January 18, 2007
Microsoft Corp. will make Windows Vista available for sale and download online.
- By The Associated Press
- January 18, 2007
TJX Cos., operator of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount stores, said Wednesday its computer systems were hacked late last year and customer data has been stolen.
- By The Associated Press
- January 18, 2007
Intel's Q4 profit plunged 39 percent, reversing a painful price war with much-smaller rival AMD.
- By The Associated Press
- January 17, 2007
It's official. Well, sort of. Windows enthusiast site ActiveWin.com reported this week that an unnamed Microsoft official has confirmed the final name for "Longhorn" server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 17, 2007
Electronics makers on Wednesday urged Germany to press ahead with cutting copyright fees levied on consumer devices such as computers, printers and scanners.
- By The Associated Press
- January 17, 2007
Don Ferguson, whom some observers refer to as the "Father of WebSphere," has joined Redmond as a Technical Fellow in Platforms and Strategy in the Office of the CTO, according to statements posted online.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 17, 2007
Microsoft recently announced that, as of January 8, 100 million users have installed Internet Explorer 7.0.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 16, 2007
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider an appeal brought by a group of IBM Corp. employees who accused the company of age discrimination when it altered its pension plan. The lawsuit could have cost the company $1.4 billion.
- By The Associated Press
- January 16, 2007
Microsoft and NCR’s Teradata division announced Monday an alliance meant to optimize interoperability between Microsoft’s business intelligence solutions and Teradata’s Enterprise Data Warehouse product.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 16, 2007
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell more than 9.5 percent Friday, a day after the world's No. 2 microprocessor maker said plunging computer-chip prices hacked into the company's fourth-quarter results.
- By The Associated Press
- January 15, 2007
So far, when it comes to making money, the online video explosion is mostly about potential. Studios selling TV shows and movies for download, and Web sites like YouTube that link ads to user-generated content, stand to reap billions from the Internet's hottest trend.
- By The Associated Press
- January 15, 2007
The United Nations will not try to take the lead in determining the future of the Internet, the head of the U.N. telecommunications agency said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- January 15, 2007