Federal investigators are still examining whether any of the accounting shenanigans at Apple Inc. rose to the level of criminal behavior, even though the company has cleared CEO Steve Jobs and all current executives of any wrongdoing in an internal stock options backdating probe, according to a person close to the matter.
- By The Associated Press
- January 15, 2007
Federal prosecutors scored their first victory in the investigation of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s ill-fated boardroom spying probe Friday, when a low-level private investigator pleaded guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges.
- By The Associated Press
- January 15, 2007
Microsoft and SGI announced Thursday that they have inked a deal that makes Redmond's high-performance computing (HPC) server an option for the hardware maker's grid computing systems.
- By Scott Bekker and Stuart Johnston
- January 11, 2007
Microsoft is pushing to get more developers with MCAD and MCSD.NET titles to upgrade their certifications to the new-generation MCPD, by providing discounts on the MCPD upgrade exams.
- By Michael Domingo
- January 11, 2007
Exam 70-620 now available, as well as two new-generation exams for SharePoint implementers.
- By Michael Domingo
- January 11, 2007
Altiris announced it is shipping Wise Installation Studio 7.0, an updated tool designed for creating installations for Windows Vista, 64-bit Windows operating systems and Windows Mobile 5 devices.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 11, 2007
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating possible violations of state and federal antitrust laws by Intel Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- January 10, 2007
Microsoft announced this week it is previewing the next major release of its Dynamics CRM product, which is codenamed "Titan," with new features to help enable software-as-a-service (SaaS) scenarios.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 10, 2007
Apple Inc.'s much-ballyhooed iPhone was unveiled this week after 30 months and millions of dollars in top-secret development. But the sleek new iPod-cell phone combination could wind up costing the company a lot more.
- By The Associated Press
- January 10, 2007
A private investigator who had a role in HP's boardroom spying scandal was charged Wednesday with federal identity theft and conspiracy charges.
- By The Associated Press
- January 10, 2007
Microsoft Corp. released three security patches for Office and one for Windows on Tuesday, fixing holes that could let an outsider take control of an unwitting victim's computer.
- By The Associated Press
- January 10, 2007
By most measures, Apple Computer Inc.'s Steve Jobs famous
unveilings in front of staunch loyalists would be a tough act to
follow. Imagine then, going head-to-head with the legendary CEO.
That's what Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc. and a legend himself,
was up against Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- January 10, 2007
SED International Inc., a distributor of computer systems, consumer electronics and wireless devices, on Wednesday announced its jump in status among Microsoft's exclusive group of U.S. distributors.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 10, 2007
AutomatedQA, the Las Vegas-based testing-tools maker, has upgraded its flagship TestComplete product to include support for Windows Vista applications. The newly released TestComplete 5 also supports Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 Web testing.
- By John K. Waters
- January 10, 2007
Data portability stalwart Laplink says it will ship its PCmover for Windows Vista package in time for commercial availability of Vista later this month.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 10, 2007
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 10, 2007
EDITOR'S NOTE: After this story was published, the DOD issued a statement saying that the report about the spy coins was flawed and the incidents never happened.
- By The Associated Press
- January 10, 2007
Microsoft Corp. started the new year by announcing four new patches that address not-so-new vulnerabilities in several flavors of its Office and Windows products.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 09, 2007
At the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft announced that its Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) group has released its MSN Direct navigation services.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 09, 2007
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs confirmed months of speculation Tuesday by unveiling a new mobile phone and a set-top box that allows people to stream video from their computers to their televisions.
- By The Associated Press
- January 09, 2007