Microsoft Corp. took great pains to improve security in its newly released computer operating system, Windows Vista, redesigning it to reduce users' exposure to destructive programs from the Internet. Outside researchers commend the retooled approach -- yet they also say the changes won't make online life much safer than it is now.
- By The Associated Press
- December 11, 2006
Sun Microsystems unveiled the next generation of the core implementation of its Java platform this week.
- By John K. Waters
- December 11, 2006
Now that the company's past the pretexting scandal, company returns to work on last year's plan to cut 14,500 jobs and overhaul its retirement packages.
- By The Associated Press
- December 11, 2006
Plus, what your mobile PC says about you, and new products from TransMedia, Orb Networks and more.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 11, 2006
As Windows Vista becomes more secure against known threats, it's what hackers and cybercriminals devise in the next generation of attacks that keeps Microsoft on its toes.
- By The Associated Press
- December 10, 2006
HP stock unscathed by scandal, but $14.5M settlement highlights legal woes.
- By The Associated Press
- December 08, 2006
Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and other companies are preparing to push for data-privacy legislation next year.
- By The Associated Press
- December 08, 2006
Long-awaited update to Microsoft messaging platform goes RTM; security suite also gets rolling.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 08, 2006
With last week’s release of Office 2007, early adopters who work in heterogeneous system environments -- in business marketing organizations, for example -- are likely to experience some short-term angst.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 07, 2006
As businesses start to kick the tires on Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007, and consumers get ready to gear up for Vista in particular, Microsoft understandably is preparing for the inevitable onslaught of support calls.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 07, 2006
Ecma International approves Microsoft Office format as international standard for data.
- By The Associated Press
- December 07, 2006
Embattled former and current HP execs expected to settle state lawsuit over pretexting scandal
- By The Associated Press
- December 07, 2006
Microsoft puts four new exam in front of testers.
- By Michael Domingo
- December 07, 2006
Trio resold sharply discounted educational versions of software to nonacademic customers.
- By The Associated Press
- December 07, 2006
Microsoft issued an Advance Bulletin today stating it will release six fixes for various flaws next Tuesday as part of its regularly scheduled "Patch Tuesday" update.
- By Becky Nagel
- December 07, 2006
Dell and Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that the PC maker is shipping a unified, networked storage system based on the software giant's Unified Data Storage Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 06, 2006
Novell Inc. announced this week that its edition of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite will offer support for Microsoft's Office Open XML format by the time the consumer release of Office 2007 ships at the end of January.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 06, 2006
A newly disclosed flaw in Microsoft Word could let malicious hackers take control of victims' computers by sending them e-mail with a Word document attached.
- By The Associated Press
- December 06, 2006
Still trailing the iPod, Zune still selling better than expected for company, say officials.
- By The Associated Press
- December 06, 2006
Microsoft announced Monday it is shipping the first of four components in its new Expression Studio suite and predicts that the other three will ship in the second quarter of next year.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 05, 2006