Long-time stalwart of Microsoft's database business, Paul Flessner, will step down as senior vice president of the Data Storage and Platform Division as of Jan. 1, the company confirmed today.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 01, 2006
An obscure corner of the semiconductor industry became an international battleground Tuesday as Sony Corp. became the fifth company ensnared in a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust probe into the sales of a particular type of memory chip.
- By The Associated Press
- November 01, 2006
Google Inc. said Monday that it wants Microsoft Corp. to make sure users can easily choose Internet search engines in future products -- but Google refused to say if changes Microsoft has already made to its upcoming operating system, Vista, have gone far enough.
- By The Associated Press
- October 31, 2006
When Microsoft announced second fiscal 2007 quarterly earnings last week, officials also said they will defer reporting about $1.5 billion in revenues in the current quarter.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 31, 2006
Online small biz software service will launch simultaneously in France, Germany, Japan and UK.
- By The Associated Press
- October 31, 2006
Microsoft this week quietly announced it is dropping the highly touted renaming of SQL Server Mobile Edition to SQL Server Everywhere Edition.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 31, 2006
Microsoft Corp. is preparing to officially release software that helps small companies do things like build a Web site and maintain business contacts, and plans to link the product to its platform for selling online advertising.
- By The Associated Press
- October 31, 2006
Seagate Technology LLC hopes its new security system for the hard drive will become the most formidable barrier between computer data and thieves.
- By The Associated Press
- October 30, 2006
Company wants Vista to include variety of search engines, but refuses to call Microsoft to the carpet officially.
- By The Associated Press
- October 30, 2006
Pirates selling illegal software in online auctions such as eBay taken to court worldwide.
- By The Associated Press
- October 30, 2006
Narus Inc., a maker of network technology to monitor phone and Internet traffic, or even help block certain communications like a Skype call, said Monday it has raised $30 million in new capital to fund development of next-generation products and expand overseas sales.
- By The Associated Press
- October 30, 2006
Cheap little servers handle so much of the Internet's dirty work that giant computers known as mainframes, which debuted 50 years ago and often cost more than $1 million, are supposed to be passe.
- By The Associated Press
- October 30, 2006
Plus, new laptops for the road warrior, an Exchange hosting service and IT records retention products.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 30, 2006
The Supreme Court said Friday it would intervene in a patent dispute between giants Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Corp. over Windows programs distributed overseas.
- By The Associated Press
- October 27, 2006
Company attributes rise in earnings on strong server sales, cost-cutting.
- By The Associated Press
- October 27, 2006
The first company to be convicted under Australia's tough anti-spamming laws was fined Friday 5.5 million Australian dollars for sending 280 million advertising e-mails.
- By The Associated Press
- October 27, 2006
A network administrator for a peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing system has been sentenced to five months in prison for copyright infringement.
- By The Associated Press
- October 27, 2006
Company quietly fixes screen freezing component flaw in several thousand machines used in Maryland.
- By The Associated Press
- October 26, 2006
Microsoft began shipping the final code for version 1 of its Windows Defender free anti-spyware tool on Monday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 26, 2006
Microsoft today acknowledged that one of two IE7 security flaws alleged by Denmark-based security firm Secunia could leave systems vulnerable.
- By Becky Nagel
- October 26, 2006