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Microsoft's 11 Percent in Q1 Exceeds Expectations

Company attributes rise in earnings on strong server sales, cost-cutting.

Aussie Business Fined for Spam

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.

File Sharing Admin Gets Prison Term

A network administrator for a peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing system has been sentenced to five months in prison for copyright infringement.

Diebold Quietly Repaired Vote Machines

Company quietly fixes screen freezing component flaw in several thousand machines used in Maryland.

Windows Defender Goes Gold

Microsoft began shipping the final code for version 1 of its Windows Defender free anti-spyware tool on Monday.

Microsoft Acknowledges One IE7 Flaw, Denies Another

Microsoft today acknowledged that one of two IE7 security flaws alleged by Denmark-based security firm Secunia could leave systems vulnerable.

Red Hat Stock Tumbles on Oracle Discount Support Offer

Shares of Red Hat Inc. tumbled nearly 30 percent Thursday as investors abandoned the stock on news that software juggernaut Oracle Corp. will move more aggressively onto Red Hat's turf.

'Atlas': The Beta Begins

Microsoft last Friday began shipping the beta test release of version 1 of ASP.NET AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), previously codenamed "Atlas."

Google Unveils Tools for Search Engines

Hoping to leave an even bigger imprint on the Internet, Google Inc. is opening up its vast online index so other Web sites can build their own specialty search engines.

Sun Beats Estimates with Narrower-Than-Expected Loss

Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. beat Wall Street's tepid expectations Thursday, reporting a narrower-than-expected loss for the first quarter thanks to the growing popularity of its operating system for corporate computers.

Certificate Lifecycle Manager Beta 2 Ships

Microsoft announced this week that Beta 2 of its upcoming Certificate Lifecycle Manager, or CLM, is available for download. That puts the product on track to ship in final form during the first half of 2007, according to company officials

FBI Investigating Online Brokerage Hacks

The government has launched investigations into fraud cases in which computer hackers apparently manipulated client accounts at two of the nation's largest electronic brokerages, stealing millions of dollars.

BT Buys Security Specialist Counterpane

Counterpane co-founded by cryptologist Bruce Schneier

'DVD Jon' Targets iPod, iTunes Restrictions

Hacker who cracked DVD copy-protection technology now claims to have done the same with iPods, iTunes.

Anatomy of the Deal: Microsoft and Cisco

Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc., Sept. 6, 2006

Firefox 2.0 Ships

Less than a week after Microsoft shipped the long awaited Internet Explorer 7, it's Mozilla's turn. Final code for Firefox 2 officially became available for download on Tuesday afternoon.

Fraud Scheme Costs Ameritrade, E-Trade $22 Million

Hacking into client accounts being investigated by FBI; other brokerage houses also affected.

XP Service Pack 3 Pushed Back to 2008

For IT shops that do not plan to immediately deploy Windows Vista or who have a lot of legacy XP machines, the wait for XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) just got a bit longer.

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Amazon.com Won't Provide Search Details

Google and others say they want search info to help combat copyright infringement, but are denied by the online retailer due to "trade secrets" concerns.