Launch might exceed Windows XP expectations, says Redmond chairman. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 14, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has quietly discontinued a money-losing line of low-cost PCs aimed at helping customers in developing countries get access to the Internet, according to a regulatory filing.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 14, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Singapore teen faces 3 years' jail for tapping into another's wireless Internet.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If Cisco Systems Inc. has its way, the Oakland Athletics' new ballpark in Fremont, California, will be the stadium of the future.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hundreds of potential jurors report for duty in Microsoft lawsuit.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun Microsystems releases its Java technology as open-source project. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zune music player is Microsoft's latest entertainment foray
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Small business customers will have access to OS early, much like enterprise businesses. Consumers still have to wait for January 30th. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    No matter whether Nintendo Co., Microsoft Corp. or Sony Corp. wins the video game console war, there already is one huge victor: IBM Corp., which designed and makes the microprocessors for all three units.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some musicians spend 18 months working on a whole album. At Microsoft Corp., that's how long it took to perfect just four seconds of sound.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft turns to musician Robert Fripp to create many of Vista's sounds, including signature start-up sound. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 10, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Think of it as Wikipedia for the workplace. Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, now wants to provide businesses with software to create blogging, wiki and news feed services to connect employees on collaborative projects.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Chip-maker Nvidia Corp. unveiled two graphics microprocessors that offer twice the horsepower of previous models and what the company touts as a design milestone: a multitasking brain capable of efficiently handling a variety non-graphics calculations.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Advanced security bulletin refers to an XML flaw and five other Windows flaws deemed "critical"; unknown whether security rollup addresses recent Visual Studio flaw. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Who says Microsoft can't laugh at itself? The company just released BlueScreen version 3.2 -- the latest version of a screen saver that mimics Windows' dreaded "Blue Screen of Death."
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday the company's upcoming Windows Vista operating system has survived antitrust complaints by rivals who aimed to "castrate" it.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista that will be delivered won't be a version "castrated" by EU or software rivals, says Microsoft chairman.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced this week it is adding an enhanced version of Dotfuscator Community Edition (CE) to the next major release of Microsoft Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas."
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced this week it is nearing release of a new version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software -- Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 08, 2006