With the corporate delivery of Windows Vista imminent, Microsoft is also rolling out a new volume licensing scheme for business customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 02, 2006
Worldwide semiconductor sales reached a new high in September as electronics manufacturers geared up for the holiday season, an industry group said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- November 02, 2006
Microsoft Corp. has embraced Novell Inc.'s open-source software platform, forming a technological truce between two longtime antagonists who want to make it easier for the still-dominant Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together.
- By The Associated Press
- November 02, 2006
Consumer version will hit shelves at end of January.
- By The Associated Press
- November 02, 2006
Longtime rivals will work to make Windows and Linux work more smoothly for business customers.
- By The Associated Press
- November 02, 2006
Microsoft and Zend Technologies are joining forces to improve the performance of PHP-based applications running on Windows Server 2003, the two companies disclosed on Tuesday.
- By John K. Waters
- November 02, 2006
Internet search leader Google and other major U.S. technology companies insisted Tuesday that their products benefit Chinese citizens despite government restrictions and warnings that online censorship is spreading.
- By The Associated Press
- November 01, 2006
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it has filed more than 50 lawsuits and other legal actions worldwide against people it says sold pirated copies of its software using online auction sites such as eBay.
- By The Associated Press
- November 01, 2006
On the verge of shipping Windows Vista, Microsoft is touting a new initiative aimed at using systems integrators to provide enterprise customers with application compatibility testing and remediation in advance of deploying the new system.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 01, 2006
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