ThinkPad notebooks will now allow users to encrypt their hard drives at the press of a finger.
- By The Associated Press
- October 16, 2006
Microsoft Corp. said Friday it is on track to deliver the new Windows Vista operating system to its volume license customers around the world in November and to the general public in January.
- By The Associated Press
- October 13, 2006
Company says changes to OS will also be made to accommodate EU, Korea.
- By The Associated Press
- October 13, 2006
Microsoft's services chief, Rick Devenuti, will retire at the end of this year after 19 years with the company.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 12, 2006
Hormel Foods loses bid to trademark the word known more commonly through frequent usage as "unsolicited e-mails."
- By The Associated Press
- October 12, 2006
Computer hackers have exploited weaknesses in the security technology of a Puerto Rican bank to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars out of two U.S. Virgin Islands government accounts, a finance official said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- October 12, 2006
The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division has opened an investigation into the static random access memory market, communications chip-maker Cypress Semiconductor Corp. said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- October 12, 2006
Long beta testing phases planned for exams aimed at Windows Mobile application developers.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 12, 2006
Microsoft officially ended support for SP1 and SP1a on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 12, 2006
Call them the M & Ms -- Microsoft and Mozilla, that is. Both are readying major new versions of their browsers --Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 -- for release in the next few weeks.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 12, 2006
Three private investigators in Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spying probe pleaded not guilty to identity theft and other felony charges.
- By The Associated Press
- October 10, 2006
Google Inc. snapped up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion Monday in deal that catapults the Internet search leader to a leading role in the online video revolution.
- By The Associated Press
- October 10, 2006
Microsoft released 10 patches, but many organizations didn't get the patches until hours after they were released due to a glitch in Redmond's automatic distribution system.
- By Becky Nagel
- October 10, 2006
More than 13 months after Hurricane Katrina came ashore, Microsoft confirmed Monday that it is moving three of its annual conferences, including two of its largest shows, out of New Orleans -- at least temporarily.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 10, 2006
New word processing and spreadsheet programs available for free mark the Internet search leader's latest effort to provide alternatives to Microsoft applications.
- By The Associated Press
- October 10, 2006
As expected, Microsoft released 10 patches today covering a variety of Windows and Office flaws; however, many organizations didn't get the patches until hours after they were released due to a glitch in Redmond's automatic distribution system.
- By Becky Nagel
- October 10, 2006
Plus, PCs make it big, Mathematica takes up Excel, more.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 09, 2006
As expected, Microsoft released what it terms Windows Vista Release Candidate 2 on Friday. The move was widely predicted after at least two Microsoft-focused Web sites jumped the gun and released information and links pointing to the download earlier in the week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 06, 2006
The $100 laptops planned for children around the world might turn out to be as revolutionary for their security measures as for their low-cost economics.
- By The Associated Press
- October 06, 2006
TV sting operation raises concern among India's outsourcing companies.
- By The Associated Press
- October 06, 2006