The Eudora e-mail software has been around nearly 20 years, long before the Internet became a household word. Now, with its glory days behind, its owner is calling it quits.
- By The Associated Press
- October 20, 2006
With its crucial computer services business coming up short again, IBM managed to wow investors with impressive third-quarter sales in its highly profitable hardware and software lines, including mainframes and Web applications.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2006
Yahoo Inc. shares fell Wednesday after reporting a drop in its third-quarter profit and saying it will end a disappointing year with a financial letdown in the fourth quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2006
The number of laptop batteries Sony is recalling will total 9.6 million worldwide, the company said Thursday, shedding more light on the scope of a problem that has rattled confidence in the company's image.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2006
Hewlett-Packard Co. supplanted Dell Inc. as the world leader in personal computer shipments during the third quarter, returning the bragging rights to Silicon Valley for the first time in nearly three years, according to figures released Wednesday by two influential research firms.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2006
While the big news is that Microsoft finally began shipping Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP on Wednesday, IE's main browser competitor hit a major milestone of its own just two days before.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 19, 2006
In another example of how mobile gadgets can carry malicious programs, Apple Computer Inc. said a fraction of its iPod players sold in the past month contained a virus that affects Windows systems.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2006
An anti-spam group plans to appeal a federal court ruling that could jeopardize its domain name after ignoring a lawsuit earlier on jurisdictional grounds.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2006
Anti-spam group facing possible loss of domain name plans to appeal $12M judgment.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2006
Just hours after Yahoo posted the golden code for its customized version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP on the Web, Microsoft has announced that IE7 is immediately available for download.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 18, 2006
Microsoft announced an expanded relationship with one of its major global systems integrators on Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 18, 2006
Microsoft and Intel will start a joint 23-city road show later this month to give the system builder channel a brain dump on the combined benefits of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 18, 2006
Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 27 percent, well past analyst expectations, boosted by sizzling sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh computers.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2006
Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and process raw data.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2006
Microsoft hasn’t yet officially announced final shipping code for Internet Explorer 7, but Yahoo says it already posted its customized version of the final code today.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 18, 2006
Microsoft and enterprise computer distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions, unveiled a deal Wednesday to work together to help VARs sell Oracle ERP software with Microsoft platform technologies.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 18, 2006
Microsoft and consultancy Capgemini Group announced Wednesday that they are expanding their existing relationship. Under the deal, Capgemini and Microsoft say they will invest in joint marketing, "demand generation" and partner solutions.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 18, 2006
Microsoft last week said it is cooperating with antivirus and security providers so that they can provide the same level as its own products, including OneCare Live. At least one big Microsoft partner and competitor, though, disputes those statements.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 18, 2006
In the countdown to Vista's release, there have been no reports of dumpster diving by enterprising reporters, but the largest circulation Seattle paper says it has seen a sign that points to the end of testing on Oct. 25th.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 17, 2006
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday software developers would no longer need to pay or license technology it provides to help one computer run multiple operating systems at the same time.
- By The Associated Press
- October 17, 2006