Bob Jones has a lofty idea for improving communications around the world: Strategically float robotic airships above the Earth as an alternative to unsightly telecom towers on the ground and expensive satellites in space.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Authorities in the southern city of Pitesti have broken up four sophisticated Internet crime rings, police said Saturday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It wasn't too long ago when Dell Inc. was riding high on the success of its patented direct-sales model to consumers and businesses, boldly predicting during an April 2005 meeting with analysts that the computer maker would soon swell from $50 billion in revenue to $80 billion.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dutch auction brings in only $3.8 billion, far short of $20 billion the company was hoping to repurchase. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 18, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    World's top computer seller still places faith in Sony batteries. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 18, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft confirmed this week that it has hired a well-known security and anti-virus executive.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell Inc. on Thursday posted disappointing second-quarter earnings amid a regulatory probe. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against testing materials vendor TestKing, alleging that the company is illegally selling the actual answers to its certification exams.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell's newest line of servers and desktops will expand its use of the Intel CPU alternative.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Although Carly Fiorina was sacked in one of the most humbling ousters in corporate America, her initial moves to reinvigorate Hewlett-Packard Co. are now paying off in HP's healthy profit and recent stock surge. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Storage vendor cites strong demand in China among reasons in beating Wall Street estimates.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Scant details available for two new exams for mobile and embedded device developers. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- August 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell Inc.'s recall of 4.1 million laptop computer batteries came as embarrassing news to Sony, which supplied the problem batteries, but proved to be good news for rival Japanese electronics companies Sanyo and Matsushita, pushing the struggling company's shares higher Wednesday. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft hints at structure of Exchange Admin track of exams, currently in development phase. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- August 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is shipping the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of its next generation data access libraries for the .NET programming framework.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM executives Tuesday rolled out a roadmap for the company's investment in new open source areas beyond Linux, in a continuing but quiet assault on Microsoft's territory: the desktop.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    World's biggest PC seller to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can burst into flames.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move clearly aimed at Microsoft, IBM announced it has ported its enterprise instant messaging client to run atop Linux on the desktop and plans to have a Linux server product out next year.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has released the first beta test version of its coming entry into the realm of blog publishing tools based on a familiar theme: "What you see is what you get" or WYSIWYG.  
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell 64 percent on increased expenses, and the business software maker said it will trim its work force by about 10 percent, or 1,700 positions.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 14, 2006