Microsoft Corp. plans to license a technology for manipulating three-dimensional images as part of the company's efforts to make more money from its in-house research and development.
- By The Associated Press
- July 19, 2006
Microsoft announced this week it will cooperate with a leading Linux open source developer to provide interoperability between Windows Longhorn Server and Xen virtualization technology for Linux.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 19, 2006
Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. have formed a four-year alliance to develop and sell products that aim to give people more sophisticated
ways to communicate with each other.
- By The Associated Press
- July 18, 2006
Microsoft announced this week it has acquired Winternals Software LP, a well-known vendor of enterprise systems recovery and data protection solutions for Windows, along with the company's associated freeware site Sysinternals.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 18, 2006
Microsoft has abruptly pulled from its Web site a free folder encryption tool it recently released, saying the program's removal came about due to complaints from IT shops.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 18, 2006
Microsoft Corp. has filed 26 lawsuits accusing U.S. companies of selling pirated software, the latest move in its ramped-up efforts to boost sales by cracking down on illegal copies.
- By The Associated Press
- July 17, 2006
An FBI computer consultant who pleaded guilty to hacking the secret passwords of Director Robert Mueller and others will not serve any time in prison, a federal judge has ruled.
- By The Associated Press
- July 16, 2006
A leading computer security company quietly fixed a dangerous design flaw months ago, but did not warn businesses and U.S. government agencies until Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- July 14, 2006
Novell Inc. will start shipping Release 10 of its Suse Linux on Monday, marking the first full new release of Suse Linux since August 2004, according to the company's president and chief executive officer.
- By The Associated Press
- July 14, 2006
Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are beginning a limited test of plans to make their instant messaging systems work together.
- By The Associated Press
- July 13, 2006
VMware announced this week that it is now shipping the free version of its virtualization server platform.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 13, 2006
Intel Corp. plans to cut 1,000 management jobs worldwide in an effort to reduce costs and make its operations more efficient, the world's largest computer chip maker said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- July 13, 2006
Dell Inc. outlined plans Thursday to simplify pricing and reduce the number of mail-in rebates for consumers and small business as part of the computer maker's recent $100 million initiative to improve customer service.
- By The Associated Press
- July 13, 2006
At its core, the $357 million fine levied against Microsoft Corp. comes down to one simple contention: Microsoft's software for computer servers works faster and more efficiently with its ubiquitous Windows operating system than do rivals' offerings.
- By The Associated Press
- July 13, 2006
The Mozilla Foundation began shipping Beta 1 of Firefox 2.0 this week, just days after a leading Web analytics firm reported the open source browser and its close relations have gained another 2 percentage points on Internet Explorer.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 13, 2006
European Union regulators fines Redmond and warns that the company needs to make sure it doesn't get into the same trouble again.
- By The Associated Press
- July 12, 2006
Microsoft on Wednesday at its Velocity 2006 partner conference in Boston debuted a desktop virtualization licensing plan for Windows Vista Enterprise in hopes of generating more interest in its Software Assurance program.
- By Ed Scannell
- July 12, 2006
IBM announced this week it is shipping a Lotus Notes client that runs on top of Linux in a move one analyst says is primarily about reassuring Notes customers that their old standby collaboration platform continues to have a place in Big Blue's evolving Linux strategy.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 12, 2006
The EU fined Microsoft Corp. $357 million and threatened more penalties, saying the company failed to obey a 2004 antitrust order to share technical information with rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- July 12, 2006
Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- July 12, 2006