One of the world's most notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with the state of Texas and Microsoft Corp. that cost him at least $1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop sending the nuisance e-mails.
- By The Associated Press
- June 05, 2006
Hundreds of people waving picket signs and skull-and-crossbones pirate flags demonstrated in Stockholm on Saturday against a police crackdown on a popular file-sharing Web site that had millions of users worldwide.
- By The Associated Press
- June 05, 2006
Microsoft Corp. said it has canceled plans to include an automatic way to save documents in the popular PDF format in the next version of its Office software, amid an ongoing dispute with Adobe Systems Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- June 02, 2006
From the business wires this week: a Windows auditing and reporting solution, a database development app for SQL and Microsoft highlights.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.'s biggest rival in the market for microprocessors that act as the brains of personal computers, unveiled plans for new products it said would deliver improved performance and efficiency.
- By The Associated Press
- June 02, 2006
Microsoft Corp. will offer a premium license for the upcoming version of its Exchange e-mail server.
- By The Associated Press
- June 02, 2006
Microsoft said this week it will split the Office business unit in two to better reflect the suite's continuing evolution, and has appointed two veteran insiders to head the new groups.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 01, 2006
A new version of the Ubuntu software package, a flavor of the freely distributed Linux operating system, is due out Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- June 01, 2006
Enterprise management software vendor NetIQ will ship its new Analysis Center 2.5 package on June 22, the company says.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 01, 2006
Shares of ATI Technologies Inc. jumped more than 9.5 percent Wednesday after a Wall Street analyst said the graphics chip maker may be acquired by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the PC microprocessor maker that's been taking market share from Intel Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- June 01, 2006
The government has already reached the limit on high-tech worker visas for 2007 even though the fiscal year doesn't start until Oct. 1, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- June 01, 2006
Microsoft Corp. announces release of software that aims to better protect people who use Windows from Internet attacks.
- By The Associated Press
- May 31, 2006
Microsoft says it's hard at work on a Visual Studio edition product targeted specifically at database developers and that it plans to ship it by year's end.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 31, 2006
Microsoft has released a tool to help IT shops and developers determine if changes are needed to users’ applications in order to run under Windows Vista.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 31, 2006
Computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., whose revenue has declined four years in a row, said Wednesday it planned to cut 4,000 to 5,000 jobs in an effort to return to consistent profitability.
- By The Associated Press
- May 31, 2006
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told investors Wednesday to be patient as the world's largest software company spends time and money developing new products and entering new markets.
- By The Associated Press
- May 31, 2006
Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday told industry analysts the online search engine leader is unlikely to create its own Web browser, even though the company remains worried about being slighted by the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.
- By The Associated Press
- May 31, 2006
Amnesty International on Sunday accused the world's Internet firms of colluding with repressive regimes to curtail online freedom.
- By The Associated Press
- May 30, 2006
U.S. semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it will invest $2.5 billion, or nearly 2 billion euros, to expand its production facilities in the eastern German city of Dresden.
- By The Associated Press
- May 30, 2006
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the Windows Vista operating system is still on track for early January shipment.
- By The Associated Press
- May 30, 2006