Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is buying out secure access software vendor Whale Communications, in a move aimed at broadening its security offerings to enterprise customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 19, 2006
Symantec accused Microsoft of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.
- By The Associated Press
- May 19, 2006
Security software maker Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft Corp. in a federal lawsuit Thursday of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.
- By The Associated Press
- May 19, 2006
After months of being noncommittal, Microsoft Thursday finally published the system requirements for Windows Vista, and set up a Web site to help users plan ahead for Vista’s availability early next year.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 19, 2006
Piracy in China tempers the enormous business opportunities there.
- By Anne Stuart
- May 19, 2006
An inside look at prominent deals within the Microsoft partner community. Part of an occasional series.
- By Lee Pender
- May 19, 2006
From the business wires: a tool for monitoring Web apps, SharePoint connectors, and a self-extracting file compression program.
July 11 support deadline looms for Windows 98/SE/Me.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 19, 2006
The world's largest PC maker says it was merely bowing to customer demand when it decided to start offering microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in some of its high-end servers.
- By The Associated Press
- May 19, 2006
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has trained 300 Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) on its way to a goal of 900 MCPs as it ramps up its services capabilities for a major push into small business sales.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 18, 2006
Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to send you video over the Internet. "Desperate Housewives," Stephen Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding parties: It's all there.
- By The Associated Press
- May 18, 2006
Company's corporate restructuring designed to allow Microsoft Corp. to make decisions more quickly, says top exec.
- By The Associated Press
- May 18, 2006
More than 300 Best Buy employees now certified under training and certification program, jointly developed with Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 18, 2006
Score one for the spammers. The company behind a controversial anti-spam initiative is shutting down the service after spammers began threatening users and rendering the company's site inaccessible.
- By The Associated Press
- May 18, 2006
DOJ to continue keeping an eye on Microsoft's business practices for two more years.
- By The Associated Press
- May 17, 2006
Rivals Symantec and McAfee band together to bust eBay software pirates.
- By The Associated Press
- May 17, 2006
Windows Live Search, competitor to Google Search, offered as a free download.
- By The Associated Press
- May 17, 2006
Ten years ago, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told CEOs attending the keynote of his first CEO Summit that the exponential changes being brought about by technology would continue unabated.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 17, 2006
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new laptop rebate program to encourage system builders in the Microsoft Partner Program to focus on mobile systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 17, 2006
In a post-keynote press conference with Microsoft executives and Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, Microsoft pushed its vision for the next version of SharePoint Server, scheduled to ship to business customers in October.
- By Michael Desmond
- May 17, 2006