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Apple Releases More Laptops with Intel Chips

Intel chips sweep through the Mac landscape; what's left to complete the transition are high-end Macs.

Gates Shows Off SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on Monday touted the capabilities of the company's upcoming Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

AMD To Unveil Power-Efficient Chips

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.'s biggest rival in personal computer microprocessors, plans to unveil chips Tuesday it says will lead to more power-efficient PCs that are smaller and more stylish.

Hewlett-Packard Profit Rises on Cost-Cutting, Higher Revenue

HP bests Wall Street estimate of 49 cents per share by a nickel.

IBM Develops New Tape Storage Technology

Researchers at International Business Machines Corp. say a new method for cramming data onto magnetic tape will increase storage capacity at least 15 times, enough to squeeze the text from 8 million books onto a cartridge half the size of a VHS tape.

Microsoft Releases First Preview of Expression Web Designer

Microsoft has released the first community technology preview (CTP) of its Expression Web Designer tool targeted for designers producing professional Web sites.

Partner Watch, May 15

EMC Corp. acquires IT professional services firm Interlink.

Microsoft Shifts Partner Executives

Margo Day, the leader of the U.S. Partner Group since September 2001, is moving into an alternate role in the Small and Mid-Market Solutions and Partners organization.

DOJ Wants to Extend Oversight of Microsoft to 2009

Citing Microsoft Corp.'s lapses under part of a landmark antitrust settlement, the Justice Department said Friday it wants to extend by two years its oversight of some of the company's business practices until at least November 2009.

ISO: OpenDoc Ratified as Standard

In Europe on Monday, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the IEC jointly announced they have ratified the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard meant to enable documents from various desktop applications to be interchangeable.

BlackBerry Coming to China

The company behind the BlackBerry on Thursday said it will launch its mobile e-mail service in China, where it already has homegrown competition: the Redberry.

Entry-Level SAN Tool Bows

DataCore says it is shipping an entry-level version of its enterprise resource analysis, monitoring and reporting tool for Windows and storage area networks (SAN).

Speech Server 2007 Enters Beta Test

Microsoft said this week that it's shipping the first beta test version of Speech Server 2007 on schedule, and plans to release the final code this fall.

Cisco Forecast Concerns Analysts

Cisco Systems Inc., a leading maker of networking gear, is working to temper Wall Street's expectations for its current quarter.

Google Shows Off "Co-op"

Google Inc. on Wednesday fired another salvo aimed at maintaining the lead in Internet search while making its software more accessible outside Web browsers in its ongoing duel with rivals Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.

HP Unveils New Notebooks

Following in the footsteps of rivals, Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's second-largest computer maker, unveiled laptops with spiffier designs as well as more powerful processors.

Court: British Hacker Can Be Extradited to U.S

A British court recommended Wednesday that a man be extradited to the United States to face charges in the largest attack on U.S. government computer networks -- including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems.

Microsoft Debuts Windows CE Beta

While Windows Vista gets all the attention, embedded version of Windows quietly being revamped.

Gates Touts Vista's Gaming Features at E3

Gaming goes cross-platform, as Microsoft extends offerings to cell phones and upcoming Windows Vista.

Microsoft Preps New Version of Windows CE

While Microsoft Corp. has been beset by delays in its new operating system for personal computers, developers quietly have been working on a new version of another Windows, this one found in everything from sewing machines to sophisticated cell phones.