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ScriptLogic Ships Enterprise Security Reporter 3.0

Network administration software vendor ScriptLogic announced this week it is shipping the latest revision of its security compliance and auditing solution.

Microsoft Settles Calif. Antitrust Suit for $70 Million

Microsoft Corp. will pay $70 million to thousands of California government agencies in the latest legal settlement spurred by price-gouging allegations against the world's largest computer software maker.

Apps Hosting Solution from Microsoft

Microsoft is shipping a packaged solution meant to enable third-parties to easily offer hosted application services via the Web.

Gartner: Windows Vista to be Delayed Further

Research firm predicts release of Vista in late spring of 2007; Microsoft thinks it can make early 2007.

Intel To Seed Developing Markets with $1 Billion

Trying to increase demand for personal computers in India and other emerging markets, Intel Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years to promote the use of computers in schools, cafes and other public spots in developing countries.

Microsoft Settles Calif. Antitrust Suit

Truce in lawsuit will have company paying out $70 million to California government agencies.

Microsoft Seeks Edge in Online Advertising

No one can quite agree on whether Microsoft Corp. held its first online advertising summit in a conference room or a cafeteria, but what everyone does remember is how little attention was paid to the field just seven years ago.

MS Ships Beta 1 of Virtual Server Service Pack

Microsoft has begun beta testing Service Pack 1 of Virtual Server 2005 R2, an update to the company’s main virtualization platform that will add support for hardware virtualization in both Intel and AMD processors.

Google Complains IE7 May Violate Antitrust Rules

Google Inc. is hoping to pressure Microsoft Corp. into changing a new Internet Explorer browser feature that could direct more people to Microsoft's online search engine instead of Google's far more popular offering.

Gartner: Microsoft Won't Make January Windows Vista Release

An influential analyst firm is predicting that the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system will come out even later than Microsoft has already forecast.

Companies Rally Around Systems Center Family

Field report from the Microsoft Management Summit in San Diego

Comverse Technology Execs Resign Amid Options Probe

The CEO and two other executives at Comverse Technology Inc. resigned Monday amid a company probe of the timing of stock-option grants at the maker of telecommunications systems and software.

Microsoft Stock Tumbles on Lower Earnings Guidance

Shares of Microsoft Corp. tumbled 11 percent Friday, after the world's largest software maker reported third-quarter profit that missed Wall Street expectations and lowered its earnings guidance.

Macs' Virus Profile Rising

Benjamin Daines was browsing the Web when he clicked on a series of links that promised pictures of an unreleased update to his computer's operating system.

Pentagon Hacker Reportedly Compromised Data of 14,000 People

An intruder gained access to a Defense Department computer server and compromised confidential health care insurance information for more than 14,000 people, the department said Friday.

EU Judges Asked To Toss Out Microsoft Fine

The record antitrust fine levied against Microsoft Corp. by the European Commission should be tossed out, or at least greatly reduced, because the punishment outweighed the infraction, company lawyers said Friday.

EU Judges Asked to Toss Out Microsoft Fine

Microsoft lawyers contend that EU fines don't fit the infraction; seek reduction or outright end to EU suit.

Microsoft CEO Sees Software Prices Falling

Software prices could fall as companies develop subscription sales and other alternative ways of marketing applications over smarter Web browsers, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday.

CEO: Intel to Undergo Broad Restructuring

Intel Corp. will undergo a broad restructuring that will focus on every aspect of the chip-maker's operations, Chief Executive Paul Otellini told analysts Thursday.

IBM Unveils Mainframe "Lite"

Hoping to expand the market for its signature piece of hardware, IBM Corp. is rolling out a less expensive version of its top mainframe computer Thursday.