Most people probably dream of being the world's richest person -- except, perhaps, the man himself.
- By The Associated Press
- May 04, 2006
In the past year, Microsoft held discussions with search engine competitor Yahoo regarding a possible buyout, or taking a stake in its rival, according to published reports this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 04, 2006
One spammer has managed to identify e-mail addresses on a "do-not-spam" list touted as secure, taking advantage of an obvious flaw with such lists and prompting critics to wonder what took so long.
- By The Associated Press
- May 04, 2006
The Bush administration is defending new federal rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls.
- By The Associated Press
- May 04, 2006
Microsoft opens up exam discounts to registered members of its Partner program, allows discount to be combined with exam retake offer.
- By Michael Domingo
- May 03, 2006
Microsoft and partner SAP on Tuesday said they are still on schedule to ship their “Project Mendocino” integration product in June.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 03, 2006
Network administration software vendor ScriptLogic announced this week it is shipping the latest revision of its security compliance and auditing solution.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 03, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
Microsoft is shipping a packaged solution meant to enable third-parties to easily offer hosted application services via the Web.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 02, 2006
Research firm predicts release of Vista in late spring of 2007; Microsoft thinks it can make early 2007.
- By The Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
Truce in lawsuit will have company paying out $70 million to California government agencies.
- By The Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
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.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 02, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
Field report from the Microsoft Management Summit in San Diego
- By Michael Domingo
- May 01, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 01, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 01, 2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- May 01, 2006