Microsoft will re-release one of its April security bulletins on Tuesday to fix a flaw in the patch that caused applications to crash on systems running either an older Hewlett-Packard utility or certain NVIDIA drivers.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 21, 2006
In a move to make the freely distributed Linux operating system a stronger alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, a group of major Linux distributors announced Friday they have united on a standard set of components for desktop versions of Linux.
- By The Associated Press
- April 21, 2006
Free Standards Group releases latest desktop standard set of components.
- By The Associated Press
- April 21, 2006
Microsoft will fight for the way it conducts future business next week as it urges the European Union's second highest court to overturn an antitrust ruling that ordered it to pay a record $613 million fine.
- By The Associated Press
- April 21, 2006
A New York court has quashed a Microsoft Corp. subpoena aimed at compelling IBM to hand over documents related to the software giants's European antitrust case.
- By The Associated Press
- April 21, 2006
Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit rose 41 percent, beating Wall Street estimates, as sales of its iPod players continued to soar and Macintosh computer shipments increased by 4 percent.
- By The Associated Press
- April 20, 2006
Think accessing the Web from your mobile phone is an idea whose time hasn't yet -- and may never -- come? But you hate lugging even a three-pound notebook everywhere you go?
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 20, 2006
Computer shipments rose at a faster-than-expected 13 percent worldwide in the first quarter, and the No. 1 PC maker, Dell Inc., lost ground to rivals, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- April 20, 2006
Exchange administrators are constantly under the gun to keep their messaging servers up and running without hiccups. And Zenprise is giving those companies a bit more insurance in that regard with the latest release of the company's flagship product, Zenprise 2.0, the service-management software for Microsoft Exchange.
- By Michael Domingo
- April 20, 2006
While PC sales are on the uptick, Dell still manages to lose ground to rivals HP and Lenovo.
- By The Associated Press
- April 20, 2006
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates reaffirmed the U.S. software company's commitment to the Japanese market Friday as he kicked off a campaign here to offer some free technology help to nonprofit organizations.
- By The Associated Press
- April 20, 2006
Investors looking for signs of just how painful the past few quarters have been for Intel Corp. need look no further than the company's revised spending plans.
- By The Associated Press
- April 20, 2006
Westchester County on Thursday enacted a law that is designed to limit identity theft by forcing local businesses to install basic security measures for any wireless network that stores customers' credit card numbers or other financial information.
- By The Associated Press
- April 20, 2006
Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is shipping Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, on schedule.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 19, 2006
Cassatt Corp. announced it is shipping an add-on for its Collage virtualization platform that aims to provide unified and automated management for both physical servers and virtual machines (VM) -- and in a vendor neutral fashion.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 19, 2006
The residual effects of sweeping cost cuts helped first-quarter earnings at
International Business Machines Corp. increase 22 percent and beat analysts'
expectations Tuesday despite minor revenue growth.
- By The Associated Press
- April 19, 2006
Hoping to become less dependent on Internet advertising, online search engine leader Google Inc. is introducing a tool designed to make it easier for companies and their workers to find vital information scattered across a maze of complex software applications.
- By The Associated Press
- April 19, 2006
Businesses and consumers who purchased computers with Microsoft Corp. software preinstalled or bought the company's programs through a reseller can't sue for antitrust violations, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- April 19, 2006
In April 2003, Intel Corp. rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. released "Opteron," a revolutionary microprocessor for server computers that ran in the standard 32-bit mode or in a more advanced 64-bit mode.
- By The Associated Press
- April 19, 2006
An Oregon man will pay nearly $84,000 in fines and consumer restitution for using e-mail to market bogus anti-spyware software called Spyware Cleaner, Washington state officials said in announcing a settlement.
- By The Associated Press
- April 19, 2006