Microsoft Corp.'s delay in releasing the consumer version of its new Windows operating system is a blow to companies that make and sell computers, but perhaps good news for others in the electronics industry.
- By The Associated Press
- March 23, 2006
Although insisting that a sudden change in top management is not related to news that Windows Vista has slipped its schedule, sources inside the company say that Microsoft has promoted a veteran executive to head its Windows efforts, according to news reports.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 22, 2006
Shares of Microsoft Corp. fell Wednesday after the software maker delayed the consumer release of its new operating system until January 2007, after the holiday shopping season.
- By The Associated Press
- March 22, 2006
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday offered "free, unlimited technical support" to rivals interested in making their software work with Microsoft servers, saying it wanted to comply with a landmark EU antitrust ruling.
- By The Associated Press
- March 22, 2006
After weeks of being cagey about shipping Windows Vista on schedule, Microsoft did a turnabout late Tuesday. The upshot: Vista will go to corporate customers in November, but all consumer releases are delayed until January.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 22, 2006
Microsoft Research puts $1.2 milion into project to develop software that can interpret signatures as well as produce 3-D drawings based on sketches.
- By The Associated Press
- March 22, 2006
A corporate-backed watchdog group that monitors software for deceptive and abusive practices on Wednesday named a widely used file-sharing program and three other applications as violators of its guidelines.
- By The Associated Press
- March 22, 2006
Ed Whitacre, the chief executive of AT&T Inc., dismissed criticism that its planned merger with BellSouth Corp. will form a near-monopoly for Internet access and give it the clout to dictate terms to Web sites if they want to remain reachable.
- By The Associated Press
- March 22, 2006
At its Partner Summit last week in San Diego, Cisco Systems Inc. announced a major restructuring of its Channel Partner Program.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 22, 2006
Deutsche Telekom AG said Tuesday it has formed an alliance with Microsoft Corp. to offer Internet television services to subscribers in Germany this year.
- By The Associated Press
- March 21, 2006
When a New Jersey judge ruled that Amazon.com Inc. breached a groundbreaking contract with Toys R Us Inc., she delivered with the legal blow a public scolding, calling company executives obstinate, arrogant and even childish.
- By The Associated Press
- March 21, 2006
Microsoft released a refreshed Beta 2 preview of Internet Explorer 7 along with key beta development tools at Mix06, the company’s first-ever Web site developer and designer conclave kicked off in Las Vegas on Monday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 21, 2006
The Redmond giant missing delivery by the holiday shopping season may benefit other parts of the consumer electronics industry, say analysts.
- By The Associated Press
- March 21, 2006
Two companies that will share in a new FBI computer contract were singled out in a government audit Monday that questioned $17 million in the agency's computer overhaul.
- By The Associated Press
- March 21, 2006
A pioneer of software that delivers pop-up ads based on Web sites that Internet users browse said Tuesday it will exit that business by June following persistent criticism from online publishers, consumer groups and privacy advocates.
- By The Associated Press
- March 21, 2006
Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil.
- By The Associated Press
- March 21, 2006
Dell Inc. plans to double the number of its employees in India to 20,000 in three years, Chairman Michael Dell said Monday, in what appeared to be moves by the world's largest personal computer maker to beef up its presence in one of the world's fastest growing markets.
- By The Associated Press
- March 21, 2006
A conversation with Microsoft VP Allison Watson.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 20, 2006
This is the first in an occasional series offering an inside look at prominent deals in the Microsoft partner community.
- By Lee Pender
- March 20, 2006
A federal judge on Friday ordered Google Inc. to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine, but rebuffed the government's demand for a list of people's search requests -- potentially sensitive information that the company had fought to protect.
- By The Associated Press
- March 19, 2006