A group of students at Rome Catholic School are learning how to become the future defenders of cyberspace through a pilot program that officials say is the first of its kind in the country.
- By The Associated Press
- March 10, 2006
The maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices, fresh from settling a lawsuit that threatened its very business, is buying a company that will allow it to marry BlackBerries with corporate phone systems.
- By The Associated Press
- March 10, 2006
Microsoft plans to release two security bulletins next week addressing a critical vulnerability in Office and an important flaw in Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 09, 2006
Google Inc. has agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the online search engine leader overcharged thousands of advertisers who paid for bogus sales referrals generated through a ruse known as "click fraud."
- By The Associated Press
- March 09, 2006
Microsoft Corp. finally took the wraps off its mysterious Project Origami on Thursday, unveiling a computer that's about the size of a large paperback book but runs a full version of the Windows XP operating system.
- By The Associated Press
- March 09, 2006
The French government, bowing to pressure from lawmakers, revived a measure legalizing file-sharing and submitted it to debate Thursday as part of a larger draft law on fighting piracy.
- By The Associated Press
- March 09, 2006
Microsoft has promoted Scotsman Bill Laing to lead its Windows Server division
after having moved the last executive to hold the post, Bob Muglia, up to be senior vice president of the Server and Tools business.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 09, 2006
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has purchased Cambridge, Mass.-based Onfolio and has incorporated its end-user information collection tool as an add-in to its Windows Live Toolbar.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 08, 2006
How do you get five “9”s of server reliability by spending only four “9”s in acquisition costs? That’s the hook that Maynard, Mass.-based Stratus is tossing out with its new entry level ftServer W Series 2400 line of fault-tolerant Windows servers, which it introduced this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 08, 2006
Hoping to leap ahead of smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp. unveiled details of a next-generation chip design that it claims will perform better -- and consume less power -- than today's Pentium 4.
- By The Associated Press
- March 07, 2006
Intel and Microsoft lifted the veil on further collaborations around the chipmaker’s virtualization technologies, including efforts to let two of the companies’ key management products interoperate.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 07, 2006
Google Inc. on Tuesday advised investors to disregard an internal financial forecast mistakenly posted on its Web site -- a mix up that included a reference to management's concerns about the online search engine leader's profits narrowing amid tougher competition.
- By The Associated Press
- March 07, 2006
In its latest bid to catch up with rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. is launching a revamped Internet search engine it says will help computer users find information faster, view it more easily and organize it better.
- By The Associated Press
- March 07, 2006
NetIQ says it will ship next week a new Windows-based tool aimed at simplifying user change administration.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 07, 2006
Hitachi is working on an R2D2-like security robot on wheels that can map out its surroundings using infrared sensors and a camera to detect missing items, suspicious packages and intruders.
- By The Associated Press
- March 07, 2006
Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest network equipment maker, said on Monday it's partnering with Microsoft Corp. to create a package of communications tools geared for businesses.
- By The Associated Press
- March 06, 2006
Less than a week after interest groups complained about a proposed bulk-e-mailing fee, America Online Inc. said nonprofit organizations will not have to pay to send mass messages to their members after all.
- By The Associated Press
- March 06, 2006
Winternals releases network security solution Protection Manager.
- By Dan Hong
- March 06, 2006
China's government is trying to boost public interest in its figurehead parliament and its companion advisory body by setting up Web logs for members as they meet this week.
- By The Associated Press
- March 05, 2006
Google Inc. provided stock market analysts with more color about its secretive operations Thursday, painting a bright picture that appeared aimed at defusing growth concerns raised by the search engine leader's chief financial officer earlier this week.
- By The Associated Press
- March 03, 2006