From the business wires this week: an Exchange search tool, Windows backup products, and SQL Server monitoring and managing tools.
- By Dan Hong
- March 17, 2006
Microsoft has sued eight people for selling counterfeit copies of its software through online auction site eBay, the company said this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 16, 2006
The IT training provider deepens its European operations in 12 countries.
- By Dan Hong
- March 16, 2006
Microsoft this week announced it will ship in June an operational analytics application for decision makers designed to work with its Dynamics brand of software for small and mid-size businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 16, 2006
New exam provides MCDBAs with short path to MCITP; new developer exams for application developers now available
- By Michael Domingo
- March 16, 2006
Security researchers are warning about a new variety of unusually powerful denial of service attacks.
- By The Associated Press
- March 16, 2006
Lockheed Martin Corp. will build a new computer system for the FBI in an effort to put to rest the bureau's multimillion-dollar troubles with technology.
- By The Associated Press
- March 16, 2006
Microsoft Corp. announced a $500 million marketing initiative Thursday aimed at competing with IBM Corp. for corporate spending on information technology.
- By The Associated Press
- March 16, 2006
Cell phones doing more; computer, TV technology converging closer, says Microsoft chairman
- By The Associated Press
- March 16, 2006
Credit card data on Bananas.com music and gear Web site compromised, with several victims coming forward.
- By The Associated Press
- March 16, 2006
Google Inc. said Thursday it expects to complete its $1 billion investment in America Online during the second quarter, slightly later than the two popular Web sites originally anticipated.
- By The Associated Press
- March 16, 2006
Microsoft Wednesday delivered the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, including the data mirroring technologies that missed last fall’s release of the big update to Microsoft’s flagship database product.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 15, 2006
The Internet's key oversight agency has outlined a plan for testing domain names entirely in non-English characters, bringing closer to reality a change highly sought by Asian and Arabic Internet users.
- By The Associated Press
- March 15, 2006
Microsoft is turning to a third-party firm to make Microsoft Live Communications Server more interoperable with other communications products based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 15, 2006
New Internet attacks targeting computers that manage global Internet traffic has potential to overwhelm popular Web sites and disrupt e-mails
- By The Associated Press
- March 15, 2006
Google Inc.'s legal showdown with the Bush administration over the right to protect the privacy of its audience and trade secrets appears to be tilting in the Internet search engine's favor, even though a federal judge has signaled he will order the company to turn over some records to the government.
- By The Associated Press
- March 15, 2006
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates sketched out a vision for the future in which a cell phone will become a "digital wallet," able to get e-mail and even scan business cards, while computers and TVs will merge.
- By The Associated Press
- March 15, 2006
Microsoft this week continues its quest to bring more small business customers into the software fold with its first Small Business Summit, where officials announced options aimed at making it easier for smaller customers to obtain financing.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 14, 2006
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that the European Commission has refused its request for an open antitrust hearing later this month -- hearings the EU said are never open to the public.
- By The Associated Press
- March 14, 2006
An overzealous Microsoft employee may have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag as to when the company plans to release Windows Vista, when he posted to a Microsoft blog on Monday stating it will come out in November.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 14, 2006