Stepping up competition in the PC industry, Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's third-largest computer maker, is introducing its first Lenovo-branded computers to be sold outside its home base of China.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 23, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Windows Vista enterprise CTP, or community technology preview, released Wednesday, will be followed next quarter by a consumer CTP. The two CTPs replace a Beta 2 version of Windows Vista.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BRUSSELS-A group of Microsoft Corp.'s rivals filed a complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday, alleging its business practices threatened to deny real choice among competing software products.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft investing in phone system to reach out and touch more partners. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The FBI's latest attempt to modernize its computers is running behind schedule and its budget already has exceeded the cost of the last failed effort.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is shipping a set of tools meant to help customers more closely tie Microsoft’s Dynamics products into Office 2003.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Look out Microsoft, you’re not the only ones who want in on the corporate instant messaging and collaboration tools game, or the online services market.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BEJING-China is cracking down on junk e-mail and "illegal" mobile phone text messages, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company plans crossover with partner program.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- February 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After appearing to release official names for the editions of Windows Vista over the weekend, Microsoft now says the Web page where the names appeared was posted prematurely and the names are not final.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced this week it has begun beta testing Systems Management Server 2003 Release 2.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest release of Microsoft's full-on e-commerce package has begun beta testing, the company said this week. Microsoft Commerce Server 2006 is currently targeted for final release in July.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As if to reinforce its message that it is now an application lifecycle firm, Borland Software announced this week it is shipping a new IT governance solution.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Alero Technology announced this week it is shipping Release 2 of its Alero 2006 enterprise information management package.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's official. Microsoft announced overnight on Wednesday that Office "12" will be officially known as -- ta da! -- Office 2007. At the same time, the Redmond software maker announced a dizzying array of packaging and licensing options.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft releases two more exams, aimed at MCITP for SQL Server DBA candidates.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- February 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Declaring that it has fulfilled both the letter and the spirit of the law, Microsoft Wednesday denied it is still in violation of European Community fair trade laws and attacked the EC's Commission for Competition. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    German utility firm 1-abc.net announced it is shipping a new product aimed at making sure that files you delete stay deleted.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent survey, billed as one of the first polls of end users of managed services, found the customers were much more responsive to managed service providers they encountered at trade shows and to referrals than to cold sales calls.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Popular "second-shot" promotion keeps coming back; this time, it's worldwide.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- February 15, 2006