Ray Ozzie says Microsoft will answer with plans that more than mimic its rivals successes. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Watching Google Inc. rake in advertising revenue "was a wake-up call within Microsoft," the company's top technical executive, Ray Ozzie, said Tuesday. But he said Microsoft plans to do more than simply mimic Google by rolling out Web-based versions of desktop programs or following its particular search and advertising model.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft says it is wrapping up the beta test code for its first service pack for Exchange Server 2007, and plans to begin testing the update in April.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    McAfee Inc.'s former top lawyer was charged Tuesday with stock options tampering that muddied the finances of the computer security software maker.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Massachusetts man is alleged to have defrauded Cisco of millions through a scheme involving orders of 'defective' hardware.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Alleged thieves try to replace credit card readers to steal customer information. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 27, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced Monday the formation of what it's dubbed the Microsoft Business Process Alliance, or BPA, an organization created to boost deployment and use of business process management tools with a focus on an emerging standard in that area.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 27, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two New York men accused of trying to extort $150,000 from MySpace.com by developing code that tracked visitors pleaded no contest Monday to illegal computer access in a bargain with the prosecution.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 27, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Extortion, illegal computer access among charges against quartet who claimed to have MySpace-monitoring software that could be used for nefarious purposes. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    About one-third of Internet users in the U.S. have used a wireless connection to surf the Web or check e-mail, according to a survey released Sunday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some European countries are proposing outlawing the use of fake information to open e-mail accounts or set up Web sites, a move intended to help terror investigations but which could face resistance on a privacy-conscious continent.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft Corp. would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system. Yet Microsoft is making it hard for Mac owners and other potentially influential customers to adopt the software. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 22, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google will begin selling an online suite of software that treads on technological turf traditionally dominated by Microsoft and IBM.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 22, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Redmond giant says security issues are of concern with Vista Basic and Home Premium users, but Business and Ultimate licensees can run virtualized safely.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- February 22, 2007