Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday the company's upcoming Windows Vista operating system has survived antitrust complaints by rivals who aimed to "castrate" it.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista that will be delivered won't be a version "castrated" by EU or software rivals, says Microsoft chairman.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced this week it is adding an enhanced version of Dotfuscator Community Edition (CE) to the next major release of Microsoft Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas."
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced this week it is nearing release of a new version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software -- Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 08, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In January, Indian mobile users will have access to Microsoft's search engine; service announced as part of Microsoft $1.7 billion investment in the country.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 08, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista gold code now released to manufacturing. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 08, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced it released Windows Vista to manufacturing on Wednesday, putting it on schedule to ship to volume customers by November 30, and confirmed that Vista will go to consumers on January 30, 2007. 
                    
			            - By Ed Scannell  and Stuart Johnston
- November 08, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Police in Chile arrested four suspected computer hackers for allegedly belonging to a group accused of breaking into thousands of government Web sites around the globe, including NASA's.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 07, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The virtualization marketplace heated up this week with announcements from both Microsoft and chief competitor VMware. Both announcements came at VMware's VMworld conference in Los Angeles. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 07, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For years, computer security software lurked in the background and tried to stop viruses and other malicious programs as they attack your computer. Newer products are trying to keep users from reaching Web sites before the programs can even launch an attack, essentially stopping threats at the source.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 07, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. said Monday it has wrapped up work on its delayed Office 2007 suite and released the code to manufacturing.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 07, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Security vendor, as well as competitors, will offer ways to defend against phishing sites and other Internet attacks. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An online media and advertising company accused of unfairly and deceptively downloading its software onto consumers' computers has agreed to pay a $3 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Police nab suspects responsible for hacking into goverment sites in South America, Asia and United States. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Analysis: Once bitter rivals now working on a peaceful relationship in business and desktop realms. 
                    
			            - By Ed Scannell  and Stuart Johnston
- November 03, 2006