IBM Corp. said Wednesday it will spend $1.3 billion in cash to acquire Internet Security Systems Inc., which performs network monitoring and analysis services for companies.
- By The Associated Press
- August 23, 2006
Despite Microsoft's failure to release a new desktop operating system in the past five years, Windows' previous versions still give the company control of nearly 97 percent of all PCs worldwide, according to a leading Web analytics firm.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 22, 2006
Microsoft executives may have a hard time talking about open source software without getting their blood up, but the company appears to be taking a pragmatic approach when it comes to Windows Vista and the growing popularity of the Firefox browser.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 22, 2006
Microsoft is disputing claims of a zero-day flaw in its PowerPoint application that could allow remote code execution.
- By Shawna McAlearney
- August 21, 2006
Authorities in the southern city of Pitesti have broken up four sophisticated Internet crime rings, police said Saturday.
- By The Associated Press
- August 21, 2006
Dutch auction brings in only $3.8 billion, far short of $20 billion the company was hoping to repurchase.
- By The Associated Press
- August 18, 2006
Microsoft confirmed this week that it has hired a well-known security and anti-virus executive.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 17, 2006
Scant details available for two new exams for mobile and embedded device developers.
- By Michael Domingo
- August 16, 2006
Microsoft hints at structure of Exchange Admin track of exams, currently in development phase.
- By Michael Domingo
- August 16, 2006
IBM executives Tuesday rolled out a roadmap for the company's investment in new open source areas beyond Linux, in a continuing but quiet assault on Microsoft's territory: the desktop.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 16, 2006
World's biggest PC seller to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can burst into flames.
- By The Associated Press
- August 15, 2006
In a move clearly aimed at Microsoft, IBM announced it has ported its enterprise instant messaging client to run atop Linux on the desktop and plans to have a Linux server product out next year.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 15, 2006
Google is issuing this warning to people who try to click on links to sites with spyware and other malicious code: "The site you are about to visit may harm your computer!"
- By The Associated Press
- August 10, 2006
A recent high-profile Microsoft hire, brought onboard to work on Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's Windows Live vision, has suddenly announced his pending departure, citing a pullback on plans he had signed on to implement.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 10, 2006
Despite calls by some beta testers for Microsoft to release a third beta of Windows Vista, the company appears to be instead readying to push its first golden code candidate out the door.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 09, 2006