Sun Microsystems today said it will acquire MySQL, the leading supplier of open source database software, for $1 billion. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Business software maker Oracle Corp. agreed Wednesday to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company that pioneered Web services software.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week has rolled out a turnkey solution that ties front-end CRM functions with back-end ERP and supply chain management systems.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the Macworld Conference & Expo, Microsoft today is releasing Office 2008 for Mac, the latest version of the company's ubiquitous office productivity suite.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner is proving Redmond's Software Plus Services case by offering hosted and customized IT support to the small-to-medium business market.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware, the world's largest maker of virtualization software, is expanding its empire with the acquisition of application virtualization vendor Thinstall.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- January 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fourth quarter usually is the best time of the year for IBM Corp., but rarely does it look this good. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    European Union regulators investigating whether Microsoft is using monopoly powers to squeeze out competing Internet browsers and software rivals. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. is bringing digital advertising to the grocery cart. The software maker spent four years working with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. on a grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store, then scan and pay for their items without waiting in the checkout line.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM's new Rational Team Concert  Express aims to make it easier for dispersed development teams  to work together writing software and better track changes and  contributions more efficiently
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- January 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A flock of new-age tech powers -- Amazon.com, Google, eBay, Facebook -- want your developers to target their pieces of "the Cloud."
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- January 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Earlier this week Microsoft quietly announced that the head of its merger and acquisitions strategy, Vice President of Corporate Development Bruce Jaffe, is leaving the company.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    MSN Messenger was the instant messaging client of choice for hackers, thieves and many types of malware in 2007.
                    
			            - By J.T.  Gallant
- January 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Jeff Raikes will leave Microsoft next September after 28 years with the company.
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- January 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft, which  has said for months that it fields the best enterprise search, is spending another billion to bolster that claim.
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- January 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft kicked off 2008 with two patches -- one "Critical," one  "Important." 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. might not be the unbeatable giant it once seemed to be, but Chairman Bill Gates made the case Sunday night that its technologies are becoming even more flexible and powerful as they seep into automobiles, Internet-based TV networks and living rooms. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sales of the Vista operating system have hit the 100 million-mark, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Sunday night at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in what is expected to be his last  keynote address.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- January 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Before Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner gets the green light to fly passengers, the aircraft maker will have to prove that offering Internet access in the cabin won't leave the flight controls vulnerable to hackers and hijackers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 07, 2008