Microsoft isn't taking Google's proposed purchase of DoubleClick lying down.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- April 17, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google Inc. plans to launch software similar to Microsoft Corp.'s popular PowerPoint program.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 17, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Vonage Holdings Corp. is delivering conflicting messages on its ability to deploy a substitute technology should the Internet phone provider lose its bid to overturn a jury's verdict that it infringed on Verizon Communications Inc.'s patents. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 17, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A former Oracle Corp. executive has been named Dell Inc.'s chief marketing officer.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 17, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company said it earned $1.61 billion, or 27 cents per share, in the first three months of the year.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 17, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Toshiba Corp. -- known among consumers for its televisions, laptops and DVD players -- will begin selling portable hard drive products as well, becoming the latest company seeking to capitalize on people's expanding collections of digital data.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 16, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's forthcoming cross-platform browser plug-in for rich media content, known until now as Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E), has an official name: "Silverlight."
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- April 16, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 16, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Seeking to expand its already well-honed ability to sell targeted Internet advertisements, online search leader Google Inc. said it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash to acquire ad-management technology company DoubleClick Inc. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond this week was alerted to a spate of new security flaws in its vulnerability-ridden Word -- only this time, the victim is Microsoft's brand-new Word 2007 application. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- April 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For at least 17 months, someone had free rein inside TJX Cos.' computers. Without anyone noticing, one or more intruders installed code on the discount retailer's systems to methodically unearth, collect and transmit account data from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yesterday, Microsoft published a new security advisory warning of a new spate of attacks targeting a DNS vulnerability in its Windows server operating systems.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- April 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Apple Inc. said it won't be shipping its next-generation operating system in June as planned, saying it had to divert resources from the project so that it could launch its highly anticipated iPhone on time.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The boards of both companies have approved the takeover, which is expected to close by the end of the year.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government's blessing want to scrap all that and start over. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Vonage CEO Michael Snyder resigned Thursday as the troubled Internet phone company reported weak preliminary first-quarter results and announced a restructuring plan that includes an unspecified number of jobs cuts.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 12, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest version of Opera's Web browser lets visitors see mini versions of their nine favorite sites at a glance. Click on any thumbnail to load the full site.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 12, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has released a public hotfix patch to address a number of ASP.NET 2.0 compilation issues, according to Microsoft Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie.
                    
			            - By Mike  Pizzo
- April 12, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A legal battle between Microsoft and Japanese anti-monopoly authorities is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other patent infringement complaints.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 12, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The legal trouble threatening Vonage Holdings Corp. doesn't yet appear to be rippling across the Internet phone industry, a stark contrast to last year's BlackBerry patent dispute that spooked existing and would-be users of the popular e-mail device.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 12, 2007