Microsoft this week announced the launch of ZenZui, an independent company partially funded by Microsoft created to market ZenZui's Zooming User Interface, which was patented by Microsoft and was first developed in the Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Research lab.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 29, 2007
Microsoft Learning retires Windows 2000-to-Windows 2003 MCSE upgrade exams next year.
- By Michael Domingo
- March 29, 2007
Microsoft's Live Labs applied research group announced Wednesday it is making a limited number of previews available for a new mobile browser technology it has intriguingly dubbed "Deepfish."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 29, 2007
"Orcas" will include exciting new tools and functionality for database management within VB and C# while maintaining continuity and connectivity with legacy DBMS.
European countries and Singapore have surpassed the United States in their ability to exploit information and communication technology, according to a new survey.
- By The Associated Press
- March 28, 2007
Microsoft announced it has expanded the company’s board by one seat -- from nine to 10 -- and elected Reed Hastings, 46, chairman and CEO of Netflix, to fill the new spot. Hastings has also been appointed to the finance committee.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 28, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $100,000 fine against Amp'd Mobile Inc., the wireless phone company aimed at the youth market, for failing to protect consumers' personal calling records from thieves.
- By The Associated Press
- March 28, 2007
Microsoft on Monday announced the release of public beta versions of Office Communications Server 2007, the company's Voice over IP and unified communications server, and Office Communicator 2007, Microsoft's unified communications client.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 28, 2007
Yahoo Inc.'s free e-mail service will provide unlimited storage space to its nearly 250 million users worldwide
- By The Associated Press
- March 28, 2007
Microsoft announced Tuesday it is shipping one of the first key pieces of its Dynamic Systems Initiative, also called DSI.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 27, 2007
A Russian school principal accused of installing pirated Microsoft software in school computers was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a second time.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007
The key oversight agency for Internet addresses is reviewing the way it oversees businesses that sell domain names in the wake of financial and operational problems that left customers of one company nameless.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007
Microsoft announced Monday it has bought out devBiz Business Solutions, a company that specializes in software development tools and components for professional .NET developers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 27, 2007
A Russian school principal accused of installing pirated Microsoft software in school computers was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a second time, in a case widely seen as a misguided attempt to crack down on software bootlegging.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it sold 20 million consumer copies of the new Windows Vista operating system worldwide in February, but analysts said the data shed little light on the program's popularity during its first month on the market.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007
A new version of Adobe Systems Inc.'s Creative Suite software will go on sale next month, a launch that executives have billed as the most significant in the company's 25-year history.
- By The Associated Press
- March 27, 2007
The reason Hewlett-Packard intends to acquire online photo service Tabblo Inc. is to make it easier for consumers to print photos and other rich text from a Web browser. But the deal may also give HP the technology to simplify enterprise Web printing and even collaboration
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 27, 2007
Microsoft Corp. said it sold 20 million consumer copies of Windows Vista worldwide in February.
- By The Associated Press
- March 26, 2007
Microsoft Corp. now has until April 23 to respond to charges that it fails to offer rivals a fair deal on information that helps servers work with Windows, an EU spokesman said Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- March 26, 2007
Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is suing a pair of domain name companies, accusing them of improperly registering more than 40 Internet addresses that resemble the department store chain's trademarks.
- By The Associated Press
- March 26, 2007