The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving his post with the software maker to start his own business, Microsoft people aware of the situation said Wednesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    System builders in the Microsoft Partner Program now have something tangible to offer consumers and small businesses that are looking for new computers running Windows Vista.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- March 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Wednesday announced it will release this month the 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 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Under threat of new multimillion fines, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that it had signed up its first licensee for a scheme EU regulators told it to set up three years ago to share code that helps servers work with the Windows operating platform.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to retest two Vista exams, 70-621 and 70-622, that were originally beta tested in January and February this year. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- March 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DST scramble is on as daylight savings time change occurs this weekend. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Literally just in time, Microsoft is shipping a patch for its Dynamics CRM 3.0 package that adjusts for the Daylight Saving Time (DST) changeover coming this weekend.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft later this month will launch a program in the United States to identify partners who influence sales of Microsoft software licenses.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- March 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Best Buy is under investigation by Connecticut's attorney general after consumers complained they were denied deals found at the electronic retailer's Web site by store employees who pulled up a lookalike site that listed higher prices on some merchandise.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving the his post with the software maker to start his own business.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sticky notes. White boards. Videogame consoles. For a Microsoft Corp. event designed to show off cutting-edge software inventions, there are a lot of familiar tools on display. That's intentional, said Rico Malvar, the managing director of Microsoft Research's Redmond lab, at TechFest, the annual gathering of the software maker's international research department Tuesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just two weeks after shipping a major new service pack for SQL Server 2005, Microsoft is having to issue a hotfix to correct a problem some customers experienced with the update. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is shipping the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista -- as promised.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Most people just grumble and hit delete, but when Gordon Dick received a spam message advertising Internet services, he fought back. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An update still hasn't resolved some of the compatibility problems with Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 06, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft shows off cutting-edge software inventions at TechFest, the annual gathering of the software maker's international research department.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 06, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced Tuesday that its FRx Software subsidiary will ship a significant update to its budgeting and planning tool for organizations this spring. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 06, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Novell quietly announced Monday it is shipping an Office OpenXML/Open Document Format translator that works with its own edition of the OpenOffice.org open source productivity suite. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 06, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday it will restate its financial statements as far back as fiscal 2004 because of past stock option reporting errors and it anticipates a $250 million reduction in previous earnings. Chairman and Co-CEO Jim Balsillie is stepping aside as chairman.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New study says that we're running out of storage for all that online information. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- March 05, 2007