Microsoft is shipping a Firefox plug-in version of its Photosynth 3D photo processing software technology preview.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 25, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On the eve of the consumer launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp. is extending the period in which it will offer support for the previous version, Windows XP. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Wall Street has welcomed Sun Microsystems Inc. back in the black, but investors are questioning whether the notoriously boom-and-bust company can remain profitable for the long term. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Computer records containing medical claim information, health data and Social Security numbers of 28,279 health insurance customers of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A federal judge has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit filed by the distributor of Morpheus file-sharing software against Internet phone service provider Skype Technologies SA, eBay Inc. and other defendants. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Juror in Iowa antitrust trial against Microsoft dismissed for undisclosed reasons.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Global consumers of XP Home to get extended support past '09, perhaps even longer than 2010. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Lockbox with backup tapes containing data on 130,000 Aetna members taken in break-in at insurer's outsourced billing services firm. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    TOKYO: Microsoft Corp. plans to extend the free support period for its Windows XP Home Edition software at least one year longer than originally planned, a news report said Wednesday. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The ever-expanding LeBron James empire is entering a new realm. Microsoft Corp. is using the NBA star to promote next week's consumer release of its new Windows Vista operating system. James will make what a Microsoft spokesman described Tuesday as cameo appearances on national television commercials that will begin airing Jan. 30. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is extending its branch office promotion to enterprises with a large number of remote branch sites, with discounts as deep as 43 percent, the company announced Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft cash offer raises question: What's wrong with accepting money to write on Wikipedia?
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that CEO Mark Hurd received an $8.6 million bonus in 2006, a year of strong performance but one plagued by scandal over its shady boardroom spying antics.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's No. 2 microprocessor maker behind Intel Corp., said Tuesday that it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter as the company incurred heavy costs related to its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc., negating record processor sales. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft says in late March it will release to manufacturing (RTM) the latest version of one of the most significant administration tools in its emerging System Center brand.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bankers association reports that hackers have made fraudulent transactions using hacked TJX customer data.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun Microsystems Inc. will begin building a line of servers that run on chips from Intel Corp. and will receive Intel's endorsement of Sun's Solaris operating system, executives from both companies said Monday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 23, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft hasn't quite gotten Windows Vista out the door but it has already started working on the first service pack for the new system. But if you're thinking you'd like to be on the list for testing it, that may be difficult.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 23, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Critics charge that Redmond giant's pay-to-edit approach with online encyclopedia's articles breaks spirit that Wiki community has been built on since inception. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 23, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Banks and credit card companies scrambled to tell their customers in the United States and overseas to watch for fraudulent activity after TJX Cos., parent of retailers Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, disclosed thefts of customer data from its computer system.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 23, 2007