This weekend Microsoft will reportedly announce a deal with automaker Ford Motor Company to get in "Synch."
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After shipping the first release candidate, or RC1, of SQL Server 2005 Compact 
  Edition in mid-November, Microsoft quietly began shipping RC1 of the product's 
  documentation, which has been updated to reflect the database's recent renaming, 
  in late December.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Chip-maker Intel Corp. said it would not object to a court order to produce 
  documents related to its international business practices, as part of an antitrust 
  case filed by rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    1105 Media, Inc., has acquired the operating assets of Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc., publisher of Visual Studio Magazine and producer of numerous international conferences, including VS Live!
                    
			            - By Redmondmag.com  Editors
- January 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When students in Thailand, 
Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop 
Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard 
PCs.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Beginning next month, version 7 of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser 
  will start flagging certain e-commerce and banking sites as green for "safe." 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Open Relay Database, a tool e-mail service providers used for years to 
  help curb the spread of spam, is ceasing operations, a death partly attributable 
  to its own success.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Apple Computer Inc.'s stock option troubles underwent extreme twists following 
  reports of a federal probe into the possible forgery of documents to bolster 
  executives' profits and that CEO Steve Jobs received 7.5 million stock options 
  in 2001 without proper board approval.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. has started linking users' search habits with other personal 
  information as it prepares to show more personalized advertisements.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite patent filings, Microsoft Corp. isn't trying to claim all rights to 
  the Really Simple Syndication technology for notifying users of new entries 
  on their favorite news sites and Web journals, a lead product manager says.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Microsoft Learning Group plans to take no time off during the holidays, with work continuing this week on beta testing for several exams.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- December 26, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company is interested in improving users' RSS experience, but not in claiming the technology as a whole, a Microsoft official said.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 25, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Spammers' focus has shifted from open relays to infected "zombie" computers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 25, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company officials maintain that the flaw's risks are low.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 25, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    E-commerce and online banking sites will be required to undergo extensive verification checks.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 25, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft-Novell reach pact, then come to blows.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- December 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New model spreads training over weeks instead of days. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- December 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Spanish police arrests 6 suspects for allegedly hacking financial data.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft wields Partner Skills Plus program to address a premiere partner complaint. 
                    
			            - By Anne  Stuart
- December 21, 2006