Just as the holidays kicked off, Microsoft shipped the latest community technology preview of Windows "Longhorn" Server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 03, 2007
This weekend Microsoft will reportedly announce a deal with automaker Ford Motor Company to get in "Synch."
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Spammers' focus has shifted from open relays to infected "zombie" computers.
- 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
Microsoft wields Partner Skills Plus program to address a premiere partner complaint.
- By Anne Stuart
- December 21, 2006