IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are teaming up to offer a free data-search tool for businesses, a quirky move challenging Google Inc. and other corporate-search specialists in a blossoming market.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The congressional panel investigating Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spying probe has demanded that CEO Mark Hurd explain $1.37 million worth of options he exercised just before the scandal became public, two congressmen said Wednesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft said this week it has begun a private beta for its enterprise voice communications server, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, sending it out to 2,500 IT professionals. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett Packard Corp. on Wednesday afternoon announced a wide-ranging agreement that could cause shock waves among large, enterprise-focused consultants and service providers. 
                    
			            - By Lee  Pender
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and HP announced Wednesday a three-year $300 million deal to collaborate in selling hardware, software and services to their joint customers. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Firefox 2.0 has been out for less than two months but Mozilla.org developers have already released alpha code for the next major version. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced it is shipping the released version 1 of its Microsoft Robotics Studio development environment for creating robotic software for a wide variety of hardware platforms. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Exam discounts are back and "second-shot" offer returns in a new form, dubbed "Exam Insurance." 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- December 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. still has more cost-cutting ahead, even after a massive restructuring that has sliced the work force by 10 percent, Chief Executive Mark Hurd told analysts Tuesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista will spawn more than $70 billion in revenues for Microsoft partners and 100,000 new jobs in the United States in 2007, according to a Microsoft-sponsored study done by IDC analysts.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- December 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. today announced a bevy of patches -- seven, in all -- that address vulnerabilities in its Visual Studio IDE and Windows operating environments. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- December 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Demand for microchips that help laptops, video game consoles and other gadgets connect wirelessly to the Internet pushed higher in 2006, a trade group said Monday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Japan's trade watchdog is investigating Sharp, NEC, South Korea's LG.Philips LCD and other liquid crystal display manufacturers for allegedly agreeing to cut output to curb falls in panel prices, officials said Tuesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Payless ShoeSource, Burlington Coat Factory pay up for using unlicensed software.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will sell 90 million copies of Windows Vista in calendar 2007 – 35 million of those in the U.S. alone – according to a new economic study by IDC. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    U.S. subscribers to Internet-based telephone services grew 18 percent to 8.2 million in the third quarter, but the growth rate slowed for a second straight quarter, according to the research firm TeleGeography.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    U.S. subscribers to Internet-based telephone services grew 18 percent to 8.2 million in the third quarter, but the growth rate slowed for a second straight quarter, according to the research firm TeleGeography.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. took great pains to improve security in its newly released computer operating system, Windows Vista, redesigning it to reduce users' exposure to destructive programs from the Internet. Outside researchers commend the retooled approach -- yet they also say the changes won't make online life much safer than it is now.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun Microsystems unveiled the next generation of the core implementation of its Java platform this week. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- December 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Now that the company's past the pretexting scandal, company returns to work on last year's plan to cut 14,500 jobs and overhaul its retirement packages. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 11, 2006