Microsoft announced Tuesday it is shipping the first community technology preview (CTP) of a new business intelligence tool dubbed PerformancePoint server.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 05, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Plus, PlayStation 3 makes a killing on eBay; new products for Windows Vista, Exchange Server 2007 and more.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- December 04, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Gates deposition from 1998 tobe used in case in lieu of appearance that would "cause disruption."
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 04, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google Inc., a company synonymous with searching the Internet, hopes to define far more of the world's computing experience with a helping hand from schoolchildren. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 03, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Nvidia Corp. said Friday it has been subpoenaed by federal investigators who are probing possible anticompetive practices among makers of computer graphics chips. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 03, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in lawsuits. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 03, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 03, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    He makes the cover of RCP, then bolts Microsoft. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- December 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Imagine tossing a top-notch laptop into the sea, leaving scientists from a foreign culture to scratch their heads over its corroded remains centuries later.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Analysis: IDC study shows profitability benefits in Microsoft's ISV Competency.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- December 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The SCO Group Inc. suffered another setback in a lawsuit accusing IBM Corp. of donating proprietary Unix software code to Linux developers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft offers a wealth of resources that its executives really want 
        you to use.
                    
			            - By Anne  Stuart
- December 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The government warned on Thursday of a possible Internet attack on U.S. stock market and banking Web sites from a radical Muslim group, but officials said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The government issued an alert Thursday to U.S. stock market and banking Web sites about a possible Internet attack
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 30, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will expand its program to give people access to the Internet in libraries and other public places to two Eastern European countries and the African nation of Botswana. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 30, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    U.S. judge tosses most of SCO Group Inc. claims over Linux code
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 30, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Calling it the biggest launch in the company's history, Microsoft on Thursday formally launched the business versions of its long-awaited Vista operating system and Office 2007 desktop applications suite at the Nasdaq market site in New York. 
                    
			            - By Ed  Scannell
- November 30, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While Microsoft is busy celebrating the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007, a posse of partners also lined up to announce support for the new products. Unfortunately, many of those third-party announcements are long on promises and short on details, including specifics as to when those new and updated products will actually reach market.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 30, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Novell Inc. has appointed Susan Heystee, recently named vice president and general manager for Global Strategic Partners, to manage the interoperability relationship it announced with Microsoft in early November.  
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 30, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    U.S. companies will need to know more about where they store e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 30, 2006