French telecommunications gear maker Alcatel SA said Tuesday it has sued Microsoft Corp. in a U.S. federal court for patent infringement. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For those who have been frequently frustrated in the past when new versions of Windows did not support their hardware, the times, they are a-changing. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The digital ink is hardly dry on Microsoft's peace agreement with Novell, but already the outlines of the deal are starting to blur. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 21, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Guidance Software Inc. said Thursday it's settled Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from a 2005 security failure that allowed hackers to access the credit card information of thousands of customers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Plus, VMworld debuts new products from Chip PC, Symantec and others.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- November 17, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft execs aren't exactly shouting, "Head 'em up, move 'em out," as Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Yates character did in the '60s TV series, "Rawhide," but their long drive to bring Windows Server "Longhorn" to market continues. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Shares of Dell Inc. fell Thursday after the company delayed its third-quarter earnings report and said federal regulators had begun a formal investigation into the computer company
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A former Source Media Inc. executive was charged with hacking into the company's computer system three years after he was dismissed, and tipping off employees whose jobs were in jeopardy, prosecutors said Wednesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tired of waiting for Windows Vista? Got an MSDN Premium subscription? Well, there you go. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 16, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    EU says Microsoft still short of supplying data to comply with 2004 order.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates told shareholders Tuesday that Windows Vista could be the company's biggest product launch since Windows 95 debuted more than a decade ago.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Right on the heels of the releases of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to manufacturing, Microsoft has released some details on its new-generation tracks for those software releases. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- November 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft made several milestone announcements regarding its database products Wednesday at its SQL PASS conference in Seattle. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft follows product releases with new-generation certifications that focus more on job skills.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- November 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. said it will partner with MetroFi Inc. to build a free wireless Internet service for Oregon's largest city.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has formed a cross-industry group of software and hardware vendors aimed at enhancing interoperability with its software. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 15, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Eighty-six percent of IT decision makers say they plan to adopt Windows Vista, and 20 percent say they will move to the new operating system within the next year, according to a new tracking poll sponsored by CDW Corp.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 14, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As expected, Microsoft today issued six patches for a variety of security issues, including an XML vulnerability considered to be "zero day." 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- November 14, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft launched the beta test of its new Forefront Client Security product that aims to help protect business desktops, laptops and server operating systems from viruses, spyware and other threats at its IT Forum conference in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 14, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, on Tuesday launched the world's first "quad-core" processors, a new line of chips that feature four computing brains and improved performance over previous models with just one or two processing cores. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 14, 2006