For IT shops that do not plan to immediately deploy Windows Vista or who have a lot of legacy XP machines, the wait for XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) just got a bit longer.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As a group, you certainly enjoy the links.
                    
			            - By Anne  Stuart
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google and others say they want search info to help combat copyright infringement, but are denied by the online retailer due to "trade secrets" concerns. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As Microsoft prepares to release Windows Vista and Office 2007, the company is ramping up programs to help its partner independent software vendors (ISVs) sell their software and pull through Microsoft licenses in the process.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft to allow OEMs to offer Vista upgrade for Vista-enabled PCs bought with most recent Windows OS installed.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Newest version of IE challenger improves on search and spyware catching. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this month released another of the partner profitability reports it commissioned from IDC – this time showing that independent software vendors (ISVs) in the Microsoft Partner Program enjoy profitability advantages over other ISVs.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft speakers at the SMB Nation conference talk up forthcoming releases, 
        drawing a mixed response.
                    
			            - By Rich  Freeman
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Fresh leadership insights from Harvard Business School Press.
                    
			            - By Anne  Stuart
- October 24, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Key aspects of Amazon.com Inc.'s retailing Web site are improperly built on technologies developed at IBM Corp., Big Blue alleged Monday in two lawsuits against Amazon.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 23, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Plus, developer population grows, new products.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- October 23, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In return for allowing Google to display site-related ad links, site can now customize Google searches. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 23, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    GFI Software is trying to raise the bar for what value-added resellers expect of smaller ISV partners when it comes to online resources for lead management, product training and marketing.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- October 23, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Recall, affecting wider swath of laptops, becomes official for U.S. consumers. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 23, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Video conferencing has long been plagued by the detached feel of talking to a television set, often with awkward audio delays and jerky video.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 23, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Preliminary information on new Windows Vista exam numbered 70-620 appears on Pearson Vue testing site this week. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- October 20, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    e360 Insight's request to have Spamhaus domain name suspended rejected by U.S. judge. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 20, 2006
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    New track features two TS-level exams, one Professional level exam, all aimed squarely at Microsoft Office Project 2007 implementers.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- October 20, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Investigators dug through a Wall Street Journal reporter's trash as part of a now-discredited boardroom leak probe that cost the chairmwoman of computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. her job and led to criminal charges.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 20, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to antitrust skirmishes and complaints from competitors about unfair business practices.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- October 20, 2006