South Korea rejected appeal by Microsoft to overturn an antitrust decision against the world's largest software company.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use 
  a computer in their own homes.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 22, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New Horizons becomes the largest network of Microsoft Gold Partners, it reports.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Wall Street punishes Microsoft for playing close to the vest on investment plans. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just five months after its $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. gave Hewlett-Packard Co. the No. 1 ranking in worldwide personal computer shipments, a new batch of market numbers delivered some stomach-turning news to HP. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is buying out secure access software vendor Whale Communications, in a move aimed at broadening its security offerings to enterprise customers.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Symantec accused Microsoft of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Security software maker Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft Corp. in a federal lawsuit Thursday of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After months of being noncommittal, Microsoft Thursday finally published the system requirements for Windows Vista, and set up a Web site to help users plan ahead for Vista’s availability early next year.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Piracy in China tempers the enormous business opportunities there. 
                    
			            - By Anne  Stuart
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An inside look at prominent deals within the Microsoft partner community. Part of an occasional series. 
                    
			            - By Lee  Pender
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    From the business wires: a tool for monitoring Web apps, SharePoint connectors, and a self-extracting file compression program. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    July 11 support deadline looms for Windows 98/SE/Me.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The world's largest PC maker says it was merely bowing to customer demand when it decided to start offering microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in some of its high-end servers. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 19, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has trained 300 Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) on its way to a goal of 900 MCPs as it ramps up its services capabilities for a major push into small business sales.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- May 18, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to send you video over the Internet. "Desperate Housewives," Stephen Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding parties: It's all there. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 18, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company's corporate restructuring designed to allow Microsoft Corp. to make decisions more quickly, says top exec.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 18, 2006
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    More than 300 Best Buy employees now certified under training and certification program, jointly developed with Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- May 18, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Score one for the spammers. The company behind a controversial anti-spam initiative is shutting down the service after spammers began threatening users and rendering the company's site inaccessible. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 18, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DOJ to continue keeping an eye on Microsoft's business practices for two more years.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 17, 2006