The plunge of Yahoo's stock happened as expected after Microsoft withdrew its takeover bid for the Web app company on Saturday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 05, 2008
Citing a hefty price tag and other concerns, Microsoft this weekend officially scrapped its plans to acquire Yahoo.
- By David Nagel
- May 04, 2008
Shares of Microsoft closed just shy of 7 percent higher on Friday May 2 based on new speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo are now actively negotiating to seal a deal.
- By Ed Scannell
- May 02, 2008
Internal Microsoft e-mails made public by the "Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit against the company reveal infighting, partner favoritism and a general sense of confusion -- none of which, it turns out, is all that unusual in the software industry.
- By Lee Pender
- May 01, 2008
An updated Reporting Services may finally be worth considering.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 01, 2008
Clients will see the light once you show how SharePoint can help them implement collaborative Web applications.
- By Ryan Thomas
- May 01, 2008
As Microsoft moves into the online hosting space, partners need to pay close attention to not only what the company is saying, but what it's actually doing as well.
- By Paul DeGroot
- May 01, 2008
As recession trickles through the economy, those in IT need to make sure operations remain ship-shape through it all. Here's a guide.
- By Anne Stuart
- May 01, 2008
Microsoft partners can blunt the impact of the recession by maintaining focus with these handy tips.
- By Ken Thoreson
- May 01, 2008
According to a recent survey of 850 "enterprise software customers," Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) continues to be the most important enterprise software trend.
- By Becky Nagel
- May 01, 2008
Every type of hardware -- from chips to PCs to wireless LANs -- is evolving to support new enterprise demands for mobilization, virtualization and conservation.
- By Joanne Cummings
- May 01, 2008
Leaks from unnamed sources to The Wall Street Journal constitute the only "news" so far this week about Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2008
Research firm Gartner is predicting that the current economic downturn in the U.S. will mean more IT and development positions will go overseas.
- By Becky Nagel
- April 30, 2008
One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 30, 2008
Whoever becomes our next president will inherit a cyber infrastructure under almost constant attack and at greater risk than eight years ago, and a handful of experts and legislators have come together to ensure that cybersecurity has a high priority in his or her administration.
- By William Jackson
- April 29, 2008