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Google's Search Engine Goes Universal

In its latest technological leap, online search leader Google Inc. will begin showing videos on its main results page Wednesday along with photos, books and other content previously separated into different categories.

Hewlett-Packard 2Q Profit Falls 7 Pct

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s second-quarter profit fell 7 percent despite a dramatic rise in sales of personal computers and servers, narrowly beating Wall Street's forecast.

New Web Site Opens Technology to Women, Minority-Owned Businesses

Women and minority-owned businesses have a new technical training partner: Biz Tech-Connect.

IBM Loses Retirees' Personal Info

IBM Corp., one of the world's leading providers of encryption and other data-management technologies, is in the uncomfortable position of trying to solve its own mystery involving missing computer tapes with sensitive information about employees and records of customer transactions.

VoIP, Conferencing Added to Office Communication Server 2007 Beta

Microsoft's unified communications picture is making one more push before seeing the light of day this summer in the form of deployable products.

Gates Details Industry Support for Home Server, Unveils System Builder Edition

Bill Gates unveiled a system builder-focused version of the forthcoming Windows Home Server and detailed industry support for WHS.

Diving into the Virtual Pool

The software development life cycle is enhanced by virtualization. An overview of what you should consider.

Software Group: Piracy Losses Growing

The rate of global software piracy has remained static for three years, but the cost to companies that make the programs is rising, the Business Software Alliance said Tuesday.

Gates: 40 Million Vista Licenses in First 100 Days

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said today that Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses for its Vista operating system in the first 100 days of release.

It's Official: 'Longhorn' Is Now Windows Server 2008

Bill Gates confirmed that the next version of Windows Server, formerly code-named "Longhorn," will be called "Windows Server 2008."

The Dating Game: How Compatible Are You With Vista?

Before companies and consumers take the technical and financial plunge that OS migration or replacement represents, they need to know that their old apps will work, and that new apps are appearing and being developed that will take advantage of the OS's new abilities.

UPDATED: Microsoft Claims Open Source Patent Infringements

Microsoft says that the open source software community is infringing on its patents, and wants the community to pony up for what it considers theft of its intellectual property, in the form of royalties.

Apple Meeting Tackles Stock Options Scandal

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs defended the company's handling of its stock options-backdating scandal Thursday and suggested a former employee's accusations about his role in the matter were wrong.

New Domain Names Could Come in Mid-2008

New Internet addresses for general use could start appearing in the summer of 2008 under a timeline the Internet's key oversight agency announced Thursday.

Microsoft, SanDisk Partner on Flash Drives

Microsoft Corp. and SanDisk Corp. recently announced that they are partnering on the next generation of USB's flash drives and memory cards.