Microsoft hired a former Disney executive for its chief information officer vacancy. Tony Scott, 56, will start as CIO in February and report to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 17, 2008
Microsoft today followed up on its earlier promise to start releasing the .NET framework library source code for .NET 3.5.
- By Becky Nagel
- January 16, 2008
Microsoft Corp. said hackers have found a way to use some older versions of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people's computers.
- By The Associated Press
- January 16, 2008
A Microsoft spokesperson said today that Rob Short, corporate vice president of Windows Core Technology, left the Redmond, Wash.-based company last month.
- By Becky Nagel
- January 16, 2008
Sun Microsystems today said it will acquire MySQL, the leading supplier of open source database software, for $1 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 16, 2008
Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels.
- By The Associated Press
- January 16, 2008
Microsoft this week has rolled out a turnkey solution that ties front-end CRM functions with back-end ERP and supply chain management systems.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 15, 2008
How to get your team to build secure software.
- By John K. Waters
- January 15, 2008
VMware, the world's largest maker of virtualization software, is expanding its empire with the acquisition of application virtualization vendor Thinstall.
- By Keith Ward
- January 15, 2008
European Union regulators investigating whether Microsoft is using monopoly powers to squeeze out competing Internet browsers and software rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- January 14, 2008
A flock of new-age tech powers -- Amazon.com, Google, eBay, Facebook -- want your developers to target their pieces of "the Cloud."
- By Barbara Darrow
- January 10, 2008
MSN Messenger was the instant messaging client of choice for hackers, thieves and many types of malware in 2007.
- By J.T. Gallant
- January 09, 2008
Jeff Raikes will leave Microsoft next September after 28 years with the company.
- By Barbara Darrow
- January 09, 2008
Microsoft kicked off 2008 with two patches -- one "Critical," one "Important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- January 08, 2008
Sales of the Vista operating system have hit the 100 million-mark, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Sunday night at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in what is expected to be his last keynote address.
- By Michael Desmond
- January 07, 2008