As expected, Microsoft Corp. today released three new security bulletins today as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday announcement, with two of the patches being rated as "critical."
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 09, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A man pleaded guilty to charges of launching an attack that hit tens of thousands of computers, including some that belonged to the Department of Defense, and crippled a hospital's network. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 08, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A federal court has ordered a man who was at the center of the nation's first "spyware" case to give up $4 million in ill-gotten gains.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 08, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One spammer has managed to identify e-mail addresses on a "do-not-spam" list touted as secure, taking advantage of an obvious flaw with such lists and prompting critics to wonder what took so long.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 04, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Bush administration is defending new federal rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 04, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Research firm predicts release of Vista in late spring of 2007; Microsoft thinks it can make early 2007.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Truce in lawsuit will have company paying out $70 million to California government agencies.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 02, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Growth can happen as long as there's clear vision among the company's leaders and managers. 
                    
			            - By Ken  Thoreson
- May 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intrinsic Technologies is "quicker, faster, better" than the rest -- just ask CEO Jason Liu. 
                    
			            - By Paul  Desmond
- May 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Software as a service, Windows Vista delays get on the last nerves of readers this time out. 
                    
			            - By Readers of  Redmond magazine
- May 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Field report from the Microsoft Management Summit in San Diego
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- May 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    More C-level execs are at the negotiation tables. Learn how to sell to them.
                    
			            - By Ken  Michael 
- May 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Schedule slips are common and expected with software development projects; Windows Vista's can be blamed on a focus on quality. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- May 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Imagine that! Microsoft doesn't eat its own dogfood. 
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
- May 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Benjamin Daines was browsing the Web when he clicked on a series of links that promised pictures of an unreleased update to his computer's operating system.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 01, 2006