On-again, off-again partners Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are as cozy as ever again.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/26/2008
On Friday Microsoft released an e-mail sent from Kevin Johnson, president of the Microsoft Platforms & Services Division, to employees of his department commenting on how consolidating with Yahoo might impact them and Microsoft as a whole.
Microsoft is placing a significant emphasis on standardization and interoperability, saying it will share its APIs and release extensive documentation of its protocols.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz and Ed Scannell
- 02/21/2008
Microsoft appears to be taking the next steps in its move toward a hostile acquisition of Yahoo.
The first public beta of Silverlight 2.0 is expected from Microsoft in the next few weeks. By all accounts, those that have seen the private beta report that the features outlined by the General Manager of Microsoft's Developer Division, Scott Guthrie, in a November blog posting are pretty much on track.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/19/2008
Timed with the 2008 Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week, Microsoft made announcements pushing its interests further into the consumer and global mobile market.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Microsoft is facing another suitor for Yahoo: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
For the February security bulletin release, Microsoft rolled out six "Critical" fixes -- rather than the seven detailed in the advanced notice.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/12/2008
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took the wraps off a major new version of Office Live Small Business and launched a new developer program for Office Live.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/12/2008
Today at Microsoft's Office System Developer Conference (OSDC) in San Jose, Calif., Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates commented on what he thinks Yahoo got right -- and wrong -- just as Yahoo formally rejected the Redmond, Wash.-based company's initial offer.
Malicious Flash banner ads have been surfacing on major web sites including Expedia.com, Rhapsody.com, and MayoClinic.com in the last month, according to media reports.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/07/2008
Redmond's February patch release is slated to roll out 12 security fixes -- seven rated "Critical," and five deemed "Important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/07/2008
Microsoft Corp.'s online advertising researchers will spend this year teaching computers to be smart about sticking ads into video clips, and to be even smarter about targeting ads to specific Web surfers.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/05/2008
Google Inc. is adding more e-mail security and storage products for businesses, sharpening its aim on a Microsoft Corp. stronghold while the competition between the two rivals also heats up in Internet search and advertising.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/05/2008
Google Inc. raised the specter of Microsoft Corp. using its proposed $42 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc. to gain illegal control over the Internet, underscoring the online search leader's queasiness about its two biggest rivals teaming up.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/04/2008
U.S. and European antitrust regulators aren't likely to prevent Microsoft from buying Yahoo, analysts said Friday, though scrutiny of the deal could drag on for months.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/01/2008
Microsoft today has made a surprise bid to acquire Yahoo Inc. for a $44.6 billion, a 62 percent premium over the company's closing share price Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/01/2008
Puzzling over Silverlight? You're not alone.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 02/01/2008
Netscape Navigator, the world's first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/29/2007
Patch Tuesday releases promise be a lot more interesting in 2008.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/28/2007