NEC Corp. broke an ultra-long haul Internet speed record when it successfully transmitted data at 1.15 terabits/sec over 6,213 miles.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 01/13/2012
For the first time in Microsoft's search business history, the company has claimed a higher U.S. market share than Yahoo, according to a market analysis by comScore.
Microsoft may be contemplating a new plan to restructure its marketing organization, which could involve cutting hundreds of jobs, according to an article by Bloomberg.
According to Microsoft officials, sales of PCs may have fallen more drastically than analyst predictions and that the decline will continue in the coming quarters.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/12/2012
A newly published report by Forrester Research on the global technology market predicts a slowdown followed by an uptick in IT spending over the next two years.
More shuffling is taking place within Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division.
It was supposed to be Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's final shining moment at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.
Applications for new generic Top Level Domain names will be accepted starting Jan. 13 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
- By William Jackson
- 01/10/2012
Along with the retail version of Kinect for Windows arriving on Feb. 1 (for $249), a free commercial software development kit (SDK) will also be available for download.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/10/2012
As promised in its advance notification last week, Microsoft released seven security bulletins for this month.
The FBI is sounding out about a new variant of the Zeus Trojan that could allow hackers to access bank accounts by malicious e-mail.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 01/09/2012
According to AT&T, the phone carrier will carry the HTC Titan II with the Windows Phone OS in the next few months.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/09/2012
Microsoft announced on Saturday that its Server and Tools Marketing Group's corporate vice president Robert Wahbe will be leaving the company at the end of February.
Malware Suxnet and its sibling Duqu may be just the first of many malicious code attack programs discovered, according to Kaspersky Lab researchers.
- By William Jackson
- 01/09/2012
Microsoft on Thursday revealed that Windows 8 will have a sophisticated "storage spaces" feature that works with the forthcoming operating system's New Technology File System (NTFS).
Ray Ozzie, who served five years at Microsoft as chief software architect before retiring in 2010, has let it be known that he is working on a new startup company.
January's Security Update from Microsoft, arriving next Tuesday, will feature six fixes for Windows and one fix for Microsoft developer tools, according to the company's advance notice.
Microsoft plans to share more about its "private cloud" vision on Tuesday, Jan.17, in an hour-long webinar.
The "Lilupophilupop" SQL injection campaign has infected 1,070,000 URLs as of last weekend, according to the SANS Internet Storm Center.
PC builders Acer and Lenovo are rumored to be planning tablets running Windows 8 on Intel's x86 "Clover Trail" system-on-chip (SoC) silicon for appearance as early as June or July, according to a media report.