Microsoft has joined a coalition of companies that is fighting Google's plans to acquire Cambridge, Mass.-based ITA Software.
Interval Licensing LLC, which represents intellectual property claims by Microsoft's cofounder, Paul G. Allen, has hit a legal setback.
Microsoft today announced that the Standard version of Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 has been rolled out to hardware manufacturers.
Google announced an e-mail continuity service on Thursday to support premises-based Microsoft Exchange.
Microsoft today promised that a hefty December security update will arrive next week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/09/2010
Here's this week's links, either click on them or don't. I don't care.
The Agriculture Department is moving its e-mail, document-sharing, and other collaboration tools to Microsoft's cloud infrastructure to save money and improve efficiency, USDA officials said today.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 12/09/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday announced an upcoming privacy feature for its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser.
Google made three announcements today concerning its consumer Web efforts.
Billing it as the first database for the cloud, Salesforce.com today is announcing Database.com, targeted at next-generation enterprise apps.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/07/2010
Microsoft's cloud infrastructure has achieved security certification required to provide federal agencies with cloud-based services.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 12/06/2010
Cisco has taken two significant steps in space-based communications, with the first-ever upgrade of an IP router aboard a commercial satellite while in orbit, and the first voice over IP call made from a satellite that did not require any ground-based infrastructure to route the call.
- By Dan Rowinski
- 12/06/2010
In this year's "50 Best Careers" list, released Monday, four IT-related jobs made the cut: computer software engineer, computer support specialist, computer systems analyst and network architect.
One of the cables published by WikiLeaks late last month cites U.S. diplomatic concerns over a Chinese software security company with access to Windows source code.
Amazon Web Services today launched the beta of a programmable and purportedly scalable hosted Domain Name System service aimed at letting users of its cloud services create, modify and delete DNS zone files.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/06/2010
Microsoft today announced that the release candidate of Service Pack 1 for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available.
Microsoft questions the use of overseas datacenters in GSA deal.
- By David Hubler
- 12/03/2010
Amazon Web Services said it has not caved to political pressure when deciding to oust WikiLeaks from its cloud service.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/03/2010
Silverlight 5 offers improvements targeted at premium media experiences and enterprise apps, according to Microsoft. The public beta is slated for the first half of 2011.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/02/2010
Revenue was up 13.2 percent in the third quarter from global server sales, according to the IDC research firm.