Sun Microsystems today said it will acquire MySQL, the leading supplier of open source database software, for $1 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/16/2008
A Microsoft spokesperson said today that Rob Short, corporate vice president of Windows Core Technology, left the Redmond, Wash.-based company last month.
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
- 01/16/2008
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
- 01/16/2008
Microsoft today followed up on its earlier promise to start releasing the .NET framework library source code for .NET 3.5.
VMware, the world's largest maker of virtualization software, is expanding its empire with the acquisition of application virtualization vendor Thinstall.
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
- 01/15/2008
At the Macworld Conference & Expo, Microsoft today is releasing Office 2008 for Mac, the latest version of the company's ubiquitous office productivity suite.
European Union regulators investigating whether Microsoft is using monopoly powers to squeeze out competing Internet browsers and software rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/14/2008
IBM's new Rational Team Concert Express aims to make it easier for dispersed development teams to work together writing software and better track changes and contributions more efficiently
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/14/2008
Microsoft Corp. is bringing digital advertising to the grocery cart. The software maker spent four years working with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. on a grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store, then scan and pay for their items without waiting in the checkout line.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/14/2008
The fourth quarter usually is the best time of the year for IBM Corp., but rarely does it look this good.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/14/2008
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
- 01/10/2008
Microsoft bids $1.2 billion for Norwegian search company to shore up search technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/09/2008
Jeff Raikes will leave Microsoft next September after 28 years with the company.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/09/2008
MSN Messenger was the instant messaging client of choice for hackers, thieves and many types of malware in 2007.
- By J.T. Gallant
- 01/09/2008
Earlier this week Microsoft quietly announced that the head of its merger and acquisitions strategy, Vice President of Corporate Development Bruce Jaffe, is leaving the company.
Microsoft, which has said for months that it fields the best enterprise search, is spending another billion to bolster that claim.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 01/08/2008
Microsoft kicked off 2008 with two patches -- one "Critical," one "Important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/08/2008
Microsoft Corp. might not be the unbeatable giant it once seemed to be, but Chairman Bill Gates made the case Sunday night that its technologies are becoming even more flexible and powerful as they seep into automobiles, Internet-based TV networks and living rooms.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/07/2008