Microsoft is facing its first crisis with Windows Home Server, which is causing file corruption when used with certain programs -- most of them from Microsoft itself.
Firefox 3 Beta 2 hits in time for the holidays; Microsoft queues up IE 8 beta for first half '08.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/27/2007
A "development council" composed of several executives will replace Cisco Systems Inc. CEO heir-apparent Charles Giancarlo, who has resigned.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/21/2007
Internet Explorer has been a source of chagrin to many Web developers over the years due to less-than-perfect W3C standards support. This problem was pervasive with Internet Explorer 6, considering how badly the aging 2001-era browser renders modern CSS-driven layouts.
NetSuite Inc.'s shares surged more than 36 percent in their stock market debut Thursday as investors latched on to the online business software service backed by billionaire Larry Ellison.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/21/2007
Automated workaround replaces manual Windows Registry reset, which elicits mixed response from security experts.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/21/2007
Matthew Szulik stunned analysts by announcing that he's stepping back from Red Hat CEO slot. Jim Whitehurst will step in as president and CEO while Szulik will remain chairman.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/21/2007
Like a kid who's overdosed on Christmas cookies, Microsoft looks like it's going to have a hyper 2008.
An industry group says it has won a new round in a court battle with Yahoo Inc.'s China arm, which is accused of helping online music pirates.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/21/2007
U.S. antitrust regulators approved Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., clearing the way for a formidable combination in the burgeoning online advertising sector.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/20/2007
Sanbolic bolsters Microsoft's virtualization game plan with Melio clustered file system and LaScala Volume Manager.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/20/2007
Just when you thought life couldn't get any riskier for Web app developers, a new species of malicious code is poised to begin oozing onto our networks. Dubbed "Trojans 2.0" by Web security vendor Finjan, this new Web-borne threat leverages Web 2.0 technology -- RSS feeds, social networks, blogs and mashups -- to provide crackers with easy and scalable command-and-control schemes.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/20/2007
The media company that owns MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that it will now advertise online through Microsoft Corp. as part of a larger deal.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/19/2007
The rise of virtual machines may prove to be somewhat of a nightmare for entrenched purveyors of closed operating systems, but it may become a boon for independent software vendors (ISVs) and end users -- so a recent Yankee Group report suggests.
With hundreds of millions of lines of code contained in Web browser applications, even the most informed and seasoned developers are bound to overlook a couple of things.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/19/2007
Harold Decker usually installs Microsoft's security patches the day after the release, one Wednesday a month with no fanfare.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/18/2007
European lawmakers plan to take the unusual step of pressing antitrust regulators next month to look at privacy concerns raised by Google Inc.'s intended takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/18/2007
After a year of record revenue and the departure of a longtime CEO, executives at Adobe Systems Inc. say 2008 will bring additional product releases and the completion of an aggressive stock buyback program.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/18/2007
Microsoft CRM 4.0 should be hitting the shelves -- virtual or otherwise -- by year’s end.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/18/2007
Zumobi, until last month known as ZenZui, seeks to address key shortcoming of mobile browsers -- that they are slow and hard to navigate.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/14/2007