The rate of global software piracy has remained static for three years, but the cost to companies that make the programs is rising, the Business Software Alliance said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/15/2007
Bill Gates confirmed that the next version of Windows Server, formerly code-named "Longhorn," will be called "Windows Server 2008."
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said today that Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses for its Vista operating system in the first 100 days of release.
Microsoft says that the open source software community is infringing on its patents, and wants the community to pony up for what it considers theft of its intellectual property, in the form of royalties.
Microsoft Corp. and SanDisk Corp. recently announced that they are partnering on the next generation of USB's flash drives and memory cards.
New Internet addresses for general use could start appearing in the summer of 2008 under a timeline the Internet's key oversight agency announced Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/11/2007
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs defended the company's handling of its stock options-backdating scandal Thursday and suggested a former employee's accusations about his role in the matter were wrong.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/11/2007
Sun Microsystems commanded the spotlight at its annual JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco last week. The company announced a new JavaFX product line and Java SE development kit, along with an Ericsson partnership (see this week's news for full stories).
- By John K. Waters
- 05/11/2007
Michael Dell never imagined his work would end up in a museum when he was sitting in his college dorm room in 1984, dreaming of building and selling his own personal computers. Now, one of his original computers is going to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/10/2007
In a sign that environmental sensibilities are informing business strategies, IBM Corp. is spending $1 billion to spread technologies and services that could make corporate computing centers more energy efficient.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/10/2007
Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday warned of multiple vulnerabilities in its IOS FTP server, an optional service that's disabled by default.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/10/2007
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired a minority stake in job-listings partner CareerBuilder.com and will use that job-search engine on MSN sites overseas in a bid to capture more of the classified advertising money migrating to the Web.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/10/2007
Windows Server virtualization, code-named "Viridian," is having some features stripped in order to meet its public beta shipping date in the second half of 2007 -- a ship date that recently slipped itself.
Microsoft may have slipped up Thursday afternoon and inadvertently posted the official name of its next server operating system, currently code-named "Longhorn."
Microsoft may have slipped up Thursday afternoon and inadvertently posted the official name of its next server operating system, currently codenamed 'Longhorn.'
Business software maker SAP AG announced plans Tuesday to buy OutlookSoft Corp. and its line of technology products tailored for budgeting and financial forecasts, the latest development in SAP's duel with Oracle Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/09/2007
Microsoft Corp. has signed deals with Volvo Car Corp. and whisky maker Chivas Brothers Ltd. to support two new Web-only video series from Reveille, the production company behind TV shows "The Office" and "Ugly Betty."
- By The Associated Press
- 05/09/2007
VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista.
VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista.
Online retailer Amazon.com and IBM settled all their patent-infringement lawsuits and signed a long-term patent cross-license agreement, the companies said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/09/2007