The next generation Windows Server took the biggest step yet on its long and winding road toward commercial availability when Microsoft announced the release of "Longhorn" Beta 3 Wednesday night.
Internet phone carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. won relief Tuesday from a potentially crippling court order that would have barred it from signing up new customers as punishment for infringing on patents held by Verizon Communications Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/25/2007
Apple Inc., on a tear with its popular iPod players and Macintosh computers, is expected to report strong quarterly results Wednesday but will face lingering worries over the role its iconic CEO played in its stock options backdating troubles.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/25/2007
If you're still using a pre-release version of Windows Vista, you have a little more than a month to upgrade to a commercial version before you start risking data loss.
A 25-employee startup in Utah has snared a multimillion-dollar contract to provide massive General Electric Co. with software that automatically backs up files on office computers, jolting a market that appears to be getting hot.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/24/2007
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 platform got a boost on Monday when Research in Motion announced a new software suite that will provide phones running on WM6 with a "virtual" BlackBerry experience.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 04/24/2007
As keystroke dynamics-based authentication finally begins to gain market traction, one company is poised to make a successful run with it.
- By Scott Bekker
- 04/24/2007
The International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP) has launched an ambitious effort to expand its presence in Latin America.
Security vendor shelves the idea of selling from retail shelves.
- By Scott Bekker
- 04/24/2007
Excerpts from a conversation with Microsoft's U.S. channel chief Robert Deshaies.
- By Scott Bekker
- 04/24/2007
AVICode, Kyocera among latest companies to achieve the gold standard.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. is introducing a software application that can make Palm Treos and other Windows-based mobile devices made by rivals work like a BlackBerry
- By The Associated Press
- 04/23/2007
Fort Worth, Texas-based application system developer Vertical Computer Systems Inc. announced Friday that last week it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft.
Microsoft's director for SaaS architecture, Gianpaolo Carraro, wasn't talking miracles in his April SaaScon 2007 presentation, "Anatomy of a SaaS Application."
A consumer group asked the Federal Trade Commission Friday to investigate and block Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. unless the companies improve consumer privacy protections.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/23/2007
Microsoft responded Monday to European Union allegations that it is overcharging rivals for information that would make their products work better with Windows. The software maker also repeated its request for more guidance on what regulators consider to be an acceptable price.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/23/2007
Component vendor Infragistics on Monday, April 23 released NetAdvantage for WPF 2007 Volume 1, a set of tools that take advantage of the capabilities of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the graphical subsystem built into the .NET Framework 3.0.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 04/23/2007
Hoping to appeal to corporate IT shops looking to do their first implementation of virtualization technology, SWsoft on Wednesday will introduce an entry-level turnkey solution of its flagship product that will be priced below $1,200.
Google is now the world's most valuable brand, followed closely by GE, Microsoft and Coca-Cola, according to Millward Brown Optimor's 2007 Brandz survey.
Back by popular demand: Windows XP. PC maker Dell Inc. said on its Web site Thursday it will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp.'s older operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/20/2007