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
Security vendor shelves the idea of selling from retail shelves.
- 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.
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
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
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
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
Don't look now, but Microsoft Corp. is prepping still another mega-patch, this time for the Windows DNS vulnerability it first disclosed last week.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 04/20/2007
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reported a greater-than-expected loss in the first quarter as the chip maker continued to struggle amid a fierce price competition with larger rival Intel Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/20/2007
Those with a desire to see how well messaging runs on 64-bit power but without the infrastructure or money to put that kind of environment in place now have a way to take a free, week-long test drive.
Just like its Internet-leading search engine has a knack for finding the information people ask for, Google Inc. keeps giving Wall Street what it wants -- scintillating earnings growth that eclipses analyst estimates quarter after quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/20/2007
Microsoft Corp. agreed Wednesday to pay Iowans up to $180 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company had a monopoly that cost the state's citizens millions of dollars extra for software products.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2007