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
Microsoft Corp. has finally found a taker for a colorful barcode technology the company shelved two years ago because it failed to catch on.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2007
Visual Studio "Orcas" and the .NET 3.5 Framework are now in public
beta.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/19/2007
Samsung Electronics Co. and Microsoft Corp. said Thursday they have entered into a patent licensing agreement focused on the technology companies' consumer electronics lines.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2007
Greater investment in technology to improve health care and education would help ease global economic inequality, said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2007
A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S. government's network.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2007
Hewlett-Packard Co. maintained its lead over Dell Inc. in the worldwide personal-computer market as industry shipments continued to grow in the first quarter, according to reports released Wednesday by two top technology research firms.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2007
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will build on existing efforts to bridge the digital divide worldwide and announced several new ventures, including a $3 software package for governments that subsidize student computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2007
Microsoft to put Project exam through paces with beta testers for two weeks starting Tuesday.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/19/2007
Investors were falling in love with Yahoo Inc. again until the Internet icon's disheartening first-quarter results ruined the mood.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/18/2007
Oracle yesterday disclosed what it plans to do with Stellent, an enterprise content management (ECM) solution provider that Oracle acquired in December of last year for about $440 million in cash.
Research in Motion confirmed the outage Wednesday morning, but disclosed no details about the cause.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/18/2007