Gates said Microsoft was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2007
Google Inc. is adopting new privacy measures to make it more difficult to connect online search requests with the people making them -- a thorny issue that provoked a showdown with the U.S. government last year.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/15/2007
Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company continues to combat Microsoft's market-dominating Windows platform.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/15/2007
Microsoft this week began shipping the release candidate for Expression Blend, its new design tool for building Windows user interfaces using the .NET Framework 3.0’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/15/2007
Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the online meeting company WebEx Communications Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/15/2007
Lenovo Group Ltd. became the first computer maker to agree to pre-load Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live toolbar
- By The Associated Press
- 03/14/2007
Microsoft will buy Tellme Networks, which provides voice-enabled mobile search, directory assistance and computerized, speech-driven customer service hotlines.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/14/2007
Microsoft expands Partner Skills Plus program to include MCP exams covering Vista, Exchange 2007 and the Office technology suite.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/14/2007
Microsoft Tuesday began shipping the second service pack for Windows Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/14/2007
Intel Corp. has received approval to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China amid booming Chinese demand for chips used in personal computers and mobile phones, the government said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/14/2007
Lenovo Group Ltd. became the first computer maker to agree to pre-load Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live toolbar and make its search portal the main service on all new computers worldwide.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/14/2007
- By The Associated Press
- 03/14/2007
Microsoft on Wednesday acquired Tellme Networks, Inc., which specializes in speech recognition and the integration of voice and data, technologies that may play a central role in Microsoft's Unified Communications and collaboration initiatives.
MTV owner Viacom Inc. sued the popular video-sharing site YouTube and its corporate parent, Google Inc., on Tuesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages on claims of widespread copyright infringement.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/13/2007
Visual FoxPro 9 will be the end of the line for Microsoft's under-appreciated desktop database developer tool, the company formally told third-party developers Tuesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/13/2007
Microsoft and F5 Networks announced Tuesday they have signed an OEM deal that will put Redmond’s System Center Operations Manager 2007 on F5’s management appliances.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/13/2007
U.S. regulators filed civil fraud charges Monday against four former Nortel Networks executives, including ex-CEO Frank Dunn, alleging they repeatedly altered the telecom equipment maker's revenue to meet Wall Street expectations.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/13/2007
Printers with data drives used for storing, reproducing copied documents can be security weak link if not protected.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/13/2007
A leading analyst, who recently joined Microsoft to become a technology evangelist, quietly went back to his old job last week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/13/2007