International Business Machines Corp. rode cost cuts and software acquisitions to healthy fourth-quarter profits, and the company posted a blockbuster number for contract signings. But investors found reasons to be disappointed, sending IBM stock down sharply Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/19/2007
Finnish computer experts warned Friday that spammers are taking advantage of people's curiosity over a devastating storm in Europe to spread junk e-mails on the Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/19/2007
Cardinal Solutions Group, an 11-year-old Microsoft Gold Certified solutions provider with offices in Cincinnati and Columbus, is expanding outside of Ohio for the first time by opening an office in Charlotte, N.C.
Microsoft Corp. will build a $550 million data center in San Antonio to house its growing online services.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/19/2007
TJX Cos., operator of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount stores, said Wednesday its computer systems were hacked late last year and customer data has been stolen.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
In the late 1990s, Sun Microsystems Inc. promoted itself as "the dot in dot-com" -- a strategy that proved painful when the technology bubble burst.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
A business group behind copy-protection software for next-generation DVDs was investigating reports that hackers found a way to circumvent its technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
The state will likely drop criminal charges against a low-level investigator in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying scandal because he already pleaded guilty to similar crimes in federal court, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Microsoft has released its Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007 (BDD 2007), a set of tools and guidance on how to use them to enable IT shops to deploy desktops running Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, 2007 Microsoft Office system, or Microsoft Office 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/18/2007
Microsoft Corp. will make Windows Vista available for sale and download online.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
The state will likely drop criminal charges against an investigator in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying scandal because he already pleaded guilty to similar crimes in federal court.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Spammers have tweaked legitimate e-mail and sent them through normal spam channels.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Hewlett-Packard Co. extended its lead over Dell Inc. in the worldwide personal-computer market in the fourth quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Six months after announcing a telecommunications alliance, Microsoft and Nortel this week presented some early results of their efforts and outlined a roadmap for future projects.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/18/2007
Microsoft expected to put another Vista exam in front of beta testers next week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/18/2007
Apple Inc. on Wednesday posted a record profit in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street estimates as earnings rose 78 percent amid strong holiday sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Intel's Q4 profit plunged 39 percent, reversing a painful price war with much-smaller rival AMD.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/17/2007
Electronics makers on Wednesday urged Germany to press ahead with cutting copyright fees levied on consumer devices such as computers, printers and scanners.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/17/2007
Don Ferguson, whom some observers refer to as the "Father of WebSphere," has joined Redmond as a Technical Fellow in Platforms and Strategy in the Office of the CTO, according to statements posted online.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/17/2007
It's official. Well, sort of. Windows enthusiast site ActiveWin.com reported this week that an unnamed Microsoft official has confirmed the final name for "Longhorn" server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/17/2007