A Singapore court charged a man for posting a bomb hoax online while illegally tapping into a wireless Internet network.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/05/2007
A 17-year-old has been detained by Venezuelan authorities after hacking into multiple government Web sites.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/05/2007
Computer security researchers said Wednesday they have discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Systems Inc.'s ubiquitous Acrobat Reader software that allows cyber-intruders to attack personal computers through trusted Web links.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/04/2007
Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $830 million in cash and stock to acquire privately held IronPort Systems Inc., a maker of anti-spam and antivirus security products.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/04/2007
Microsoft quietly announced this week that it has released version 1.5 of its Windows Live OneCare security and antivirus offering to manufacturing.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/04/2007
Microsoft releases another exam for Vista-related MCTS title.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/04/2007
While Jan. 30 is the promised date for Windows Vista's and Office 2007's availability to consumers, the company is actually holding the launch gala in New York the day before on Jan. 29.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/04/2007
Patience may be a virtue, but when it comes to getting faster boot-up times for computers, no one will complain. That is why a new industry alliance is promoting a hybrid technology to speed the start-up process for laptops.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/04/2007
Flaw found in Adobe' Acrobat PDF format appears to target IE, Firefox browsers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/03/2007
Microsoft began shipping the release candidate for Virtual PC 2007 this week, putting the virtualization environment on track for final shipment in the first quarter as expected.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/03/2007
Just as the holidays kicked off, Microsoft shipped the latest community technology preview of Windows "Longhorn" Server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/03/2007
When students in Thailand,
Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop
Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard
PCs.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/02/2007
1105 Media, Inc., has acquired the operating assets of Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc., publisher of Visual Studio Magazine and producer of numerous international conferences, including VS Live!
- By Redmondmag.com Editors
- 01/02/2007
After shipping the first release candidate, or RC1, of SQL Server 2005 Compact
Edition in mid-November, Microsoft quietly began shipping RC1 of the product's
documentation, which has been updated to reflect the database's recent renaming,
in late December.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/02/2007
This weekend Microsoft will reportedly announce a deal with automaker Ford Motor Company to get in "Synch."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/02/2007
Chip-maker Intel Corp. said it would not object to a court order to produce
documents related to its international business practices, as part of an antitrust
case filed by rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/02/2007
DelBene believes new suite will advance Microsoft's collaboration strategy.
The question now is: How many business users will care?
The Open Relay Database, a tool e-mail service providers used for years to
help curb the spread of spam, is ceasing operations, a death partly attributable
to its own success.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
Apple Computer Inc.'s stock option troubles underwent extreme twists following
reports of a federal probe into the possible forgery of documents to bolster
executives' profits and that CEO Steve Jobs received 7.5 million stock options
in 2001 without proper board approval.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006