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
Despite patent filings, Microsoft Corp. isn't trying to claim all rights to
the Really Simple Syndication technology for notifying users of new entries
on their favorite news sites and Web journals, a lead product manager says.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
Microsoft Corp. has started linking users' search habits with other personal
information as it prepares to show more personalized advertisements.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
Beginning next month, version 7 of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser
will start flagging certain e-commerce and banking sites as green for "safe."
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
The Microsoft Learning Group plans to take no time off during the holidays, with work continuing this week on beta testing for several exams.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/26/2006
Company officials maintain that the flaw's risks are low.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
The company is interested in improving users' RSS experience, but not in claiming the technology as a whole, a Microsoft official said.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
E-commerce and online banking sites will be required to undergo extensive verification checks.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
Spammers' focus has shifted from open relays to infected "zombie" computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
Spanish police arrests 6 suspects for allegedly hacking financial data.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/21/2006
New model spreads training over weeks instead of days.
Hard-disk drive manufacture makes move into online data storage.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/21/2006
Microsoft wields Partner Skills Plus program to address a premiere partner complaint.
Microsoft-Novell reach pact, then come to blows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/21/2006
Windows Vista isn’t even quite out the door, but Microsoft is already soliciting testers to tell them what should be in the next versions of Windows.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 12/20/2006
Upgrade exam for MCDST certification holders goes through testing rigors in next two weeks.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/20/2006
Already facing a legal challenge for alleged copyright infringement, Google Inc.'s crusade to build a digital library has triggered a philosophical debate with an alternative project promising better online access to the world's books, art and historical documents.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/20/2006
A computer administrator upset over the possibility of losing his job planted an electronic "bomb" in the systems of one of the nation's largest prescription drug management companies, prosecutors said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/20/2006