Small business customers will have access to OS early, much like enterprise businesses. Consumers still have to wait for January 30th.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Zune music player is Microsoft's latest entertainment foray
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Singapore teen faces 3 years' jail for tapping into another's wireless Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Sun Microsystems releases its Java technology as open-source project.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Microsoft turns to musician Robert Fripp to create many of Vista's sounds, including signature start-up sound.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/10/2006
Chip-maker Nvidia Corp. unveiled two graphics microprocessors that offer twice the horsepower of previous models and what the company touts as a design milestone: a multitasking brain capable of efficiently handling a variety non-graphics calculations.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/09/2006
Advanced security bulletin refers to an XML flaw and five other Windows flaws deemed "critical"; unknown whether security rollup addresses recent Visual Studio flaw.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/09/2006
Microsoft announced this week it is adding an enhanced version of Dotfuscator Community Edition (CE) to the next major release of Microsoft Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/09/2006
Windows Vista that will be delivered won't be a version "castrated" by EU or software rivals, says Microsoft chairman.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/09/2006
Who says Microsoft can't laugh at itself? The company just released BlueScreen version 3.2 -- the latest version of a screen saver that mimics Windows' dreaded "Blue Screen of Death."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/09/2006
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday the company's upcoming Windows Vista operating system has survived antitrust complaints by rivals who aimed to "castrate" it.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/09/2006
Think of it as Wikipedia for the workplace. Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, now wants to provide businesses with software to create blogging, wiki and news feed services to connect employees on collaborative projects.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/09/2006
In January, Indian mobile users will have access to Microsoft's search engine; service announced as part of Microsoft $1.7 billion investment in the country.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/08/2006
Microsoft announced it released Windows Vista to manufacturing on Wednesday, putting it on schedule to ship to volume customers by November 30, and confirmed that Vista will go to consumers on January 30, 2007.
- By Ed Scannell and Stuart Johnston
- 11/08/2006
Microsoft announced this week it is nearing release of a new version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software -- Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/08/2006
Windows Vista gold code now released to manufacturing.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/08/2006
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other top officials Wednesday as part of the company's efforts to boost its presence here.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/08/2006
NTP Inc., which successfully sued the maker of BlackBerry devices for infringement of wireless e-mail patents, said Monday it is suing Palm Inc., maker of the Treo smart phone.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/07/2006
The virtualization marketplace heated up this week with announcements from both Microsoft and chief competitor VMware. Both announcements came at VMware's VMworld conference in Los Angeles.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/07/2006