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
Microsoft Corp. has upgraded its online mapping service to include three-dimensional tours of 15 U.S. cities, marking another step in its dogged pursuit of Internet search leader Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/07/2006
Adobe Systems Inc. is contributing some of the computer code behind its widely used Flash player to the Mozilla Foundation so that it can be improved upon and blended into an upcoming version of Mozilla's Firefox Web browser.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/07/2006
For years, computer security software lurked in the background and tried to stop viruses and other malicious programs as they attack your computer. Newer products are trying to keep users from reaching Web sites before the programs can even launch an attack, essentially stopping threats at the source.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/07/2006
Police in Chile arrested four suspected computer hackers for allegedly belonging to a group accused of breaking into thousands of government Web sites around the globe, including NASA's.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/07/2006
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it has wrapped up work on its delayed Office 2007 suite and released the code to manufacturing.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/07/2006
Security vendor, as well as competitors, will offer ways to defend against phishing sites and other Internet attacks.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/06/2006
Police nab suspects responsible for hacking into goverment sites in South America, Asia and United States.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/06/2006
Plus, researchers track a new trend in spamming; Microsoft spearheads the Math Partnership initiative; new products.
An online media and advertising company accused of unfairly and deceptively downloading its software onto consumers' computers has agreed to pay a $3 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/06/2006
Microsoft's newest suite released to manufacturing, with delivery to coincide with Windows Vista.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/06/2006
Analysis: Once bitter rivals now working on a peaceful relationship in business and desktop realms.
- By Ed Scannell and Stuart Johnston
- 11/03/2006
Ex-CEO of Computer Associates sentenced to 12 years in prison in accounting fraud.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/02/2006
Worldwide semiconductor sales reached a new high in September as electronics manufacturers geared up for the holiday season, an industry group said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/02/2006
Longtime rivals will work to make Windows and Linux work more smoothly for business customers.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/02/2006