Microsoft announced it has acquired DesktopStandard Corp., a smaller firm that develops Group Policy-based enterprise desktop management products.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/03/2006
Microsoft lodges formal appeal against $357 million EU antitrust fine.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/03/2006
Semiconductor sales worldwide surged to a monthly record of $20.5 billion in August, fueled by higher demand for memory chips used in PCs and mobile gadgets such as cell phones and digital cameras, an industry group reported Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/03/2006
This week, Microsoft announced the acquisition of DesktopStandard Corp. of Portsmouth, N.H. Formerly called AutoProf, the company was known for its line of PolicyMaker group policy tools
Virtualization vendor VMware will ship this week the latest iteration of its infrastructure bundle as well as the beta of a third-generation virtual machine conversion utility.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/03/2006
The online-payment service PayPal will simplify its user agreement and better inform users about fraud protection under an agreement announced Thursday with 28 state attorneys general.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/02/2006
Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it has struck a deal with Hewlett-Packard Co. to plant its Internet search engine on millions of computers, the latest volley in a high-stakes battle with Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/02/2006
Plus, new Forefront Security beta launches, IT governance software, more.
Vocational education classes may be poised for comeback in U.S. high schools.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/02/2006
Semiconductor sales set record at $20.5 billion in August, industry group says.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/02/2006
The U.S. Commerce Department promised Friday to take more of a hands-off approach to the Internet as it extended for three years its oversight of a California organization that handles network-address issues.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/02/2006
In a Merrill Lynch survey asking CIOs what their intentions were for enterprise and server software spending, many indicated that they planned to push back plans to upgrade to Windows Vista.
RCP readers would rather head to the beach, says one survey.
CA Inc. is building a network of partners who can take advantage.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2006
While still recovering from last year's disaster, Gulf Coast partners
redouble their efforts to help their hometowns.
Niall Kennedy, touted as an important hire for Microsoft's Live effort, talks about what went wrong during his short tenure.
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/01/2006
Derek Jacobs, among youngest in nation to achieve MCSE status when he was 12, killed in motorcycle accident.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/01/2006
Each company's licensing plan figures to play a role in winning the middleware battle.
Battery headaches grow as more recalls announced from Dell, Toshiba and Fujitsu
- By The Associated Press
- 09/29/2006
South Korea on Thursday unveiled an armed guard robot that it says can be used to detect and suppress intruders along the heavily fortified border between South and North Korea.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/28/2006