Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet service providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/19/2006
Japanese electronics maker plans to recall 340,000 notebook computer batteries, some manufactured by Sony Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/19/2006
The White House has chosen an industry information security specialist as its cybersecurity chief, filling a job that has had no permanent director for a year.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/19/2006
After 16 years at Microsoft, Jim Allchin, co-president of the company's Platforms and Services Division, is retiring in a couple of months -- when much-delayed Windows Vista finally ships to customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/19/2006
Microsoft Corp. is hoping to tap the explosive popularity of online video sharing by joining startups and major Internet rivals with its own video service.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/19/2006
Microsoft is shipping Beta 2 of its new System Center Essentials 2007 systems management product.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/19/2006
Also, Microstrategy wins appeal; Zune details.
Microsoft scrambles to update Windows Media after a hacker released a program that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people from freely copying digital movies and songs.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/15/2006
John Lauer, who headed Microsoft’s Small and Midsize Solutions & Partner Group, announced he is leaving the company to launch his own startup.
RSA Security Inc. said its shareholders approved the company's $2.1 billion acquisition by data storage provider EMC Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/15/2006
Supercomputers that perform trillions of operations every second are helping scientists probe life's deepest complexities.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/14/2006
The copy protection program that Sony put on CDs last year is still posing a threat to computer users running certain versions of AOL or PestPatrol antivirus software.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/14/2006
Fake cyberattackers and hackers largely foiled government and industry attempts to fight back quickly and effectively during a test of computer security systems.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/14/2006
A Princeton University computer science professor added new fuel Wednesday to claims that electronic voting machines used across much of the country are vulnerable to hacking that could alter vote totals or disable machines.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/14/2006
Microsoft is shipping the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Server "Longhorn," according to statements posted on a company blog last weekend.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/14/2006
Microsoft sees potential to sell computer keyboards, mice and other hardware in emerging markets where software sales are hampered by widespread piracy.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/14/2006
Microsoft quietly announced Thursday that it is shipping the Beta 2 technical refresh of Office 2007.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/14/2006
An Australian man is under investigation for sending more than 2 billion junk e-mails in one year to promote Viagra.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/14/2006
One of the last remaining consumer class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft Corp. in a state court is set to go to trial in November, and Bill Gates is on the witness list.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/13/2006
Microsoft's announcement on Monday that its long-awaited Windows Live Search service is officially out of beta test and ready for use signals its biggest move to date to challenge search giant Google for both consumers and businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/13/2006