A Florida man who made millions of dollars selling illegal copies of computer programs was sentenced Friday to six years in prison in one of the nation's largest software piracy cases.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/25/2006
Latest build of Vista impresses, but did it arrive too late?
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/25/2006
Wall Street values Hewlett-Packard Co. at $98 billion. Its rival, Sun Microsystems Inc., values Hewlett and Packard at a mere $6,000.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/25/2006
Some boats searching the flood waters left by Hurricane Katrina were crowded with survivors. Others had plenty of room. And whenever a packed boat came upon a rooftop with more stranded people, there was no way to radio one of the empty boats to come help.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/24/2006
Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday recalled 1.8 million Sony-built laptop batteries that could overheat and catch fire.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/24/2006
Microsoft has begun shipping the first release candidate of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, putting the first major update of the company's browser in years on track for final release on schedule.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/24/2006
Japan's trade ministry ordered Sony and Dell to investigate trouble involving Sony-manufactured laptop batteries.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/24/2006
Microsoft and Citrix Systems announced this week they are collaborating to jointly produce and market a so-called "appliance" aimed at serving branch offices.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/24/2006
When Microsoft filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against braindump site Testking.com, many hailed the action. But the suit explores uncharted legal waters, with unpredictable results.
Microsoft considers discounts or other promotions during holidays to entice consumers to upgrade PCs to Vista, months before it may hit stores.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/23/2006
CrossTec Corp. announced it is shipping an updated version of its Activeworx security event management software.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/23/2006
Microsoft has filed three lawsuits against "cybersquatters" who hope to profit from typo-misdirection-based pay-per-click advertising.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/23/2006
Microsoft to release four versions of Windows in South Korea that comply with antitrust ruling.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/23/2006
IBM Corp. said Wednesday it will spend $1.3 billion in cash to acquire Internet Security Systems Inc., which performs network monitoring and analysis services for companies.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/23/2006
The good news for hardware vendors is that growth in revenues for so-called "volume servers" -- servers that cost $25,000 or less -- continued to grow in the second quarter.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/23/2006
Despite Microsoft's failure to release a new desktop operating system in the past five years, Windows' previous versions still give the company control of nearly 97 percent of all PCs worldwide, according to a leading Web analytics firm.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/22/2006
Salesforce.com has acquired a four-person startup specializing in paid search technology that will be tailored to work with the online business applications of Salesforce.
Microsoft executives may have a hard time talking about open source software without getting their blood up, but the company appears to be taking a pragmatic approach when it comes to Windows Vista and the growing popularity of the Firefox browser.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/22/2006
Microsoft is disputing claims of a zero-day flaw in its PowerPoint application that could allow remote code execution.
- By Shawna McAlearney
- 08/21/2006
Bob Jones has a lofty idea for improving communications around the world: Strategically float robotic airships above the Earth as an alternative to unsightly telecom towers on the ground and expensive satellites in space.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/21/2006