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Analysts Seek Microsoft Spending Details

The demand at Microsoft Corp.'s annual meeting of financial analysts next week won't be so much to "show me the money" as to "show me what you're doing with the money."

Dell Shares Plunge on Lowered 2Q Outlook

Shares of Dell Inc. plunged to their lowest level in nearly five years Friday after the world's largest computer maker lowered its second-quarter earnings outlook below Wall Street's estimates, due mainly to aggressive price cuts in a slowing market.

Microsoft Completes Softricity Buyout

Microsoft has completed its purchase of application virtualization vendor Softricity, the company said this week.

AMD 2Q Profit Rises as Revenue Dips

Computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s second-quarter profit rose sharply but sales dipped as it struggled amid the aggressive price cuts of larger rival Intel Corp.

Microsoft 4Q Profit Falls on Legal, R&D Expenses

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that fiscal fourth quarter earnings fell nearly 24 percent in part because of a one-time legal charge but beat Wall Street estimates.

PC Market 'Healthy' Despite Weak Demand in Europe

Personal computer shipments grew roughly 10 percent in the second quarter despite soft sales in Europe, two influential research firms reported Wednesday.

Microsoft States 12 'Principles' of Fairness

Microsoft this week published a list of 12 "voluntary principles" of fairness that it says it will live up to in developing future products and dealing with competitors, consumers and partners after the U.S. Justice Department's oversight expires.

Google 2Q Earnings More Than Double

Google's second-quarter profit more than doubled, maintaining the Internet search leader's penchant for topping analysts' high expectations and further underscoring the advantage the company has built over its chief rivals.

Intel Shuffles Top Executives

Intel Corp. is reassigning five top executives to new positions as part of a corporate restructuring designed to simplify the company's management, according to a memorandum circulated to employees late Wednesday.

Microsoft and XenSource 'Cooperate' for Linux Support in Windows Server

Microsoft announced this week it will cooperate with a leading Linux open source developer to provide interoperability between Windows Longhorn Server and Xen virtualization technology for Linux.

Microsoft To License 3-D Image Technology

Microsoft Corp. plans to license a technology for manipulating three-dimensional images as part of the company's efforts to make more money from its in-house research and development.

Microsoft To Update Hosting Solution

Microsoft will ship early next month an update to its Web hosting package that takes advantage of recently released products and technologies.

Microsoft Is Hungrier Than a Sumo

Ballmer tells partners to play ball and bat for Microsoft...or else. Elsewhere, IBM releases Notes for Linux, and Novell comes out with version 10 of its Suse Linux distro.

Microsoft Acquires Winternals, Sysinternals

Microsoft announced this week it has acquired Winternals Software LP, a well-known vendor of enterprise systems recovery and data protection solutions for Windows, along with the company's associated freeware site Sysinternals.

Microsoft, Nortel Form Telecom Alliance

Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. have formed a four-year alliance to develop and sell products that aim to give people more sophisticated ways to communicate with each other.

Microsoft Pulls Private Folder Tool

Microsoft has abruptly pulled from its Web site a free folder encryption tool it recently released, saying the program's removal came about due to complaints from IT shops.

Microsoft Files 26 U.S. Piracy Lawsuits

Microsoft Corp. has filed 26 lawsuits accusing U.S. companies of selling pirated software, the latest move in its ramped-up efforts to boost sales by cracking down on illegal copies.

FBI Consultant Spared Jail in Password Case

An FBI computer consultant who pleaded guilty to hacking the secret passwords of Director Robert Mueller and others will not serve any time in prison, a federal judge has ruled.

Novell To Release Suse Linux 10

Novell Inc. will start shipping Release 10 of its Suse Linux on Monday, marking the first full new release of Suse Linux since August 2004, according to the company's president and chief executive officer.

McAfee Quietly Fixes Software Flaw

A leading computer security company quietly fixed a dangerous design flaw months ago, but did not warn businesses and U.S. government agencies until Friday.

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