The company responsible for introducing millions of people to the Internet is poised to undergo a transformation that would likely accelerate its decline as a gatekeeper of access to the information superhighway.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/25/2006
Microsoft announced it has begun shipping Beta 1 of Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 edition. However, the beta is billed as "private."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/25/2006
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. struck another blow at Intel Corp., its bigger rival in the market for personal-computer microprocessors, as it disclosed plans Monday to buy one of the dominant makers of graphics chips in a $5.4 billion deal that analysts said could fundamentally alter competition in the semiconductor industry.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/25/2006
Microsoft announced this week it is shipping the second beta test version -- which is also the first public beta test -- of Exchange Server 2007, as well as Forefront Server for Exchange Server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/25/2006
Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday it's working on music and entertainment products that are expected to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular iPod and iTunes music service.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/24/2006
Star Trek, the Sopranos, Seinfeld and ... the Smurfs?
Microsoft Certified Architect makes its officiial debut at launch event.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/24/2006
Business software maker SAP AG said its net profit rose 43 percent in the second quarter on higher U.S. revenues and better margins.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/21/2006
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."
- By The Associated Press
- 07/21/2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/21/2006
Microsoft has completed its purchase of application virtualization vendor Softricity, the company said this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/20/2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/20/2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/20/2006
Personal computer shipments grew roughly 10 percent in the second quarter despite soft sales in Europe, two influential research firms reported Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/20/2006
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.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/20/2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/20/2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/20/2006
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.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/19/2006
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.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/19/2006