An alliance of businesses, colleges and federal crime fighters will combine their expertise at a new research center that will study the problems of identity theft and fraud.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/28/2006
Police in Britain and Finland have arrested three men suspected of conspiring to spread computer viruses through spamming, Metropolitan Police said.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/27/2006
Microsoft Corp. has launched an online preview of its new Office business software, as part of efforts to drum up more interest in the coming set of releases.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/27/2006
Intel Corp. introduced its latest microprocessor for server computers Monday, one of a trio of new chips the world's biggest semiconductor maker is counting on to regain market share lost to Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/27/2006
Microsoft quietly announced Friday that its long-promised next-generation universal file system is either dead or just emerging from its pupa to take wing as a butterfly.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/27/2006
A Long Island politician has dropped a federal lawsuit that had claimed the search engine company Google Inc. profits from child pornography.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2006
As more people turn to Web applications for everyday tasks like e-mail, friendship and payments, cyber criminals are following them in search of bank account details and other valuable data, security researchers said.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2006
Say goodbye soon to those pop-up ads from Claria Corp.'s oft-vilified ad-targeting technology. On July 1, Claria will stop running ads generated by its pioneering but highly criticized "adware" programs that monitor where people surf.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2006
Microsoft Corp. is eliminating 14 jobs in its Microsoft Learning division,
and will instead have an outside vendor perform that work.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2006
Microsoft Corp.'s best-known business software is for creating spreadsheets, documents and presentations, but the company is hoping to convince corporations that it also can be the one-stop shop for sophisticated communications technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2006
Ohio University's Computer Services department was running seven-figure surpluses and spending on generous benefits for employees while it was failing to make adequate investments in firewalls and other computer security measures, according to an outside consultant's report.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2006
Company's online preview of its new Office business software is part of efforts to drum up more interest in the coming set of releases.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2006
Microsoft throws off the shroud on its unified communication strategy.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/25/2006
Margo Day, who has run the U.S. Partner Group for five years, and Robert Deshaies, U.S. V.P. for SMS&P, swap responsibilities, beginning in July.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/23/2006
Microsoft Corp. is eliminating 14 jobs in its Microsoft Learning division, and will instead have an outside vendor perform that work.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/23/2006
VP Martin Taylor resigns abruptly just as Live gets off the ground. Also: search tools for Exchange and SharePoint, a BPEL .NET server and an analysis tool for monitoring servers.
Info storage leader goes deep with latest acquisition.
The government agency charged with fighting identity theft said Thursday it had lost two government laptops containing sensitive personal data, the latest in a series of breaches encompassing millions of people.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/23/2006
The nation's largest consumer electronics retailer is testing the possibility of selling Apple Computer Inc.'s full line of computers in its stores. Currently, Best Buy carries only Apple's iPod music player and accessories.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/22/2006
The nation's largest consumer electronics retailer is testing the possibility of selling Apple Computer Inc.'s full line of computers in its stores.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/22/2006