Microsoft has released a tool to help IT shops and developers determine if changes are needed to users’ applications in order to run under Windows Vista.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/31/2006
Microsoft says it's hard at work on a Visual Studio edition product targeted specifically at database developers and that it plans to ship it by year's end.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/31/2006
Computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., whose revenue has declined four years in a row, said Wednesday it planned to cut 4,000 to 5,000 jobs in an effort to return to consistent profitability.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/31/2006
Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday told industry analysts the online search engine leader is unlikely to create its own Web browser, even though the company remains worried about being slighted by the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/31/2006
Microsoft Corp. announces release of software that aims to better protect people who use Windows from Internet attacks.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/31/2006
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the Windows Vista operating system is still on track for early January shipment.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/30/2006
The glass-encased room inside Intel Corp.'s microchip factory here, with its shiny, metallic surfaces and frigid air, is a world away from the blistering sun and brown earth outside.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/30/2006
The agency promoting China's wireless encryption standard has accused a U.S. engineers' group of waging a conspiracy that led a global organization to reject the Chinese system, the country's official news agency said Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/30/2006
U.S. semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it will invest $2.5 billion, or nearly 2 billion euros, to expand its production facilities in the eastern German city of Dresden.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/30/2006
Amnesty International on Sunday accused the world's Internet firms of colluding with repressive regimes to curtail online freedom.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/30/2006
Microsoft finally gives BizTalk Server exam a workout in front of beta exam candidates this week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/30/2006
Just as with Windows Vista Ultimate edition, Microsoft is planning an "Ultimate" edition of Office System 2007.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/30/2006
In a move designed to steal a march over Google, Microsoft has been looking into purchasing online auction company eBay and merge it with its MSN portal, according to reports in the New York Post last Friday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/30/2006
A provision to significantly increase high-tech worker visas quietly added to sweeping immigration bill.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/26/2006
No sooner did Microsoft begin shipping Beta 2 of Windows Vista this week did the alarms go off worldwide: CEO Steve Ballmer, on tour this week in Asia, may have hinted at the "S word."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/25/2006
Google on Thursday confirmed a long-rumored deal that will bundle some of its software on Dell Inc.'s personal computers, providing the online search engine leader with another potentially potent weapon in its fierce rivalry with Microsoft Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/25/2006
Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs, researchers said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/25/2006
Amid all the announcements regarding betas of Vista, Longhorn, Office 2007 Microsoft and various virtualization initiatives officials made at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week, the arrival of the Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack all but got lost in the noise.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/25/2006
Microsoft exams soon to be flying out of testing centers worldwide...well, at least for those of you interested in getting certified under the next-generation MCP exams for .NET experts.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/25/2006
As expected, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced the beginning of Beta 2 for three products key to the company's future during his keynote at this week's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/24/2006