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Partner Watch, May 22

New Horizons becomes the largest network of Microsoft Gold Partners, it reports.

South Korea Rejects Microsoft's Antitrust Appeal

South Korea rejected appeal by Microsoft to overturn an antitrust decision against the world's largest software company.

Anti-Spyware Leader Unfazed by Microsoft

For millions of PC users, the privacy-snatching programs known as spyware have been nothing but a headache as they swipe personal information, slow systems to a crawl and crash computers. For Webroot Software Inc., the annoying programs have been the foundation of success.

Microsoft Testing Pay-by-the-Hour PCs

Microsoft developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use a computer in their own homes.

Symantec Sues Microsoft

Symantec accused Microsoft of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.

IT Weekly Roundup, May 19

From the business wires: a tool for monitoring Web apps, SharePoint connectors, and a self-extracting file compression program.

An Unfinished Story

Wall Street punishes Microsoft for playing close to the vest on investment plans. 

Microsoft Has a Whale of an Appetite

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is buying out secure access software vendor Whale Communications, in a move aimed at broadening its security offerings to enterprise customers.

Anatomy of the Deal

An inside look at prominent deals within the Microsoft partner community. Part of an occasional series.

Vista Minimum System Requirements Revealed

After months of being noncommittal, Microsoft Thursday finally published the system requirements for Windows Vista, and set up a Web site to help users plan ahead for Vista’s availability early next year.

HP Gains on Dell in Tough PC Market

Just five months after its $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. gave Hewlett-Packard Co. the No. 1 ranking in worldwide personal computer shipments, a new batch of market numbers delivered some stomach-turning news to HP.

Taking on the IP Thieves

Piracy in China tempers the enormous business opportunities there. 

Dell Moves Toward AMD Chips Amid Earnings Drop

The world's largest PC maker says it was merely bowing to customer demand when it decided to start offering microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in some of its high-end servers.

Putting Windows 98 on Ice

July 11 support deadline looms for Windows 98/SE/Me.

Symantec Files Lawsuit Against Microsoft

Security software maker Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft Corp. in a federal lawsuit Thursday of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.

Microsoft, Best Buy Partner Up on Certification

More than 300 Best Buy employees now certified under training and certification program, jointly developed with Microsoft.

Blue Security Shuts Down Anti-Spam Service

Score one for the spammers. The company behind a controversial anti-spam initiative is shutting down the service after spammers began threatening users and rendering the company's site inaccessible.

Executive: Microsoft More Nimble Company

Company's corporate restructuring designed to allow Microsoft Corp. to make decisions more quickly, says top exec.

Will Video Break the Internet?

Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to send you video over the Internet. "Desperate Housewives," Stephen Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding parties: It's all there.

Best Buy Trains 300 MCPs on Way to 900

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has trained 300 Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) on its way to a goal of 900 MCPs as it ramps up its services capabilities for a major push into small business sales.

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