Hoping to become less dependent on Internet advertising, online search engine leader Google Inc. is introducing a tool designed to make it easier for companies and their workers to find vital information scattered across a maze of complex software applications.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2006
Yahoo Inc. turned over a draft e-mail from one of its users to Chinese authorities, who used the information to jail the man on subversion charges, according to the verdict from his 2003 trial released Wednesday by a rights group. It was the third time the U.S.-based Internet company has been accused of helping put a Chinese user in prison.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2006
Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is shipping Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, on schedule.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/19/2006
Businesses and consumers who purchased computers with Microsoft Corp. software preinstalled or bought the company's programs through a reseller can't sue for antitrust violations, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2006
The residual effects of sweeping cost cuts helped first-quarter earnings at
International Business Machines Corp. increase 22 percent and beat analysts'
expectations Tuesday despite minor revenue growth.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2006
In April 2003, Intel Corp. rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. released "Opteron," a revolutionary microprocessor for server computers that ran in the standard 32-bit mode or in a more advanced 64-bit mode.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2006
Cassatt Corp. announced it is shipping an add-on for its Collage virtualization platform that aims to provide unified and automated management for both physical servers and virtual machines (VM) -- and in a vendor neutral fashion.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/19/2006
An Oregon man will pay nearly $84,000 in fines and consumer restitution for using e-mail to market bogus anti-spyware software called Spyware Cleaner, Washington state officials said in announcing a settlement.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/19/2006
A Massachusetts court has rejected a Microsoft Corp. request to force software rival Novell Inc. to hand over European Union correspondence that Microsoft claims it needs to defend itself against antitrust charges in Europe.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/18/2006
Marathon Technologies announced Monday it is shipping a new virtualization solution that provides high availability for applications at a lower price point than traditional clustering. On top of that, the company claims, it’s easier and less expensive than traditional clusters to deploy and manage.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/18/2006
Consumers who bought PCs with Microsoft software preinstalled on systems or on purchased PCs from resellers can't sue for antitrust violations, says federal appeals court.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/18/2006
Massachusetts court denies Microsoft's request to force Novell to hand over EU papers that may help in antitrust case.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/18/2006
Officials at the largest Chinese PC manufacturer tells Microsoft that most of its Chinese PCs now have legitimate, licensed Windows installed.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/17/2006
Business software provider Oracle Corp. is considering plans to offer its own version of the Linux operating system and has studied an acquisition of Novell Inc., the open-source operating system's No. 2 distributor, according to a newspaper report Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/17/2006
Zenprise 2.0's diagnostics management add-on for Microsoft Exchange gets an update with self-healing capabilities, more integrated troubleshooting reference material.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/17/2006
When Sam Palmisano addresses IBM's annual shareholder meeting this month, Big Blue's chief will unfurl plenty of good news. And yet investors in the audience could be forgiven for being impatient with the boss.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/16/2006
AT&T Inc. and an Internet advocacy group are waging in federal court a privacy battle that could expose the reach of the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/16/2006
Sales of personal computers without software -- known as "naked computers" -- will be banned in the Chinese capital to reduce software piracy, the city government said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/14/2006
Part of our ongoing series offering an inside look at prominent deals in the Microsoft partner community.
Google Inc., the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments online, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/13/2006