Microsoft Research puts $1.2 milion into project to develop software that can interpret signatures as well as produce 3-D drawings based on sketches.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
A corporate-backed watchdog group that monitors software for deceptive and abusive practices on Wednesday named a widely used file-sharing program and three other applications as violators of its guidelines.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday offered "free, unlimited technical support" to rivals interested in making their software work with Microsoft servers, saying it wanted to comply with a landmark EU antitrust ruling.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
After weeks of being cagey about shipping Windows Vista on schedule, Microsoft did a turnabout late Tuesday. The upshot: Vista will go to corporate customers in November, but all consumer releases are delayed until January.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/22/2006
Microsoft released a refreshed Beta 2 preview of Internet Explorer 7 along with key beta development tools at Mix06, the company’s first-ever Web site developer and designer conclave kicked off in Las Vegas on Monday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/21/2006
Deutsche Telekom AG said Tuesday it has formed an alliance with Microsoft Corp. to offer Internet television services to subscribers in Germany this year.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
Dell Inc. plans to double the number of its employees in India to 20,000 in three years, Chairman Michael Dell said Monday, in what appeared to be moves by the world's largest personal computer maker to beef up its presence in one of the world's fastest growing markets.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
A pioneer of software that delivers pop-up ads based on Web sites that Internet users browse said Tuesday it will exit that business by June following persistent criticism from online publishers, consumer groups and privacy advocates.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
Microsoft holds its annual BlueHat security conference, Ballmer outlines vision of software designed for people, and a survey finds IT hirings outnumber firings.
When a New Jersey judge ruled that Amazon.com Inc. breached a groundbreaking contract with Toys R Us Inc., she delivered with the legal blow a public scolding, calling company executives obstinate, arrogant and even childish.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
The Redmond giant missing delivery by the holiday shopping season may benefit other parts of the consumer electronics industry, say analysts.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
Microsoft Corp. will delay the consumer release of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, missing the holiday sales season and throwing some PC makers and retailers into turmoil.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
Two companies that will share in a new FBI computer contract were singled out in a government audit Monday that questioned $17 million in the agency's computer overhaul.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/21/2006
A conversation with Microsoft VP Allison Watson.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/20/2006
This is the first in an occasional series offering an inside look at prominent deals in the Microsoft partner community.
As expected, hackers have found a way to run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system on new Macintosh computers, winning an ad hoc contest and a $13,854 cash prize to boot.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2006
A federal judge on Friday ordered Google Inc. to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine, but rebuffed the government's demand for a list of people's search requests -- potentially sensitive information that the company had fought to protect.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2006
Google Inc.'s mysterious methods for ranking Web sites came under attack Friday in a lawsuit accusing the online search engine leader of ruining scores of Internet businesses that have been wrongfully banished from its index.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2006
While most technology companies make money by developing software, building hardware or providing services, Forgent Networks Inc. has taken a different route: It produces threats and lawsuits that try to cash in on ideas.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/19/2006
From the business wires this week: an Exchange search tool, Windows backup products, and SQL Server monitoring and managing tools.