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
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
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 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
This is the first in an occasional series offering an inside look at prominent deals in the Microsoft partner community.
A conversation with Microsoft VP Allison Watson.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/20/2006
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
With Intel-based Mac machines now widely available, hackers find a way to get it done. One site even offers contest with prize money.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/17/2006
From the business wires this week: an Exchange search tool, Windows backup products, and SQL Server monitoring and managing tools.
Lockheed Martin Corp. will build a new computer system for the FBI in an effort to put to rest the bureau's multimillion-dollar troubles with technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/16/2006
The IT training provider deepens its European operations in 12 countries.
Security researchers are warning about a new variety of unusually powerful denial of service attacks.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/16/2006
Microsoft has sued eight people for selling counterfeit copies of its software through online auction site eBay, the company said this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/16/2006
Microsoft Corp. announced a $500 million marketing initiative Thursday aimed at competing with IBM Corp. for corporate spending on information technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/16/2006
Google Inc. said Thursday it expects to complete its $1 billion investment in America Online during the second quarter, slightly later than the two popular Web sites originally anticipated.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/16/2006
Microsoft this week announced it will ship in June an operational analytics application for decision makers designed to work with its Dynamics brand of software for small and mid-size businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/16/2006
Cell phones doing more; computer, TV technology converging closer, says Microsoft chairman
- By The Associated Press
- 03/16/2006