BRUSSELS-A group of Microsoft Corp.'s rivals filed a complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday, alleging its business practices threatened to deny real choice among competing software products.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/22/2006
The FBI's latest attempt to modernize its computers is running behind schedule and its budget already has exceeded the cost of the last failed effort.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/22/2006
BEJING-China is cracking down on junk e-mail and "illegal" mobile phone text messages, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/22/2006
After appearing to release official names for the editions of Windows Vista over the weekend, Microsoft now says the Web page where the names appeared was posted prematurely and the names are not final.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/21/2006
Company plans crossover with partner program.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/21/2006
The latest release of Microsoft's full-on e-commerce package has begun beta testing, the company said this week. Microsoft Commerce Server 2006 is currently targeted for final release in July.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/21/2006
Microsoft announced this week it has begun beta testing Systems Management Server 2003 Release 2.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/21/2006
As if to reinforce its message that it is now an application lifecycle firm, Borland Software announced this week it is shipping a new IT governance solution.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/16/2006
It's official. Microsoft announced overnight on Wednesday that Office "12" will be officially known as -- ta da! -- Office 2007. At the same time, the Redmond software maker announced a dizzying array of packaging and licensing options.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/16/2006
Alero Technology announced this week it is shipping Release 2 of its Alero 2006 enterprise information management package.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/16/2006
A recent survey, billed as one of the first polls of end users of managed services, found the customers were much more responsive to managed service providers they encountered at trade shows and to referrals than to cold sales calls.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/15/2006
Microsoft releases two more exams, aimed at MCITP for SQL Server DBA candidates.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/15/2006
Declaring that it has fulfilled both the letter and the spirit of the law, Microsoft Wednesday denied it is still in violation of European Community fair trade laws and attacked the EC's Commission for Competition.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/15/2006
Popular "second-shot" promotion keeps coming back; this time, it's worldwide.
Microsoft's Office Live online services for small companies officially entered beta mid-week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/15/2006
German utility firm 1-abc.net announced it is shipping a new product aimed at making sure that files you delete stay deleted.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/15/2006
Microsoft released seven security bulletins, including two bulletins that addressed critical flaws affecting Windows. The other five bulletins included patches for flaws with a maximum severity rating of "important" in Windows and Office.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/14/2006
Microsoft said Tuesday that it is making additions and changes to Windows Server "Longhorn" and to Internet Explorer 7 to add capabilities to better support security and identity protection.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/14/2006
Security specialists Websense and Network Engines team up with Microsoft to offer integrated solutions.
Microsoft came late to desktop search; it doesn’t intend to make the same mistake with mobile search. The company announced Monday that it has bought MotionBridge, a French maker of "mobile search" technology.