As expected, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced the beginning of Beta 2 for three products key to the company's future during his keynote at this week's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/24/2006
Microsoft announces new beta releases at WinHEC, reinstates perks for employees but tells contractors to take the week off -- without pay.
Wall Street punishes Microsoft for playing close to the vest on investment plans.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/19/2006
An inside look at prominent deals within the Microsoft partner community. Part of an occasional series.
Piracy in China tempers the enormous business opportunities there.
July 11 support deadline looms for Windows 98/SE/Me.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/19/2006
More than 300 Best Buy employees now certified under training and certification program, jointly developed with Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/18/2006
Company's corporate restructuring designed to allow Microsoft Corp. to make decisions more quickly, says top exec.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/18/2006
In a post-keynote press conference with Microsoft executives and Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, Microsoft pushed its vision for the next version of SharePoint Server, scheduled to ship to business customers in October.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/17/2006
Intel chips sweep through the Mac landscape; what's left to complete the transition are high-end Macs.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
Windows Live Search, competitor to Google Search, offered as a free download.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
Rivals Symantec and McAfee band together to bust eBay software pirates.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
DOJ to continue keeping an eye on Microsoft's business practices for two more years.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
HP bests Wall Street estimate of 49 cents per share by a nickel.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/16/2006
Citing Microsoft Corp.'s lapses under part of a landmark antitrust settlement, the Justice Department said Friday it wants to extend by two years its oversight of some of the company's business practices until at least November 2009.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/12/2006