IBM Wins Deal to Manage Firm's IT Unit

IBM Corp. it has won a 10-year contract to manage the IT infrastructure of Indian mobile company Idea Cellular 03/21/2007

FullArmor Endpoint Policy Manager Ships

FullArmor announced it is shipping FullArmor Endpoint Policy Manager (FullArmor EPM), a management tool that automates the delivery, enforcement, and auditing of critical security policies on mobile, disconnected and unmanaged endpoint devices, such as guest laptops. 03/21/2007

Big Brother Comes to BrainShare

Is the Novell-Microsoft deal another "bad guy wins" scene from a movie we've seen before? 03/21/2007

Express Yourself

Little by little, the Expression line comes close to completion. 03/21/2007

Microsoft Comes Clean on AJAX

The company promises to join the OpenAJAX alliance. 03/21/2007

No Hiding from AIM

Too much information? Check! 03/21/2007

Expression Design Beta 2 Ships

As Microsoft pushes to ready a suite of new design tools for offer under the Expression Studio brand, the company announced late last week that it is shipping the second beta release of the third of those tools. 03/20/2007

Computer Error Rocks Alaska's $38 Billion Oil Fund

Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion. 03/20/2007

Fortran Creator Backus Dies

John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82. 03/20/2007

Gates Promotes PC Training in Colombia

In his first trip to this violence-wracked country, Bill Gates said Microsoft Corp. was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training. 03/20/2007

Domain Registration Privacy Moves Forward

Many owners of Internet addresses face this quandary: Provide your real contact information when you register a domain name and subject yourself to junk or harassment. Or enter fake data and risk losing it outright. 03/20/2007

Hynix, Toshiba End Legal Battle

Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea and Japan's Toshiba Corp. declared an end to their legal battles Tuesday, signing accords to share semiconductor patents and products. 03/20/2007

Oracle's 3Q Profit Rises 35 Percent

Oracle Corp's fiscal third quarter profit climbed 35 percent, lifted by strong software sales that exceeded management's projections. The Redwood Shores-based business software maker said Tuesday that it earned $1.03 billion, or 20 cents per share, for the three months ended in February. That compared with net income of $765 million, or 14 cents per share, at the same time last year. 03/20/2007

Compute Cluster Pack SP1 Arrives

Microsoft announced late last week it is shipping the first service pack for its Compute Cluster Pack. 03/20/2007

Microsoft Joins OpenAJAX Alliance

In a move that promises to facilitate interoperability of AJAX-based applications developed with different tools and frameworks, Microsoft on Tuesday announced it has joined the OpenAJAX Alliance. 03/20/2007

Microsoft and Google Battle Over Phones?

Why not? They battle over everything else. 03/20/2007

Oops, I Meant Microsoft

An MS keynote gets a case of open-mouth-insert-foot. 03/20/2007

Degree Offered in Biometric Security

Todd Fortier is banking on the day when ATMs will be required to confirm a user's face, voice or thumbprint before spitting out cash. 03/19/2007

AOL Introduces Location Plug-In for IM

AOL is offering users of its AIM instant messaging service new capabilities to see where people on their buddy lists are physically located. 03/19/2007

Most Computer Attacks Originate in U.S.

The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country 03/19/2007

Apple Offers To Amend Past Options

In the wake of its backdated stock options troubles, Apple Inc. is offering affected employees the chance to amend their past options and receive cash payments to avoid related tax penalties, according a regulatory filing Friday. 03/19/2007

Convicted Japanese Dotcom Tycoon Defiant

Disgraced dot-com tycoon Takafumi Horie slammed his conviction and harsh sentence for securities fraud on Sunday, insisting he had committed no crimes and that he had more than paid for any mistakes by losing his company. 03/19/2007

Gates Promotes PC Training in Colombia

Gates said Microsoft was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training. 03/19/2007

Study: Most Computer Attacks Originate in U.S.

The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report. 03/19/2007

IBM Reaches Out to 5.7 Million Developers

Despite it being...IBM. 03/19/2007

Windows Apps Builders Get a New Tool

The Expression Blend release candidate ships. 03/19/2007

Cisco and Microsoft Battle Over Web Conferencing

WebEx and Live Meeting can now butt heads. 03/19/2007

Convergence: Too Many Dynamics Partners?

Partners need to do a little soul searching, Redmond exec says. 03/16/2007

Google To Adopt New Privacy Measures

Google Inc. is adopting new privacy measures to make it more difficult to connect online search requests with the people making them -- a thorny issue that provoked a showdown with the U.S. government last year. 03/15/2007

Expression Blend Release Candidate Ships

Microsoft this week began shipping the release candidate for Expression Blend, its new design tool for building Windows user interfaces using the .NET Framework 3.0’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). 03/15/2007

Red Hat Launches New Linux System

Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company continues to combat Microsoft's market-dominating Windows platform. 03/15/2007

Cisco To Pay $3.2B for WebEx

Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the online meeting company WebEx Communications Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash. 03/15/2007

Just When I Jump on a Bandwagon, the Wheels Fly Off

End of the line for FoxPro. 03/15/2007

Jupiter to Microsoft and Back

The "dark side" loses its appeal. 03/15/2007

Lenovo Uses Microsoft Search

Lenovo Group Ltd. became the first computer maker to agree to pre-load Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live toolbar 03/14/2007

Microsoft to Acquire Tellme Networks

Microsoft will buy Tellme Networks, which provides voice-enabled mobile search, directory assistance and computerized, speech-driven customer service hotlines. 03/14/2007

Discounts on Vista, Office Exams

Microsoft expands Partner Skills Plus program to include MCP exams covering Vista, Exchange 2007 and the Office technology suite. 03/14/2007

Microsoft Ships Windows Server 2003 SP2

Microsoft Tuesday began shipping the second service pack for Windows Server 2003. 03/14/2007

China Approves $2.5B Intel Corp. Plant

Intel Corp. has received approval to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China amid booming Chinese demand for chips used in personal computers and mobile phones, the government said Tuesday. 03/14/2007

Lenovo Computers To Use Microsoft Search

Lenovo Group Ltd. became the first computer maker to agree to pre-load Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live toolbar and make its search portal the main service on all new computers worldwide. 03/14/2007

Judge Drops Charges Against HP's Dunn

Microsoft Buys Speech Vendor Tellme

Microsoft on Wednesday acquired Tellme Networks, Inc., which specializes in speech recognition and the integration of voice and data, technologies that may play a central role in Microsoft's Unified Communications and collaboration initiatives. 03/14/2007

The Viacom Sues The Google for The $1 Billion

Video sharing on The Internets -- what could go wrong? 03/14/2007

AMD in 64-Bits Worth of Multicore Trouble

Sometimes, pushing the envelope isn't enough. 03/14/2007

Quest Goes for Controversial Microsoft EU License

We've got a taker! 03/14/2007

Viacom Sues YouTube for $1 Billion

MTV owner Viacom Inc. sued the popular video-sharing site YouTube and its corporate parent, Google Inc., on Tuesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages on claims of widespread copyright infringement. 03/13/2007

Microsoft: No Visual FoxPro 10

Visual FoxPro 9 will be the end of the line for Microsoft's under-appreciated desktop database developer tool, the company formally told third-party developers Tuesday. 03/13/2007

MS and F5 Ink Operations Manager Deal

Microsoft and F5 Networks announced Tuesday they have signed an OEM deal that will put Redmond’s System Center Operations Manager 2007 on F5’s management appliances. 03/13/2007

SEC Charges Former Nortel Execs

U.S. regulators filed civil fraud charges Monday against four former Nortel Networks executives, including ex-CEO Frank Dunn, alleging they repeatedly altered the telecom equipment maker's revenue to meet Wall Street expectations. 03/13/2007

Your New ID-Theft Worry? Photocopiers

Printers with data drives used for storing, reproducing copied documents can be security weak link if not protected. 03/13/2007