Automated workaround replaces manual Windows Registry reset, which elicits mixed response from security experts.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/21/2007
An industry group says it has won a new round in a court battle with Yahoo Inc.'s China arm, which is accused of helping online music pirates.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/21/2007
Firefox 3 Beta 2 hits in time for the holidays; Microsoft queues up IE 8 beta for first half '08.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/27/2007
Patch Tuesday releases promise be a lot more interesting in 2008.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/28/2007
Netscape Navigator, the world's first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/29/2007
Google Inc., the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments online, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/13/2006
No one can quite agree on whether Microsoft Corp. held its first online advertising summit in a conference room or a cafeteria, but what everyone does remember is how little attention was paid to the field just seven years ago.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/02/2006
Google Inc. is hoping to pressure Microsoft Corp. into changing a new Internet Explorer browser feature that could direct more people to Microsoft's online search engine instead of Google's far more popular offering.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/02/2006
Joern demystifies common misconceptions about SSL and complex passwords.
- By Joern Wettern
- 07/01/2006
Microsoft seeks to end system software conflicts with SoftGrid.
- By Greg Shields
- 07/01/2006
While the stock market sits on pins and needles worried over any further delays in major Microsoft products, some users apparently are tired of waiting -- at least when it comes to browsers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/11/2006
Google's second-quarter profit more than doubled, maintaining the Internet search leader's penchant for topping analysts' high expectations and further underscoring the advantage the company has built over its chief rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/20/2006
Microsoft will ship early next month an update to its Web hosting package that takes advantage of recently released products and technologies.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/19/2006
Microsoft acquires Windows toolmaker Winternals and cult hero Russinovich, Firefox 2.0 betas and Microsoft pulls free new Private Folder tool.
Wall Street looks to grill Microsoft on spending this week, as profits drop. Google, on the other hand, keeps on rollin' in the green.
The company responsible for introducing millions of people to the Internet is poised to undergo a transformation that would likely accelerate its decline as a gatekeeper of access to the information superhighway.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/25/2006
Microsoft quietly announced this week that it will distribute Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP as a high priority update via Automatic Updates when the new browser version is complete.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/27/2006
AOL co-founder Steve Case has offered a qualified apology for his role in architecting the online company's disastrous combination with Time Warner Inc. "Yes, I'm sorry I did it," Case said on PBS's "The Charlie Rose Show" last Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/27/2006
Are you the master of your Windows domain?
- By Doug Barney and Michael Desmond
- 08/01/2006
China is trying to tighten control over foreign investors in Internet ventures in a crackdown that a state newspaper said Friday could see some companies stripped of operating licenses.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/30/2006