Despite Microsoft's failure to release a new desktop operating system in the past five years, Windows' previous versions still give the company control of nearly 97 percent of all PCs worldwide, according to a leading Web analytics firm.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/22/2006
Microsoft executives may have a hard time talking about open source software without getting their blood up, but the company appears to be taking a pragmatic approach when it comes to Windows Vista and the growing popularity of the Firefox browser.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/22/2006
IBM executives Tuesday rolled out a roadmap for the company's investment in new open source areas beyond Linux, in a continuing but quiet assault on Microsoft's territory: the desktop.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/16/2006
In a move clearly aimed at Microsoft, IBM announced it has ported its enterprise instant messaging client to run atop Linux on the desktop and plans to have a Linux server product out next year.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/15/2006
As the competition for information management and control platforms heats up, IBM announced late this week that it will acquire content management vendor FileNet in a deal valued at $1.6 billion in cash.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/10/2006
Microsoft this week announced that it will discontinue work on future versions of Virtual PC for the Mac.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/09/2006
Apple Computer Inc. completed its switch to Intel Corp. microprocessors and previewed its next-generation operating system Monday, shifting attention -- for the moment -- from the company's troubles surrounding the mishandling of stock options.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/08/2006
A group of industry leaders this week announced a new draft specification aimed at simplifying IT administration across heterogeneous networked environments.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/03/2006
Microsoft this week published a list of 12 "voluntary principles" of fairness that it says it will live up to in developing future products and dealing with competitors, consumers and partners after the U.S. Justice Department's oversight expires.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/20/2006
Microsoft announced this week it will cooperate with a leading Linux open source developer to provide interoperability between Windows Longhorn Server and Xen virtualization technology for Linux.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/19/2006
Microsoft Corp. plans to license a technology for manipulating three-dimensional images as part of the company's efforts to make more money from its in-house research and development.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/19/2006
Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. have formed a four-year alliance to develop and sell products that aim to give people more sophisticated
ways to communicate with each other.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/18/2006
Virtualization is here to stay, so make sure you're using the right tool.
U.S. magistrate strikes down many of SCO Group's claims against IBM, saying SCO failed to show intellectual property was misappropriated when IBM donated code to Linux operating system project.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/30/2006
Redmond's resident critics pick their favorites in this year's Editors' Choice Awards.