A leading computer security company quietly fixed a dangerous design flaw months ago, but did not warn businesses and U.S. government agencies until Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/14/2006
At its core, the $357 million fine levied against Microsoft Corp. comes down to one simple contention: Microsoft's software for computer servers works faster and more efficiently with its ubiquitous Windows operating system than do rivals' offerings.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/13/2006
Intel Corp. plans to cut 1,000 management jobs worldwide in an effort to reduce costs and make its operations more efficient, the world's largest computer chip maker said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/13/2006
Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are beginning a limited test of plans to make their instant messaging systems work together.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/13/2006
VMware announced this week that it is now shipping the free version of its virtualization server platform.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/13/2006
Dell Inc. outlined plans Thursday to simplify pricing and reduce the number of mail-in rebates for consumers and small business as part of the computer maker's recent $100 million initiative to improve customer service.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/13/2006
The Mozilla Foundation began shipping Beta 1 of Firefox 2.0 this week, just days after a leading Web analytics firm reported the open source browser and its close relations have gained another 2 percentage points on Internet Explorer.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/13/2006
IBM announced this week it is shipping a Lotus Notes client that runs on top of Linux in a move one analyst says is primarily about reassuring Notes customers that their old standby collaboration platform continues to have a place in Big Blue's evolving Linux strategy.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/12/2006
European Union regulators fines Redmond and warns that the company needs to make sure it doesn't get into the same trouble again.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
Microsoft on Wednesday at its Velocity 2006 partner conference in Boston debuted a desktop virtualization licensing plan for Windows Vista Enterprise in hopes of generating more interest in its Software Assurance program.
North Korea has been operating a cyber warfare unit that seeks to hack into South Korea's military command communication network and destroy Internet servers, a South Korean intelligence official said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
The State Department is recovering from large-scale computer break-ins worldwide over the past several weeks that appeared to target its headquarters and offices dealing with China and North Korea, The Associated Press has learned.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
The EU fined Microsoft Corp. $357 million and threatened more penalties, saying the company failed to obey a 2004 antitrust order to share technical information with rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
Microsoft Corp. issued seven patches to fix a variety of flaws, five of which the company has deemed "critical" -- its highest security rating.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said there was an 80 percent chance the company's next-generation operating system, Vista, would be ready in January.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/11/2006
Reacting to complaints from users, Microsoft has quietly decided to give Vista users who do not have the latest display technologies a somewhat "cooler" user interface than what has been seen in the beta copies so far.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/11/2006
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
Ballmer takes wraps off hosted CRM app at partner confab.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference keynote to give partners a choice. Ballmer also unveiled Microsoft CRM Live and launched Small Business Server 2003 R2.
- By Ed Scannell and Scott Bekker
- 07/11/2006