Microsoft Releases 'SOA in the Real World' E-Book

For a while now, Microsoft has published guidance materials to help companies develop service-oriented architectures. The company recently made a substantial addition to those stores with a 196-page e-book entitled "SOA in the Real World." 07/23/2007

Is Windows XP Harming Vista Growth?

Windows Vista could mark a turning point for Microsoft: it may be the first desktop operating system from Redmond that suffers on the sales side because its predecessor works so well. 07/23/2007

Microsoft Research Shows More Than It Ships?

Andreessen Now Even Richer

Mailbag: Taking Apart the Trade Deficit

Forget Vista, I'm Skipping to Windows 7

A Bad Quarter for Google (Kinda Sorta)

Oracle 11g Warms Up to .NET Developers

While Oracle is set to ship its next-generation database server this month for Linux, the Windows version is not far behind and will offer significant improvements for .NET developers. 07/20/2007

Ask.com To Stop Data Retention

Ask.com became the first major search engine to promise users it won't store data on their queries, giving the privacy conscious the option of conducting research on the Internet in relative anonymity. 07/20/2007

AMD Shares Rise on Higher 2Q Chip Sales

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted a second-quarter loss on heavy acquisition costs and lower microprocessor prices but gave investors hope with rising sales that beat Wall Street's expectations. 07/20/2007

Acer Files Suit Against Hewlett-Packard

Taiwan's Acer Inc. said Friday it has filed a counterclaim in a U.S. court against a patent infringement lawsuit by Hewlett-Packard Co. 07/20/2007

Salesforce.com Launches Summer '07 Release

On-demand software pioneer Salesforce.com has unveiled Salesforce Summer '07, the 23rd upgrade to its customer relationship management solution, which brings with it Apex Code and the company's "Platform as a Service" approach. 07/20/2007

Watchfire Unveils Web Security Solutions

Watchfire has released AppScan 7.6, the latest installment of its application vulnerability analysis tool, and has rolled out a debut of AppScan OnDemand, a service for checking the security exposure of Web applications. 07/20/2007

Gates: Chinese Pirates Are Great for Microsoft

Stolen software helps stave off Linux use. 07/20/2007

Microsoft Earnings: Redmond Pays the Cost of Cool

Xbox takes a bite out of earnings, while Vista and Dynamics make the plus side of the ledger. 07/20/2007

Dell Goes the MSP Route

Company diversifies from its computer sales business. 07/20/2007

Vista SP1: Your Guess Is as Good as Theirs

No word yet on SP1, but readers nonetheless express positive views on Microsoft's OS. 07/20/2007

PrismTech To Offer Mission-Critical SOA Solution

PrismTech plans to launch the latest version of its quality of service (QoS) solution for service-oriented architectures (SOAs) on August 15. The solution, OpenSplice Version 3, is designed to ensure scalability and "real-time service delivery" in SOAs, according to an announcement issued by the company. 07/19/2007

Google's Profit Falls Short, Shares Drop

Google Inc.'s second-quarter profit climbed 28 percent, but it wasn't enough to fulfill Wall Street's high expectations for the Internet's search leader. 07/19/2007

Dell To Buy Managed Services Provider

Dell, which has been expanding its distribution channels and offerings over the last several years, broadened its reach even further with the announcement that it's buying SilverBack Technologies. 07/19/2007

Microsoft 4Q Profit Edges Up 7 Percent

Microsoft Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profit edged up 7 percent, despite a hefty charge to cover the cost of defective Xbox 360 video game consoles. 07/19/2007

Google Expands Sales of Print Ads

Google Inc. is expanding a test program that lets online advertisers buy ad space in newspapers, as the publishing industry struggles to offset business that has moved to the Internet. 07/19/2007

Exotechnic Teams With CodeMesh

Exotechnic Corp., a business software provider based in London, is using CodeMesh's solution to convert .NET code into Java. The effort is associated with Exotechnic's classification solution for the financial industry, which is designed to help financial firms comply with a new European Union (EU) directive. 07/19/2007

Intel 2Q Profit Jumps 44 Percent

Intel Corp.'s second-quarter profit jumped 44 percent on strong sales of microprocessors, but the company's shares fell amid signs that fierce competition continues to push chip prices lower. 07/19/2007

Global PC Shipments Up 12 Percent in 2Q

Worldwide shipments of personal computers rose strongly in the second quarter due to growing demand in Asia and unexpected strength in the U.S., two research companies reported Wednesday. 07/19/2007

Confusion Growing About Vista SP1 Release

There's growing confusion as to when Windows Vista SP1 is going to be released to the public, and even confusion about when it will be tested, and by whom. 07/19/2007

IBM's 2Q Earnings Up 12 Pct.

Already on a tear lately, shares of International Business Machines Corp. got another bounce after the technology company reported a 12 percent jump in quarterly earnings and improved its outlook for the rest of the year. 07/19/2007

Duke: iPhone May Be Disrupting Network

Apple Inc.'s flashy new iPhones may be jamming parts of the wireless network at Duke University, where technology officials worked with the company Wednesday to fix problems before classes begin next month. 07/19/2007

Partners Win Redmond's Praise

Microsoft bestowed its Partner of the Year awards, but what does that mean for partners? 07/19/2007

Some Paradigms Never Shift

Yesterday's hype is becoming today's tech flops, in some cases. 07/19/2007

More Eurotroubles on the Way for Microsoft

European regulatory body said to be questioning interoperability issues with Microsoft Office apps. 07/19/2007

Windows Home Server Released to Manufacturing

Windows Home Server, Microsoft's first foray into what it hopes will be a lucrative market for consumer-oriented servers, has been released to manufacturing. 07/18/2007

Games Boost Microsoft's Search Share

Microsoft, long stuck in third place behind Google and Yahoo in the search wars, suddenly boosted its share of the market last month by playing a shrewd game of chicken. 07/18/2007

Microsoft-Nortel See Unified Communications Gains

A one-year-old partnership between Microsoft and Nortel on unified communications technology, known as the Innovative Communications Alliance, is bearing fruit. The two companies announced this week that they have sold more than 430,000 joint-solutions licenses to date. 07/18/2007

Put Out the Welcome Mat for Windows Home Server

Home servers are expected to hit the market this fall. 07/18/2007

Microsoft Copy Protection Cracked Again

Microsoft Corp. is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies. 07/17/2007

EU Court To Rule in Sept. on Microsoft

Sept. 17 the day Microsoft goes to court to challenge fines regulators imposed on company for anti-competitive business practices. 07/17/2007

Games Boost Microsoft's Search Share

Microsoft suddenly boosted its share of the search market last month by playing a shrewd game of chicken. 07/17/2007

Microsoft Awards Top Partners in 2007

Microsoft's partners got lauded last week at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2007 event in Denver. 07/17/2007

Google Offers To Run Site Search Engines

Google Inc. is offering to run the search engines of small Web sites for as little as $100 per year, marking the company's latest attempt to make more money off technology that already steers much of the Internet's traffic. 07/17/2007

Microsoft Drops Hints With Patent Applications

Targeted advertising comes in from the cloud. 07/17/2007

Infragistics Updates WinForms/ASP.NET Components

Tools vendor Infragistics today released NetAdvantage for .NET 2007 Volume 2, its latest set of presentation components for Windows Forms and ASP.NET. 07/16/2007

Intel, '$100 Laptop' Project Make Peace

As Nicholas Negroponte stormed the developing world trying to drum up buyers for the innovative $175 computers designed by his One Laptop Per Child education nonprofit, he encountered a persistent obstacle: competition from Intel Corp. 07/16/2007

Report: Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate Imminent

In just a couple of weeks, developers will be able to get their hands on the release candidate of Silverlight 1.0, Microsoft's new cross-platform browser media plug-in. 07/16/2007

Vista Incompatibilities Still Gnaw

Citizens on Journalism Patrol

OneCare Upgrade Prepped

Live CRM To Go Live

Best Practices for Dev Outsourcing

Some useful guidelines for choosing the the right IT partner. 07/15/2007

Stock Tip Blogger Detained in China

A blogger who sold stock picks to thousands of subscribers has been detained in northern China, as regulators try to reign in freelance operators amid a booming stock market. 07/13/2007