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

Microsoft Evangelist Returns to Analysis Firm

A leading analyst, who recently joined Microsoft to become a technology evangelist, quietly went back to his old job last week. 03/13/2007

Small Macs in the Offing?

Apple is shooting for leaner and flashier notebooks. 03/13/2007

Leaving So Soon?

Windows Live Search exec seeks his fortunes elsewhere. 03/13/2007

MS Spruces Up Dynamics

Resellers take notice. 03/13/2007

Stay Classy, Microsoft: Convergence Opens in San Diego

Dynamics Client for Office and SharePoint gets the headlines. 03/13/2007

Microsoft Unveils Its Vision for Connected Businesses

At its annual Convergence conference this week, Microsoft will put into place the final pieces of its Dynamics ERP strategy by announcing a handful of new applications and partner programs aimed largely at small and medium-size companies (SMBs). 03/12/2007

CompUSA Reaches Out to Microsoft Small Business Specialists

In an effort to deepen its relationship with small-business customers, Dallas-based retailer CompUSA Inc. is looking to partner with Microsoft Small Business Specialists near its stores. 03/12/2007

Cable, Telcos Compete Over Wireless

Two months ago, Fred Poteet walked into a Sprint store to resolve some technical problems with his cell phone service. When he walked out, he had a new wireless contract -- with Cox Communications Inc., his cable TV operator. 03/12/2007

Patch-Free Tuesday

Now, you have to figure out what to do with all this free time. 03/12/2007

Here's Why FoxPro Lives!

Supporters from far and wide chime in. 03/12/2007

A New Way Around UAC

DesktopStandard thinks it has an answer to the UAC problem. 03/12/2007

AMD Finds Itself in Financial Peril

The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp. 03/09/2007

Hitachi To Sell Business PCs Made by HP

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi said Friday it will sell personal computers made by Hewlett-Packard Co. that are designed for businesses under the Hitachi brand in Japan. 03/09/2007

Last Preparations Being Made for DST Bug

Normally the switch to daylight-saving time isn't a big deal, but this Sunday, Jeff Ronner has to put people on the case. 03/09/2007

SEC Goes After Scam E-Mails on Stock

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday suspended trading in 35 companies whose shares were touted in e-mail spam campaigns. 03/09/2007

Microsoft Pumps Up Partner Program

Free hardware helps sweeten deals for integrators and resellers. 03/09/2007

Vista Exam Redo Starts Next Week

Microsoft plans to retest two Vista exams, 70-621 and 70-622, that were originally beta tested in January and February this year. 03/08/2007

Last-Minute Prep for DST Bug

DST scramble is on as daylight savings time change occurs this weekend. 03/08/2007

Microsoft Readies Partner Program for Influencers

Microsoft later this month will launch a program in the United States to identify partners who influence sales of Microsoft software licenses. 03/08/2007

Quest Signs on as Microsoft's First EU Code Licensee

Under threat of new multimillion fines, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that it had signed up its first licensee for a scheme EU regulators told it to set up three years ago to share code that helps servers work with the Windows operating platform. 03/08/2007

Microsoft Live Search Exec To Leave

The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving his post with the software maker to start his own business, Microsoft people aware of the situation said Wednesday. 03/08/2007

Daylight Saving Patch for Dynamics CRM

Literally just in time, Microsoft is shipping a patch for its Dynamics CRM 3.0 package that adjusts for the Daylight Saving Time (DST) changeover coming this weekend. 03/08/2007

VoIP for Office Beta Coming this Month

Microsoft Wednesday announced it will release this month the public beta versions of Office Communications Server 2007, the company's Voice over IP and unified communications server, and Office Communicator 2007, Microsoft's unified communications client. 03/08/2007

Sweden Plan Would Monitor Communications

Sweden's government presented plan to allow defense intelligence agency to monitor e-mail traffic and phone calls crossing the nation's borders. 03/08/2007

No Microsoft Security Patches Expected This Month

Get ready for an anti-climactic Patch Tuesday. Following on the heels of last month’s gonzo Patch Tuesday event -- wherein Microsoft Corp. released 12 new patches – Redmond this month doesn’t plan to patch any security-related flaws. 03/08/2007

Buy Local 3.0: This Time, There's Hardware

System builders in the Microsoft Partner Program now have something tangible to offer consumers and small businesses that are looking for new computers running Windows Vista. 03/08/2007

Dell Ponders Desktop Linux

Proof that suggestion boxes actually work. 03/08/2007