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  • A Fix for a Fix

    More than you bargained for? 03/08/2007

  • Microsoft Research's Annual Brag-Fest

    Researchers show off their new toys. 03/08/2007

  • Cheers and Jeers for OneCare

    Readers speak on the usefulness of the utility. 03/08/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Research Shows Off Future Tools at TechFest

    Sticky notes. White boards. Videogame consoles. For a Microsoft Corp. event designed to show off cutting-edge software inventions, there are a lot of familiar tools on display. That's intentional, said Rico Malvar, the managing director of Microsoft Research's Redmond lab, at TechFest, the annual gathering of the software maker's international research department Tuesday. 03/07/2007

  • News

    MS Ships Hotfix for Latest SQL Service Pack

    Just two weeks after shipping a major new service pack for SQL Server 2005, Microsoft is having to issue a hotfix to correct a problem some customers experienced with the update. 03/07/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Live Search Exec to Leave

    The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving the his post with the software maker to start his own business. 03/07/2007

  • News

    Best Buy Web Site Pricing Probed

    Best Buy is under investigation by Connecticut's attorney general after consumers complained they were denied deals found at the electronic retailer's Web site by store employees who pulled up a lookalike site that listed higher prices on some merchandise. 03/07/2007

  • News

    Warning: Don't Spam This Scot

    Most people just grumble and hit delete, but when Gordon Dick received a spam message advertising Internet services, he fought back. 03/07/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Releases VS 2005 Service Pack Update for Vista

    Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is shipping the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista -- as promised. 03/07/2007

  • It's Now Safe To Write Vista Software

    Visual Studio gets an update. 03/07/2007

  • Microsoft-Google Scuffle Continues (This Time, Redmond Is Right)

    When it comes to copyright, Google may be crossing the line. 03/07/2007

  • VMware-Microsoft Scuffle Continues

    The virtualization experts talk back. 03/07/2007

  • News

    Apple: iTunes Glitches Remain on Vista

    An update still hasn't resolved some of the compatibility problems with Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system. 03/06/2007

  • News

    Novell Ships Office OpenXML Translator

    Novell quietly announced Monday it is shipping an Office OpenXML/Open Document Format translator that works with its own edition of the OpenOffice.org open source productivity suite. 03/06/2007

  • News

    Forecast: Forecaster 7.0 Coming

    Microsoft announced Tuesday that its FRx Software subsidiary will ship a significant update to its budgeting and planning tool for organizations this spring. 03/06/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Links Technology, Common Tools

    Microsoft shows off cutting-edge software inventions at TechFest, the annual gathering of the software maker's international research department. 03/06/2007

  • The EU Just Won't Let Go

    It's latest grievance: the price of MS communications protocols. 03/06/2007

  • How Secure Is Vista, Really?

    The latest consensus from Symantec is out. 03/06/2007

  • MSN Still Can't Keep Up with Google

    The search giant keeps going, going. 03/06/2007

  • Vista Not Cracked, but OneCare Lacks

    Security prodders turn up zeros. 03/06/2007

  • News

    BlackBerry Maker Restates Results, Chairman Resigns

    BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday it will restate its financial statements as far back as fiscal 2004 because of past stock option reporting errors and it anticipates a $250 million reduction in previous earnings. Chairman and Co-CEO Jim Balsillie is stepping aside as chairman. 03/05/2007

  • News

    Tech Firms Go Green As E-Waste Mounts

    This is where computers go to die a green death. Inside Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cavernous recycling plant in the Sacramento suburbs, truckloads of obsolete PCs, servers and printers collected from consumers and businesses nationwide are cracked open by goggled workers who pull out batteries, circuit boards and other potentially hazardous components. 03/05/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Wins Round With Alcatel-Lucent in Patent Fight

    Speech coding technology used in several Microsoft Corp. applications does not infringe on an Alcatel-Lucent SA patent, a federal judge decided Thursday. 03/05/2007

  • News

    IDC: So Much Data, So Little Space

    A new study that estimates how much digital information the world is generating (hint: a lot) finds that for the first time, there's not enough storage space to hold it all. Good thing we delete some stuff. 03/05/2007

  • News

    The End of Online Storage: Coming Soon

    New study says that we're running out of storage for all that online information. 03/05/2007

  • News

    Semiconductor Sales Up in January

    Worldwide semiconductor sales rose 9.2 percent in January, boosted by better-than-expected cell phone shipments and strong sales of personal computers, digital cameras and music players, an industry group said on Monday. 03/05/2007

  • News

    Wal-Mart Fires IT Worker for Eavesdropping, Disciplines Managers

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it has fired a Wal-Mart systems technician for recording phone conversations between the company's PR office and a newspaper reporter and for intercepting text messages without authorization. 03/05/2007

  • News

    Diebold May Sell Off E-Voting Arm To Stave Off Bad Publicity

    Diebold Inc. saw great potential in the modernization of elections equipment. Now, analysts say, executives may be angling for ways to dump its e-voting subsidiary that's widely seen as tarnishing the company's reputation. 03/05/2007

  • News

    Wal-Mart Fires Worker Over Eavesdropping

    Wal-Mart fires systems technician for recording of phone conversations and for intercepting text messages without authorization. 03/05/2007

  • News

    AMD Warns It Won't Meet 1Q Outlook

    Advanced Micro Devices Inc. warned Monday that it was unlikely to meet its first-quarter revenue guidance of $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion, the latest in a series of disappointments for investors in the struggling chip-maker. 03/05/2007

  • Exchange Patch Blows Hole in BlackBerrys!

    A cautionary tale. 03/05/2007

  • Obese, Online-Obsessed and Dead

    You know you're addicted to Internet games if... 03/05/2007

  • Service Account Manager Boosted by Lieberman

    Here comes the newest version. 03/05/2007

  • News

    IBM, American Air Parent in $217M Deal

    AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, is hiring International Business Machines Corp. to perform some of its personnel chores in a $217 million deal that will run for 7 1/2 years, the companies said Friday. 03/02/2007

  • News

    Dell 4Q Earnings, Revenues Drop

    Dell Inc.'s fourth-quarter profits plunged 33 percent because of weak sales of laptops and notebooks, and the computer maker still faces an unresolved federal accounting probe, customer service complaints, several shareholder lawsuits and stiff competition from rivals. 03/02/2007

  • News

    Sanyo Defends Batteries in Lenovo Recall

    Sanyo Electric Co. defended laptop computer batteries that it made and were subject to a worldwide recall on Friday, saying the problem resulted from strong external impact to the battery and was not a problem with the batteries "themselves." 03/02/2007

  • News

    Vanguard Web System Down in Busy Week

    A computer network outage at The Vanguard Group, which manages $1.1 trillion in mutual fund assets, temporarily left customers unable to access online accounts Thursday afternoon. 03/02/2007

  • News

    Oracle To Buy Hyperion for $3.3 Billion

    Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG. 03/01/2007

  • Foley on Microsoft

    Resisting the Siren Call of Software as a Service

    Sometimes, the unfashionable choice is smart the smart one. 03/01/2007

  • News

    ScriptLogic Expands Channel Program

    Company known for IT automation suite reaches out. 03/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    Is Microsoft Finally Ready To Play Nice?

    The company appears as if it wants to work cooperatively with competitors. 03/01/2007

  • News

    MS Project Add-ins Bow

    Steelray Software announced it is shipping two add-ins -- one updated and one new -- for Microsoft Project. 03/01/2007

  • Security Advisor

    DNS Security Basics

    Your DNS is a sweet spot for hackers who want to compromise your network; learn to protect it. 03/01/2007

  • News

    A Guide to Daylight Saving Time Updates

    For the first time in 22 years, daylight saving time starts three weeks sooner and ends one week later than normal. Although the consequences from an earlier "spring forward" and later "fall back" doesn’t represent the level of threat imagined with Y2K, there are enough little snafus and "gotchas" to keep any IT manager busy for the next couple of weeks. 03/01/2007

  • Take Control

    Desktop Authority exerts the maximum level of control with a minimal amount of effort. 03/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    Top 5 Cool Vista Tricks

    Even if you never have to use these, it's good just to know they're there. 03/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    Changes for Better or Worse

    The updated interface and raft of new features in Office 2007 will eventually make users more productive, but getting to that point is a struggle. 03/01/2007

  • News

    SED Sees Gold in OEM Distributor Status

    Associate OEM distributor graduates to Authorized status. 03/01/2007

  • News

    IBM's India Hiring Binge Continues

    The work force at International Business Machines Corp. grew 8 percent in 2006, with most of the rise coming in India, where the technology company has been on a hiring binge in recent years. 03/01/2007

  • The Expanding Redmond Universe

    The more, the merrier. 03/01/2007

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