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  • News

    EU Warns Microsoft About Vista Security Market

    European Union officials warned Microsoft not to shut out rivals in the security software market. 09/12/2006

  • News

    Spam Charges Not Gov't Retaliation, Prosecutor Says

    Attorneys for a man accused of fraud say he was charged at the behest of presidential adviser Karl Rove in retaliation for a flood of spam e-mails sent to a campaign Web site. A federal prosecutor says the claim is "absurd." 09/12/2006

  • Simplifying Integration

    Emmett offers his top tips and advice to help any interop project run smoother. 09/12/2006

  • News

    Microsoft To Unveil New Search Engine

    Microsoft Corp. plans to officially launch its updated and renamed Internet search engine, the latest step in a massive effort to make headway against market leaders Yahoo and Google. 09/11/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Targets Earlier AJAX Ship Date

    ASP.NET developers won't have to wait until next year to use Microsoft's AJAX server controls and client-side JavaScript library if things go according to plan. Microsoft's target ship date for its AJAX technology is now around the end of 2006, according to Scott Guthrie, general manager, Microsoft Developer Division. 09/11/2006

  • News

    Samsung Develops New PRAM Memory Chip

    Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday unveiled a new type of memory chip that it said will allow digital devices to work faster by saving new data more quickly. 09/11/2006

  • News

    Dell Faces Accounting Probe, Delays Q2 Results

    Dell Inc. has delayed filing its fiscal second-quarter financial report and suspended its share repurchase program because of an ongoing federal accounting probe. It was the latest in a series of setbacks for the world's largest PC maker 09/11/2006

  • News

    UPDATED: Microsoft Patches 3 Flaws, Zero-Day Still Open

    As expected, Microsoft released three patches today to fix one critical Office vulnerability as well as two Windows flaws. 09/11/2006

  • News

    Microsoft to Rebrand Retail Management System to Dynamics RMS

    Microsoft is rebranding its Retail Management System to become another offering in its line of Microsoft Dynamics business products. 09/07/2006

  • News

    Intel Cuts Displease Some Investors

    When Intel Corp. Chief Executive Paul Otellini announced an exhaustive review of the company's unprofitable divisions in April, rumors began swirling about scorched-earth job cuts to reverse sinking profits. 09/07/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Warns Customers About New Zero-Day Word Exploit

    Microsoft Corp. today issued a security advisory telling customers it is "investigating" reports of new zero-day code aimed at Microsoft Word 2000. 09/07/2006

  • News

    Vista Now Available to Beta 2 Participants

    As expected, Microsoft has widened the availability of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) to users who participated in the Vista Beta 2 testing program last spring. 09/07/2006

  • Are Terrorists on HP's Board? Dunn Had Better Hope So

    Stick a fork in her, she's Dunn. 09/07/2006

  • News

    Man Pleads Guilty to USC Hack

    A San Diego man was so upset that the University of Southern California did not admit him as a student that he hacked into the school's application system and stole other would-be students' personal information, he admitted in court. 09/06/2006

  • News

    Microsoft and Cisco Demo New Interop Tech

    Microsoft and Cisco demonstrated this week a single client agent providing interoperability between the software giant's coming Network Access Protection (NAP) and the networking behemoth's Network Admission Control (NAC) protocols. 09/06/2006

  • News

    Valentine Leaves Microsoft

    Brian Valentine, a fixture in Microsoft's management team for nearly 20 years, has left the company to join Amazon.com. 09/06/2006

  • News

    UPDATED: HP Chairwoman Under Scrutiny After Probe

    Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn is under scrutiny from business and ethics experts after she oversaw an invasive and possibly illegal effort to snoop into the home phone calls of fellow HP board members. 09/06/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Revises BI Cert Lineup

    Microsoft has changed the requirements for its MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer title, no longer requiring passage of three exams. 09/06/2006

  • News

    Chip Fight: Sun, Unisys Sue Hynix

    Sun Microsystems and Unisys have filed a lawsuit against Hynix Semiconductor in the United States, apparently seeking damages related to a federal probe into price-fixing of memory chips. 09/05/2006

  • News

    Quest Ships SharePoint Admin Tool

    Quest Software announced it is shipping an administration tool designed to simplify management of sites based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies. 09/05/2006

  • News

    More Layoffs Expected with Intel Overhaul

    With Intel Corp. apparently poised to announce the latest stage of its restructuring effort, speculation has centered not on whether the world's largest chip maker would be cutting jobs, but on how many. 09/05/2006

  • News

    Virginia Court Upholds First Felony Spammer Conviction

    The Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the nation's first felony conviction of illegal spamming. 09/05/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Ships First Release Candidate of Vista

    Microsoft will broaden distribution of the first "release candidate" of Windows Vista to as many as five million testers beginning this week, after sending initial versions out late last week. 09/05/2006

  • Wait, Corel Still Exists?

    The office suite that we thought was dead ... still kicking, apparently. 09/05/2006

  • News

    Gateway Rejects Buyout Offer

    Gateway has rejected an unsolicited $450 million bid for its retail business from eMachines founder Lap Shun Hui. 09/03/2006

  • News

    More Layoffs Expected with Intel Overhaul

    Speculation is swirling that Intel will be cutting thousands of jobs in its latest restructuring effort. 09/03/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Awards Execs with Millions in Stock

    Several high-ranking Microsoft Corp. executives Thursday received millions of dollars in stock awards as part of a compensation program that the company rejiggered several years ago. 09/02/2006

  • News

    The Summer of Lockdown

    Securing files, e-mails, Web sites and crazy soccer fans is a tall order. 09/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    11th Annual Salary Survey -- In the Money

    Salaries have gone up for the third time in as many years, according to the 11th annual survey of compensation and benefits. So, are you getting what you deserve? 09/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    Cyberspace Battle Royale: Google vs. Microsoft

    We put these rivals' tools to the test in a win, lose or draw contest. The overall winner just might surprise you. 09/01/2006

  • Time Is Money

    Relocating and long commutes can be a waste of money and morale. 09/01/2006

  • Last Line of Defense

    You set the policy, Endforce ensures that it's followed. 09/01/2006

  • Windows Insider

    Spend Less Time Looking for Logs

    Here's Greg's short list of some key extended Active Directory log reports. 09/01/2006

  • Foley on Microsoft

    Microsoft Bloggers: A Who's Who

    Mary Jo lists her 10 favorite blogs by Microsoft employees. 09/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    Cover Your Assets

    Get a grip on your networked assets with the right asset management tool. 09/01/2006

  • Security Advisor

    Do You Need an SSL VPN?

    Microsoft's recent acquisition of SSL VPN provider Whale could be a good catch for remote access. 09/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    The Attacker's Advantage

    With Novell emerging as a Linux powerhouse, CEO Ron Hovsepian sets his sites on Microsoft. 09/01/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Awards Execs with Millions in Stock

    Several Microsoft execs received millions of dollars in stock awards as part of compensation program that the company rejiggered several years ago. 09/01/2006

  • Glutton for Market Share

    There seems to be no end to Microsoft's appetite for acquisitions and new markets. 09/01/2006

  • HTTP Traffic Cop

    Major enhancements to ISA Server 2006 include better bandwidth controls and improved monitoring. 09/01/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Explains Vista Build Numbers

    The Microsoft official responsible for releasing Windows Vista builds explained in an interview published on the Vista Team Weblog this week some of the intricacies of how the build numbering scheme for Release Candidates works. 08/31/2006

  • News

    Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 Released

    Try saying this three times quickly: Microsoft is shipping Beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1. 08/31/2006

  • News

    Executive: Google Growth Driven by Users

    Television should consider Google a friend, not foe, a senior company executive says. 08/31/2006

  • News

    India State To Dump Windows for Linux

    A southern Indian state plans to switch all school computers from Microsoft Windows to the free Linux operating system, an official said Thursday. 08/31/2006

  • News

    Where Did Microsoft Put 10,000 New Employees?

    Microsoft hired 10,000 new employees in fiscal 2006, which ended on June 30 -- the most ever in a single year in the company's more than 31-year history. 08/30/2006

  • News

    Google CEO To Join Apple Computer Board

    Apple Computer Inc. said Tuesday that Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt is joining its board, adding another well-known name to the list of high-profile directors who oversee the management of the company behind the iPod portable player and Macintosh computer. 08/30/2006

  • News

    Microsoft To Drop Support for XP SP1

    Microsoft will discontinue all public support of Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Oct. 10. 08/30/2006

  • News

    GFI Looks to Channel to Sell SMB Products

    GFI Software is looking to broaden its channel of Microsoft-focused value-added resellers and partners. 08/29/2006

  • News

    Amazon.com Reveals Windows Vista Prices

    Microsoft to charge $239 for Windows Vista through retailer Amazon.com's Web site. 08/29/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Makes 100,000 Copies Pre-RC1 Vista Available

    Microsoft on Tuesday made available for public download 100,000 copies of a "pre-Release Candidate 1" (RC1) of Windows Vista hoping to enlist the aid of additional beta testers to swat down any last-minute bugs. 08/29/2006

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