Robert C. Martin on Real-World Agile for .NET Developers

An interview with a leading proponent of Agile software development practices. 08/16/2006

Windows Mobile 5.0 Exams in Development

Scant details available for two new exams for mobile and embedded device developers. 08/16/2006

New-Generation Exchange 2007 Exams Coming Soon

Microsoft hints at structure of Exchange Admin track of exams, currently in development phase. 08/16/2006

IBM Open Source Roadmap: Beyond Linux

IBM executives Tuesday rolled out a roadmap for the company's investment in new open source areas beyond Linux, in a continuing but quiet assault on Microsoft's territory: the desktop. 08/16/2006

Preview of ADO.NET vNext Ships

Microsoft is shipping the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of its next generation data access libraries for the .NET programming framework. 08/16/2006

Dell Recalls Fire-Risk Laptop Batteries

World's biggest PC seller to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can burst into flames. 08/15/2006

IBM Challenges Microsoft with Sametime for Linux

In a move clearly aimed at Microsoft, IBM announced it has ported its enterprise instant messaging client to run atop Linux on the desktop and plans to have a Linux server product out next year. 08/15/2006

Microsoft Begins Beta of Blog Editor

Microsoft has released the first beta test version of its coming entry into the realm of blog publishing tools based on a familiar theme: "What you see is what you get" or WYSIWYG. 08/15/2006

Microsoft To Sell Video Game Development Software

Hoping to spur interest among video game enthusiasts, creative types and students, Microsoft Corp. said it plans to offer a consumer version of the professional software tools used to create video games for its Xbox 360 console. 08/14/2006

Rural Towns Eye Fiber Optics

Hay and beans have fueled this rural economy for years. But it's fiber of another kind that city leaders believe is key to Powell's future. 08/14/2006

CA Profit Falls 64 Percent

CA Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell 64 percent on increased expenses, and the business software maker said it will trim its work force by about 10 percent, or 1,700 positions. 08/14/2006

Google Sponsors Spyware Warning Project

Google is issuing this warning to people who try to click on links to sites with spyware and other malicious code: "The site you are about to visit may harm your computer!" 08/10/2006

Google To Keep Storing Search Requests

Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that breach won't change his company's practice of storing the inquiries made by its users. 08/10/2006

High-Profile Developer Jumps the Windows Live Ship

A recent high-profile Microsoft hire, brought onboard to work on Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's Windows Live vision, has suddenly announced his pending departure, citing a pullback on plans he had signed on to implement. 08/10/2006

IBM Acquisition Aimed at Microsoft?

As the competition for information management and control platforms heats up, IBM announced late this week that it will acquire content management vendor FileNet in a deal valued at $1.6 billion in cash. 08/10/2006

Even More WGA On The Way

WGA for PC makers and system builders. Who's next? 08/10/2006

When You Don't Patch Windows, The Terrorists Win

A matter of national security? Puhleeze.... 08/10/2006

Cisco Shares Surge After Bullish Outlook

Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. jumped nearly 12 percent in pre-market trading Wednesday, a day after the network-equipment maker reported a gain in fiscal fourth-quarter profit and issued a bullish outlook. 08/09/2006

Delta Seeks To Outsource 200 IT Jobs to IBM

Delta Air Lines Inc. asked a bankruptcy judge Tuesday to let the nation's third-largest carrier use IBM Corp. rather than its own employees to maintain its computer systems. 08/09/2006

Is Vista Close to Release Candidate Stage?

Despite calls by some beta testers for Microsoft to release a third beta of Windows Vista, the company appears to be instead readying to push its first golden code candidate out the door. 08/09/2006

Microsoft To Discontinue Virtual PC for Mac

Microsoft this week announced that it will discontinue work on future versions of Virtual PC for the Mac. 08/09/2006

Jobs Unveils Mac Intel Desktops, Mocks Vista

Apple Computer Inc. completed its switch to Intel Corp. microprocessors and previewed its next-generation operating system Monday, shifting attention -- for the moment -- from the company's troubles surrounding the mishandling of stock options. 08/08/2006

Lenovo Expands Use of AMD Chips

In another sign of the inroads Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is making against rival Intel Corp., No. 3 computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. is rolling out a new line of desktop PCs with AMD chips. 08/08/2006

Speech Added to Office Communications Server

Microsoft announced this week at the SpeechTEK 2006 conference in New York that it will integrate the full capabilities of its Speech Server 2007 into Office Communications Server 2007. 08/08/2006

Microsoft Starts Beta of Virtual Machine Manager

Microsoft has begun beta testing its upcoming Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager on schedule, the company disclosed this week. 08/08/2006

Exam 70-431: Covering the Bases

Don't be fooled by the introductory nature of this SQL Server 2005; be prepared to get tested on a broad spectrum of topics. 08/08/2006

Google Nabs Another OS Expert

Google cuts off Torvald's right hand 08/08/2006

LogMeIn Acquires Applied Networking

In hopes of complimenting its suite of remote access and support services, LogMeIn has purchased Applied Networking, Inc., a small developer of “instant” virtual private networking (VPN) services. 08/07/2006

Microsoft To Release 12 Patches Tuesday

Microsoft will be releasing 12 patches for Windows and Office this coming Tuesday as part of its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' cycle. 08/04/2006

Microsoft's Piracy Check Draws Complaints, Lawsuits

When Microsoft Corp. said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company's traditional critics could sympathize. 08/04/2006

Consortium Launches IT Service Modeling Spec

A group of industry leaders this week announced a new draft specification aimed at simplifying IT administration across heterogeneous networked environments. 08/03/2006

Microsoft Reveals Additions to Windows Server 2003 SP2

Microsoft has started revealing more details about new features that will arrive with its upcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003. 08/03/2006

Microsoft Invites Hackers to Test Vista

After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system. 08/03/2006

Researchers: ‘Systemic' Wireless Vulnerability Affects Macs, PCs

Some computers with wireless Internet capabilities are vulnerable to attacks that could expose passwords, bank account details and other sensitive information even if the machines aren't actually online, researchers said in Las Vegas Wednesday. 08/03/2006

Mozilla Emerges from the Underground with New Allies

Three against one isn't very fair, is it? 08/03/2006

Microsoft Not Finished Buying Security Vendors

Better security through acquisition. 08/03/2006

Marx, Einstein, Colonel Sanders... and Bill Gates?

Gates as our man in China. 08/03/2006

IBM Expands Lineup of AMD-Based Servers

International Business Machines Corp. picked one of the hottest days of the year, when many Americans are living with the threat of power outages, to unveil a line of computer servers that are designed to consume less juice than comparable machines. 08/02/2006

St. Bernard Software Wants Bigger Bite of Security Mart

An unusual merger is adding loads of cash to St. Bernard Software's coffer, which will be used to build new products and buy up security vendors, said company CEO John Jones in an interview this week. 08/02/2006

Microsoft's New Voice Recognition Software Suffers Public Glitch

Microsoft Corp. was hoping new voice-recognition software would impress an auditorium full of financial analysts, but a glitch turned the demonstration into a bit of an embarrassment. 08/02/2006

Developers: Think Like a Hacker to Beat a Hacker

AOL Content, E-Mail Now Free

Taking its most expansive efforts yet to deal with its long, steady decline in subscribers, AOL is giving away e-mail accounts along with software previously available only to customers who paid as much as $26 a month. 08/02/2006

Get Yer Red-Hot Compute Cluster Servers Right Here

As expected, Microsoft announced this week customer availability of its first entry into high-performance computing circles. 08/02/2006

Microsoft: Norwegian Reporter Faked Gates Interview

Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday a Norwegian journalist fabricated an interview with Bill Gates. 08/02/2006

Microsoft Reorg Continues

Microsoft continued its management reorganization this week as it moved to realign responsibilities within its operating systems group to reflect newly minted Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's growing influence. 08/02/2006

Fiber Optic Contractor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Gov't

A military contractor that manufactures fiber optic connectors for Army communication systems and Patriot missile launchers pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges Wednesday, admitting it submitted falsified product tests to the Defense Department. 08/02/2006

Put Your Tasks on Automatic

Automate your task management without learning a new language. 08/01/2006

MSRC: Emergency Response, Microsoft Style

When malware strikes Microsoft code, Stephen Toulouse and the MSRC team rush in to extinguish the fire. 08/01/2006

Office 2007 Beta 2? That'll Be a Buck Fifty

Microsoft said this week that downloads of Office 2007 Beta 2 have been so popular it has decided to start charging for them. 08/01/2006

Flaws in McAfee Security Programs May Expose Data, Researchers Say

Consumer versions of McAfee Inc.'s leading software for securing PCs is susceptible to a flaw that can expose passwords and other sensitive information stored on personal computers, researchers said Monday. 08/01/2006