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Computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., whose revenue has declined four years in a row, said Wednesday it planned to cut 4,000 to 5,000 jobs in an effort to return to consistent profitability.
05/31/2006
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Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday told industry analysts the online search engine leader is unlikely to create its own Web browser, even though the company remains worried about being slighted by the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.
05/31/2006
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Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the Windows Vista operating system is still on track for early January shipment.
05/30/2006
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The glass-encased room inside Intel Corp.'s microchip factory here, with its shiny, metallic surfaces and frigid air, is a world away from the blistering sun and brown earth outside.
05/30/2006
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The agency promoting China's wireless encryption standard has accused a U.S. engineers' group of waging a conspiracy that led a global organization to reject the Chinese system, the country's official news agency said Monday.
05/30/2006
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U.S. semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it will invest $2.5 billion, or nearly 2 billion euros, to expand its production facilities in the eastern German city of Dresden.
05/30/2006
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Amnesty International on Sunday accused the world's Internet firms of colluding with repressive regimes to curtail online freedom.
05/30/2006
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Microsoft finally gives BizTalk Server exam a workout in front of beta exam candidates this week.
05/30/2006
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Just as with Windows Vista Ultimate edition, Microsoft is planning an "Ultimate" edition of Office System 2007.
05/30/2006
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In a move designed to steal a march over Google, Microsoft has been looking into purchasing online auction company eBay and merge it with its MSN portal, according to reports in the New York Post last Friday.
05/30/2006
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A provision to significantly increase high-tech worker visas quietly added to sweeping immigration bill.
05/26/2006
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No sooner did Microsoft begin shipping Beta 2 of Windows Vista this week did the alarms go off worldwide: CEO Steve Ballmer, on tour this week in Asia, may have hinted at the "S word."
05/25/2006
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Google on Thursday confirmed a long-rumored deal that will bundle some of its software on Dell Inc.'s personal computers, providing the online search engine leader with another potentially potent weapon in its fierce rivalry with Microsoft Corp.
05/25/2006
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Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs, researchers said Thursday.
05/25/2006
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Amid all the announcements regarding betas of Vista, Longhorn, Office 2007 Microsoft and various virtualization initiatives officials made at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week, the arrival of the Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack all but got lost in the noise.
05/25/2006
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Microsoft exams soon to be flying out of testing centers worldwide...well, at least for those of you interested in getting certified under the next-generation MCP exams for .NET experts.
05/25/2006
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As expected, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced the beginning of Beta 2 for three products key to the company's future during his keynote at this week's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle.
05/24/2006
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Two New York teenagers were in police custody Wednesday facing illegal computer access and attempted extortion charges after they allegedly threatened to shake down the popular Web site MySpace.com unless its operators paid them $150,000, prosecutors said.
05/24/2006
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NEC Corp. and Microsoft Corp. plan to expand their business partnership in the networking and server businesses.
05/24/2006
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Microsoft has agreed to license infoUSA's business listings database to beef up the software company's online local search offerings.
05/24/2006
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Microsoft Corp. is expanding its local, photo-based search service into the United Kingdom, and adding traffic information for the U.S. service.
05/24/2006
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Microsoft Corp. has told about 1,000 technology contract workers to take seven days off the job, without Microsoft pay, in a cost-saving move.
05/23/2006
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Microsoft started off its annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) this week in Seattle with a bang, revealing an accelerated schedule for rolling virtualization capabilities into Windows Longhorn, and a management tool for virtual environments, as well as announcing the intent to acquire application virtualization vendor Softricity.
05/23/2006
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Makers of computer software report that piracy rates, while still high, declined slightly in both China and Russia last year, but that global losses from the use of illegal computer software rose to $34 billion.
05/23/2006
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U.S. chip maker Intel Corp. will design cheaper computers to be made by manufacturers in India for the country's rural poor.
05/23/2006
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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released new test versions of what company co-founder Bill Gates called its three most important products.
05/23/2006
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Much of Montana's government computer system crashed Monday, idling state employees and frustrating those who wanted to do such things as renew driver's licenses and obtain fishing permits.
05/23/2006
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New Horizons becomes the largest network of Microsoft Gold Partners, it reports.
05/22/2006
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South Korea rejected appeal by Microsoft to overturn an antitrust decision against the world's largest software company.
05/22/2006
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For millions of PC users, the privacy-snatching programs known as spyware have been nothing but a headache as they swipe personal information, slow systems to a crawl and crash computers. For Webroot Software Inc., the annoying programs have been the foundation of success.
05/22/2006
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Microsoft developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use
a computer in their own homes.
05/22/2006
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An inside look at prominent deals within the Microsoft partner community. Part of an occasional series.
05/19/2006
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After months of being noncommittal, Microsoft Thursday finally published the system requirements for Windows Vista, and set up a Web site to help users plan ahead for Vista’s availability early next year.
05/19/2006
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Just five months after its $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. gave Hewlett-Packard Co. the No. 1 ranking in worldwide personal computer shipments, a new batch of market numbers delivered some stomach-turning news to HP.
05/19/2006
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Piracy in China tempers the enormous business opportunities there.
05/19/2006
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The world's largest PC maker says it was merely bowing to customer demand when it decided to start offering microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in some of its high-end servers.
05/19/2006
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Symantec accused Microsoft of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.
05/19/2006
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July 11 support deadline looms for Windows 98/SE/Me.
05/19/2006
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From the business wires: a tool for monitoring Web apps, SharePoint connectors, and a self-extracting file compression program.
05/19/2006
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Security software maker Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft Corp. in a federal lawsuit Thursday of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.
05/19/2006
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Wall Street punishes Microsoft for playing close to the vest on investment plans.
05/19/2006
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Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is buying out secure access software vendor Whale Communications, in a move aimed at broadening its security offerings to enterprise customers.
05/19/2006
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Score one for the spammers. The company behind a controversial anti-spam initiative is shutting down the service after spammers began threatening users and rendering the company's site inaccessible.
05/18/2006
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More than 300 Best Buy employees now certified under training and certification program, jointly developed with Microsoft.
05/18/2006
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Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to send you video over the Internet. "Desperate Housewives," Stephen Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding parties: It's all there.
05/18/2006
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Company's corporate restructuring designed to allow Microsoft Corp. to make decisions more quickly, says top exec.
05/18/2006
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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has trained 300 Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) on its way to a goal of 900 MCPs as it ramps up its services capabilities for a major push into small business sales.
05/18/2006
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Hey Microsoft, want to really help your customers? Publish your volume licensing price list! (Yes, all of it!)
05/18/2006
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In a post-keynote press conference with Microsoft executives and Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, Microsoft pushed its vision for the next version of SharePoint Server, scheduled to ship to business customers in October.
05/17/2006
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Intel chips sweep through the Mac landscape; what's left to complete the transition are high-end Macs.
05/17/2006