It's hard to determine what's more surprising about Microsoft Corp.'s investment in Facebook Inc. -- the appraisal that valued a 3 1/2-year-old Internet hangout at $15 billion or the rare snub of online search leader Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/25/2007
Windows Live OneCare could be among the root causes of Microsoft's ongoing problems with unwanted automatic updates.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/25/2007
There'll be times you want to have a partial profile load upon starting PowerShell. Here's a quick way to do that.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/24/2007
How much data can you lose? How long can you go without your data? The answers will help you develop a sound backup strategy.
- By Eric Johnson
- 10/24/2007
Microsoft has signed its first patent protection deal with a Linux vendor based in Asia.
With no other suitors stepping forward, business software maker Oracle Corp. is threatening to abandon its $6.7 billion bid for BEA Systems Inc. unless its smaller rival accepts the offer by Sunday evening.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/23/2007
Adding the Inline Search Plug-in to IE 7 gives the browser near Firefox-like search capabilities.
Microsoft added a new server to its lineup today, this one aimed at the growing mobile technology market.
Cisco Systems Inc. is snapping up privately held Navini Networks Inc. for $330 million, extending the networking equipment maker's acquisition streak and providing the latest validation for the new wireless network technology called WiMax.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/23/2007
VBP files might not be as they seem. Plus: MySpace ad fix; Max Vision gets locked up.
Redmond reveals that it's working on a stripped-down version of the Windows kernel that would dramatically reduce its footprint.
Microsoft agreed to obey key parts of a 2004 antitrust ruling upheld by EU appeals court, cutting royalties and handing information over to open source developers.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/22/2007
VisionApp Remote Desktop, WinSCP get nods from quickTIP readers.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/22/2007
Four states press federal court to extend by five years oversight of the software company that began in 2002 as part of a landmark antitrust settlement.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/22/2007
The European Commission said Monday it would take until Nov. 13 to examine Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick to review its proposals meant to eliminate antitrust concerns.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/22/2007
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer compared the company's search technology to a precocious toddler -- one who would eventually grow up to rival nemesis Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/19/2007
The Windows Automatic Update might be a patch management and change control issue, observers say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/19/2007
Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares fell more than 3 percent Friday after reporting a loss of nearly $400 million for the third quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/19/2007
Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it has launched a version of the video-sharing site in Taiwan in its latest push to expand in foreign markets.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/18/2007
Google Inc.'s third-quarter profit soared 46 percent to hurdle the enormous expectations that have elevated the Internet search leader's stock price by more $100 during the past month.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/18/2007