Microsoft Corp. is preparing to officially release software that helps small companies do things like build a Web site and maintain business contacts, and plans to link the product to its platform for selling online advertising.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/31/2006
Google Inc. said Monday that it wants Microsoft Corp. to make sure users can easily choose Internet search engines in future products -- but Google refused to say if changes Microsoft has already made to its upcoming operating system, Vista, have gone far enough.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/31/2006
Plus, new laptops for the road warrior, an Exchange hosting service and IT records retention products.
Cheap little servers handle so much of the Internet's dirty work that giant computers known as mainframes, which debuted 50 years ago and often cost more than $1 million, are supposed to be passe.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2006
Carry your files with you, but make sure they're also encrypted and safe with this nifty tool from Cypherix.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 10/30/2006
Plus: Formation of an ID standards panel, update on the U.S. ID Theft Task Force and why banks might be an unsafe place for your money.
Pirates selling illegal software in online auctions such as eBay taken to court worldwide.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2006
Company wants Vista to include variety of search engines, but refuses to call Microsoft to the carpet officially.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2006
Seagate Technology LLC hopes its new security system for the hard drive will become the most formidable barrier between computer data and thieves.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2006
A network administrator for a peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing system has been sentenced to five months in prison for copyright infringement.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/27/2006
The first company to be convicted under Australia's tough anti-spamming laws was fined Friday 5.5 million Australian dollars for sending 280 million advertising e-mails.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/27/2006
Company attributes rise in earnings on strong server sales, cost-cutting.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/27/2006
The Supreme Court said Friday it would intervene in a patent dispute between giants Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Corp. over Windows programs distributed overseas.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/27/2006
Microsoft last Friday began shipping the beta test release of version 1 of ASP.NET AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), previously codenamed "Atlas."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/26/2006
Company quietly fixes screen freezing component flaw in several thousand machines used in Maryland.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/26/2006
Hoping to leave an even bigger imprint on the Internet, Google Inc. is opening up its vast online index so other Web sites can build their own specialty search engines.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/26/2006
Microsoft today acknowledged that one of two IE7 security flaws alleged by Denmark-based security firm Secunia could leave systems vulnerable.
Shares of Red Hat Inc. tumbled nearly 30 percent Thursday as investors abandoned the stock on news that software juggernaut Oracle Corp. will move more aggressively onto Red Hat's turf.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/26/2006
Microsoft began shipping the final code for version 1 of its Windows Defender free anti-spyware tool on Monday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/26/2006
Some command-line tips from my TechMentor Conference session.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/25/2006