IBM announced this week it is shipping a Lotus Notes client that runs on top of Linux in a move one analyst says is primarily about reassuring Notes customers that their old standby collaboration platform continues to have a place in Big Blue's evolving Linux strategy.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/12/2006
The EU fined Microsoft Corp. $357 million and threatened more penalties, saying the company failed to obey a 2004 antitrust order to share technical information with rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
Adding Windows OneCare Live on top of Windows Firewall can build a barrier even the user can't get past.
Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
European Union regulators fines Redmond and warns that the company needs to make sure it doesn't get into the same trouble again.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/12/2006
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference keynote to give partners a choice. Ballmer also unveiled Microsoft CRM Live and launched Small Business Server 2003 R2.
- By Ed Scannell and Scott Bekker
- 07/11/2006
Don't like being pestered by Windows Error Reporting? Here’s how to shut it up.
Reacting to complaints from users, Microsoft has quietly decided to give Vista users who do not have the latest display technologies a somewhat "cooler" user interface than what has been seen in the beta copies so far.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/11/2006
While the stock market sits on pins and needles worried over any further delays in major Microsoft products, some users apparently are tired of waiting -- at least when it comes to browsers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/11/2006
Ballmer takes wraps off hosted CRM app at partner confab.
Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/11/2006
Intel Corp.'s attempt to stanch the loss of market share to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., its smaller rival in the computer microprocessor business, appears to be working and may allow it to gain lost ground over the next six months, analysts said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/11/2006
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said there was an 80 percent chance the company's next-generation operating system, Vista, would be ready in January.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/11/2006
Microsoft Corp. issued seven patches to fix a variety of flaws, five of which the company has deemed "critical" -- its highest security rating.
Firefox security update fixes five critical vulnerabilities, a hacker is arrested for cracking VoIP networks, Circuit City's Web site is hacked, and more.
Adesso Systems, Inc. will use Microsoft's WorldWide Partner Conference, which kicks off in Boston on Tuesday, to raise the curtains on its first partner program aimed at developers looking to create Web-based mobile and distributed applications.
Make your scripts run more efficiently -- fine-tune your queries by making them call just what you need and not the other, unnecessary stuff.
Microsoft streamlines its training and sales divisions and gets beat on by the EU and South Korea. Also, IE7 beta 3 ships and Office 2007 is delayed.
European Commission to levy more fines against Microsoft due to noncompliance with EU antitrust order to share information with rivals.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/06/2006
Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to close an undisclosed number of offices worldwide over the next four years to cut real estate costs.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/06/2006