Business software provider Oracle Corp. is considering plans to offer its own version of the Linux operating system and has studied an acquisition of Novell Inc., the open-source operating system's No. 2 distributor, according to a newspaper report Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/17/2006
AT&T Inc. and an Internet advocacy group are waging in federal court a privacy battle that could expose the reach of the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/16/2006
When Sam Palmisano addresses IBM's annual shareholder meeting this month, Big Blue's chief will unfurl plenty of good news. And yet investors in the audience could be forgiven for being impatient with the boss.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/16/2006
Sales of personal computers without software -- known as "naked computers" -- will be banned in the Chinese capital to reduce software piracy, the city government said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/14/2006
Microsoft this week took another shot at nemesis Google as it released the first beta test copy of its own academic search system.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/13/2006
This time, there will be no more temporary reprieves. Microsoft has begun warning users of Windows 98, 98 Second Edition and Windows Millennium Edition that the end is near -- for all technical support, at least.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/13/2006
Google Inc., the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments online, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/13/2006
Chinese computer manufacturer Founder Technology Group Corp. signed an agreement Wednesday with Microsoft Corp. as part of an overall effort to crack down on widespread software piracy in China.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/13/2006
Researchers warn of possible RFID viruses, but Russ says phooey. Also: invisible Web sites, search engines and subpoenas, and Ernst & Young loses a laptop full of sensitive info on IBM workers.
Microsoft late last week did something longtime industry watchers thought they'd never see: The company announced it has set up a Web site specifically aimed at improving communications with Linux and the rest of the open source world.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/12/2006
Chief technical officer Ray Ozzie has only been at Microsoft a year but he has already started making an important impact on the company's technology directions, especially in the area of the software giant's online services play.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/12/2006
Take this Microsoft survey to assess your organization's security.
Microsoft Learning Group also plans to launch multi-language versions of SQL Server exams in April.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/12/2006
A Texas software company sued Best Buy Co. Inc. in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer was using unlicensed versions of its diagnostic equipment.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/12/2006
Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday defended the search engine's cooperation with Chinese censorship as he announced the creation of a Beijing research center and unveiled a Chinese-language brand name.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/12/2006
A Briton accused of mounting the largest ever successful hack of U.S. government computer networks could face prosecution under U.S. anti-terror laws, despite assurances he will not, his lawyer told an extradition hearing Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/12/2006
Microsoft this week released the April Community Technology Preview (CTP) of ASP.NET, code-named "Atlas."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/11/2006
Microsoft on Tuesday released five security bulletins as promised. All five addressed vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. Three of the bulletins were rated critical, and one addressed a high-profile, zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer.
- By Scott Bekker
- 04/11/2006
With some free troubleshooting tools, you definitely get much more than you pay for.
MySpace.com said Tuesday it has tapped a former federal prosecutor and Microsoft Corp. executive to be its online safety chief, the latest move by the social networking site to shore up security.
- By The Associated Press
- 04/11/2006