An Internet marketing company that offered free movie tickets in exchange for friends' e-mail addresses agreed to pay a $900,000 fine to settle charges it violated federal anti-spam laws, authorities said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/27/2006
This week security researchers announced that exploit code taking advantage of an unpatched IE flaw has been published on the Web.
New innovations, Gates' trusted computing initiative of 2002 continue to keep Vista developers on their collective toes.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/24/2006
Microsoft gave official word this week that the next version of Office will coincide with the general availability of Windows Vista in January 2007.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/24/2006
A firm in Redmond, Washington is claiming it can deliver 99.999 percent uptime on Microsoft Exchange Server with a new service offering available immediately. Here's the surprise – it's not Microsoft.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/23/2006
While the retail mavens may be predicting a dour Christmas over late delivery of Windows Vista, researcher IDC's latest forecasts paint a somewhat sunnier picture.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/23/2006
Microsoft Corp. announced a broad reorganization Thursday of the unit that produces its flagship Windows operating system, two days after the company said the new consumer version of Windows would not be ready for the holiday season as planned.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/23/2006
Microsoft Corp. is working with Brown University to develop software that will recognize complex handwriting and gestures.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/23/2006
Office biz exec Steve Sinofsky moved to Windows group.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/23/2006
Microsoft releases exam for MCTS: .NET Framework - Distributed candidates this week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/23/2006
A leading Israeli software company abandoned its plans Thursday to buy a smaller U.S. rival in a $225 million deal because of national security objections by the Bush administration.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/23/2006
Microsoft Corp.'s delay in releasing the consumer version of its new Windows operating system is a blow to companies that make and sell computers, but perhaps good news for others in the electronics industry.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/23/2006
Researchers have developed an ultra-thin plastic that allows an electrical charge to pass through it at speeds never before seen, a discovery that could dramatically drive down the cost of flat-panel monitors and other devices.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/23/2006
After weeks of being cagey about shipping Windows Vista on schedule, Microsoft did a turnabout late Tuesday. The upshot: Vista will go to corporate customers in November, but all consumer releases are delayed until January.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/22/2006
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday offered "free, unlimited technical support" to rivals interested in making their software work with Microsoft servers, saying it wanted to comply with a landmark EU antitrust ruling.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
Although insisting that a sudden change in top management is not related to news that Windows Vista has slipped its schedule, sources inside the company say that Microsoft has promoted a veteran executive to head its Windows efforts, according to news reports.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/22/2006
Shares of Microsoft Corp. fell Wednesday after the software maker delayed the consumer release of its new operating system until January 2007, after the holiday shopping season.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
A corporate-backed watchdog group that monitors software for deceptive and abusive practices on Wednesday named a widely used file-sharing program and three other applications as violators of its guidelines.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006
If you need to implement system policies in a non-Active Directory environment, there's hope.
Microsoft Research puts $1.2 milion into project to develop software that can interpret signatures as well as produce 3-D drawings based on sketches.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2006