Microsoft this week announced the launch of ZenZui, an independent company partially funded by Microsoft created to market ZenZui's Zooming User Interface, which was patented by Microsoft and was first developed in the Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Research lab.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/29/2007
Initial testing for an online peer review of up to 250 patent applications is set for next week even as the program's director deflects fears that participants could be liable later for willful patent infringement.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/29/2007
More than two months after first disclosing that hackers accessed customers' financial data from its computers, discount retailer TJX Cos. has revealed that information from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards was stolen over an 18-month period.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/29/2007
Microsoft Learning retires Windows 2000-to-Windows 2003 MCSE upgrade exams next year.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/29/2007
Microsoft's Live Labs applied research group announced Wednesday it is making a limited number of previews available for a new mobile browser technology it has intriguingly dubbed "Deepfish."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/29/2007
Microsoft announced it has expanded the company’s board by one seat -- from nine to 10 -- and elected Reed Hastings, 46, chairman and CEO of Netflix, to fill the new spot. Hastings has also been appointed to the finance committee.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/28/2007
Microsoft on Monday announced the release of public beta versions of Office Communications Server 2007, the company's Voice over IP and unified communications server, and Office Communicator 2007, Microsoft's unified communications client.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/28/2007
Yahoo Inc.'s free e-mail service will provide unlimited storage space to its nearly 250 million users worldwide
- By The Associated Press
- 03/28/2007
A new version of Adobe Systems Inc.'s Creative Suite software will go on sale next month, a launch that executives have billed as the most significant in the company's 25-year history.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/27/2007
A Russian school principal accused of installing pirated Microsoft software in school computers was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for a second time.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/27/2007
Microsoft announced Monday it has bought out devBiz Business Solutions, a company that specializes in software development tools and components for professional .NET developers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/27/2007
The reason Hewlett-Packard intends to acquire online photo service Tabblo Inc. is to make it easier for consumers to print photos and other rich text from a Web browser. But the deal may also give HP the technology to simplify enterprise Web printing and even collaboration
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/27/2007
Microsoft announced Tuesday it is shipping one of the first key pieces of its Dynamic Systems Initiative, also called DSI.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/27/2007
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it sold 20 million consumer copies of the new Windows Vista operating system worldwide in February, but analysts said the data shed little light on the program's popularity during its first month on the market.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/27/2007
Microsoft Corp. said it sold 20 million consumer copies of Windows Vista worldwide in February.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/26/2007
Microsoft Corp. now has until April 23 to respond to charges that it fails to offer rivals a fair deal on information that helps servers work with Windows, an EU spokesman said Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/26/2007
In an attempt to pull its search efforts out of a slow spiral, Microsoft Wednesday formed a new group to focus on search and advertising, and named two executives to head it.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/22/2007
At least two federal government agencies are refusing to upgrade their computers with Microsoft's Windows Vista.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2007
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a decision by the Federal Communications Commission that barred states, including Minnesota, from regulating Internet-based phone services.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/22/2007
Exams for candidates who want to highlight their skills with Microsoft's messaging platform head onto the beta test onramp.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/22/2007