Microsoft follows product releases with new-generation certifications that focus more on job skills.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/15/2006
Microsoft made several milestone announcements regarding its database products Wednesday at its SQL PASS conference in Seattle.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/15/2006
Right on the heels of the releases of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to manufacturing, Microsoft has released some details on its new-generation tracks for those software releases.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/15/2006
Microsoft launched the beta test of its new Forefront Client Security product that aims to help protect business desktops, laptops and server operating systems from viruses, spyware and other threats at its IT Forum conference in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/14/2006
As expected, Microsoft today issued six patches for a variety of security issues, including an XML vulnerability considered to be "zero day."
Eighty-six percent of IT decision makers say they plan to adopt Windows Vista, and 20 percent say they will move to the new operating system within the next year, according to a new tracking poll sponsored by CDW Corp.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/14/2006
Chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has quietly discontinued a money-losing line of low-cost PCs aimed at helping customers in developing countries get access to the Internet, according to a regulatory filing.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/14/2006
Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, on Tuesday launched the world's first "quad-core" processors, a new line of chips that feature four computing brains and improved performance over previous models with just one or two processing cores.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/14/2006
Launch might exceed Windows XP expectations, says Redmond chairman.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/14/2006
Small business customers will have access to OS early, much like enterprise businesses. Consumers still have to wait for January 30th.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Hundreds of potential jurors report for duty in Microsoft lawsuit.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Sun Microsystems releases its Java technology as open-source project.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Singapore teen faces 3 years' jail for tapping into another's wireless Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Some musicians spend 18 months working on a whole album. At Microsoft Corp., that's how long it took to perfect just four seconds of sound.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
No matter whether Nintendo Co., Microsoft Corp. or Sony Corp. wins the video game console war, there already is one huge victor: IBM Corp., which designed and makes the microprocessors for all three units.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Zune music player is Microsoft's latest entertainment foray
- By The Associated Press
- 11/13/2006
Microsoft turns to musician Robert Fripp to create many of Vista's sounds, including signature start-up sound.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/10/2006
Advanced security bulletin refers to an XML flaw and five other Windows flaws deemed "critical"; unknown whether security rollup addresses recent Visual Studio flaw.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/09/2006
Think of it as Wikipedia for the workplace. Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, now wants to provide businesses with software to create blogging, wiki and news feed services to connect employees on collaborative projects.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/09/2006