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Intel Revamps Factories for Next-Gen Chips

The glass-encased room inside Intel Corp.'s microchip factory here, with its shiny, metallic surfaces and frigid air, is a world away from the blistering sun and brown earth outside.

Microsoft in Talks to Buy eBay?

In a move designed to steal a march over Google, Microsoft has been looking into purchasing online auction company eBay and merge it with its MSN portal, according to reports in the New York Post last Friday.

AMD Plans $2.5B for German Expansion

U.S. semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it will invest $2.5 billion, or nearly 2 billion euros, to expand its production facilities in the eastern German city of Dresden.

BizTalk 2006 Exam Goes Thru Beta Cycle

Microsoft finally gives BizTalk Server exam a workout in front of beta exam candidates this week.

H1-B Increase Slips into Immigration Bill

A provision to significantly increase high-tech worker visas quietly added to sweeping immigration bill.

Windows Vista: Could It Slip Again?

No sooner did Microsoft begin shipping Beta 2 of Windows Vista this week did the alarms go off worldwide: CEO Steve Ballmer, on tour this week in Asia, may have hinted at the "S word."

Mainframe Technology Lightens Windows Server’s Load

Amid all the announcements regarding betas of Vista, Longhorn, Office 2007 Microsoft and various virtualization initiatives officials made at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week, the arrival of the Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack all but got lost in the noise.

Google to Bundle Software on Dell PCs

Google on Thursday confirmed a long-rumored deal that will bundle some of its software on Dell Inc.'s personal computers, providing the online search engine leader with another potentially potent weapon in its fierce rivalry with Microsoft Corp.

Lucky Number 7 for Next-Gen .NET Exams

Microsoft exams soon to be flying out of testing centers worldwide...well, at least for those of you interested in getting certified under the next-generation MCP exams for .NET experts.

Flaw Found in Symantec Antivirus

Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs, researchers said Thursday.

WinHEC Presents a Smorgasbord of Betas

As expected, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced the beginning of Beta 2 for three products key to the company's future during his keynote at this week's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle.

Microsoft, NEC to Expand Partnership

NEC Corp. and Microsoft Corp. plan to expand their business partnership in the networking and server businesses.

Software Piracy Said Down in China, Russia

Makers of computer software report that piracy rates, while still high, declined slightly in both China and Russia last year, but that global losses from the use of illegal computer software rose to $34 billion.

Computer Outage Strikes Montana State Government

Much of Montana's government computer system crashed Monday, idling state employees and frustrating those who wanted to do such things as renew driver's licenses and obtain fishing permits.

Microsoft 'Hypervisor' to Bow Early

Microsoft started off its annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) this week in Seattle with a bang, revealing an accelerated schedule for rolling virtualization capabilities into Windows Longhorn, and a management tool for virtual environments, as well as announcing the intent to acquire application virtualization vendor Softricity.

Intel Designing PCs for India's Rural Poor

U.S. chip maker Intel Corp. will design cheaper computers to be made by manufacturers in India for the country's rural poor.

From WinHEC: Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Beta 2

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released new test versions of what company co-founder Bill Gates called its three most important products.

Microsoft Tells Contractors To Take 7 Days Off

Microsoft Corp. has told about 1,000 technology contract workers to take seven days off the job, without Microsoft pay, in a cost-saving move.

Microsoft Testing Pay-by-the-Hour PCs

Microsoft developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use a computer in their own homes.

South Korea Rejects Microsoft's Antitrust Appeal

South Korea rejected appeal by Microsoft to overturn an antitrust decision against the world's largest software company.

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