For millions of PC users, the privacy-snatching programs known as spyware have been nothing but a headache as they swipe personal information, slow systems to a crawl and crash computers. For Webroot Software Inc., the annoying programs have been the foundation of success.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/22/2006
From the business wires: a tool for monitoring Web apps, SharePoint connectors, and a self-extracting file compression program.
The world's largest PC maker says it was merely bowing to customer demand when it decided to start offering microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in some of its high-end servers.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/19/2006
After months of being noncommittal, Microsoft Thursday finally published the system requirements for Windows Vista, and set up a Web site to help users plan ahead for Vista’s availability early next year.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/19/2006
Security software maker Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft Corp. in a federal lawsuit Thursday of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/19/2006
Just five months after its $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. gave Hewlett-Packard Co. the No. 1 ranking in worldwide personal computer shipments, a new batch of market numbers delivered some stomach-turning news to HP.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/19/2006
Symantec accused Microsoft of misappropriating its intellectual property and breach of contract.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/19/2006
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is buying out secure access software vendor Whale Communications, in a move aimed at broadening its security offerings to enterprise customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/19/2006
Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to send you video over the Internet. "Desperate Housewives," Stephen Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding parties: It's all there.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/18/2006
Score one for the spammers. The company behind a controversial anti-spam initiative is shutting down the service after spammers began threatening users and rendering the company's site inaccessible.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/18/2006
Company's corporate restructuring designed to allow Microsoft Corp. to make decisions more quickly, says top exec.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/18/2006
More than 300 Best Buy employees now certified under training and certification program, jointly developed with Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/18/2006
Ten years ago, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told CEOs attending the keynote of his first CEO Summit that the exponential changes being brought about by technology would continue unabated.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/17/2006
In a post-keynote press conference with Microsoft executives and Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, Microsoft pushed its vision for the next version of SharePoint Server, scheduled to ship to business customers in October.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/17/2006
Windows Live Search, competitor to Google Search, offered as a free download.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
DOJ to continue keeping an eye on Microsoft's business practices for two more years.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
Rivals Symantec and McAfee band together to bust eBay software pirates.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
Intel chips sweep through the Mac landscape; what's left to complete the transition are high-end Macs.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/17/2006
Microsoft has released the first community technology preview (CTP) of its Expression Web Designer tool targeted for designers producing professional Web sites.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 05/16/2006
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.'s biggest rival in personal computer microprocessors, plans to unveil chips Tuesday it says will lead to more power-efficient PCs that are smaller and more stylish.
- By The Associated Press
- 05/16/2006