Google's attempt to grab moral high ground in the social networking development is a step in the right direction, according to industry analysts.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/02/2007
The ongoing file format battle between proponents of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) took a surprising turn lthis week, when a key ODF proponent announced that it intended to abandon the ISO-approved specification.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/02/2007
Microsoft filed federal lawsuits against 20 companies allegedly distributing "counterfeit or infringing" software.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/01/2007
Strategies for recruiting good programmers.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/01/2007
IBM Corp. plans to announce Thursday that it will boost what it spends developing computer security products to $1.5 billion in 2008, reflecting an intensifying focus for the company.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/01/2007
Flaws in VMware's products have been patched. Also, Apple WiFi hack gets published; inside reputation-based attacks.
A federal judge extends timeframe for considering several states' arguments for five additional years of oversight of Microsoft's competitive practices.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/31/2007
Google Inc. is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/31/2007
The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and more of their population connected to them.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/31/2007
Get info on our servers with SrvInfo; plus, those darn Vista shortcut arrows.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 10/30/2007
McAfee Inc., a leading maker of computer antivirus software, said Tuesday it is buying ScanAlert Inc. for $51 million, adding to its Internet security offerings a service intended to help consumers feel safer shopping online.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2007
A bill to extend a moratorium on Internet access taxes for seven years was approved 402-0 by the House Tuesday, less than two days before it was set to expire.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2007
Apple Inc.'s delayed update to the Mac OS X operating system is hitting store shelves as consumers are increasingly snapping up Macintosh computers to complement their iPods and iPhones.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/29/2007
Tech industry lawyer Mark Bohannon frequently taps a group of searchable databases called Whois to figure out who may be behind a Web site that distributes pirated software or tricks visitors into revealing passwords.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/29/2007
Microsoft Corp., seeking to expand in the medical sector, has agreed to acquire the assets of a privately held, Thailand-based health information system company, the software company said Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/29/2007
Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard drives, said Monday it is shuttering one of two manufacturing facilities in Northern Ireland, resulting in a cut of 780 employees, about 1.5 percent of the company's global work force.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/29/2007
More free tools that Greggo loves, from our generous and sharing readers.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/29/2007
The software giant attributes strong first quarter to sales of Halo 3, Windows and Office.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/26/2007
BEA Systems said Thursday it is prepared to discuss a sale of the company to Oracle Corp. and other potential suitors at a price of $21 per share.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/25/2007
Windows Live OneCare could be among the root causes of Microsoft's ongoing problems with unwanted automatic updates.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/25/2007