Microsoft Corp.'s effort to get big businesses to buy the new version of its Windows operating system isn't just about selling security improvements, better search tools and improved graphics.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/17/2006
Microsoft officially ended support for SP1 and SP1a on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/12/2006
Create filler files that can be deleted when disk space seems low.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/11/2006
More than 13 months after Hurricane Katrina came ashore, Microsoft confirmed Monday that it is moving three of its annual conferences, including two of its largest shows, out of New Orleans -- at least temporarily.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/10/2006
TV sting operation raises concern among India's outsourcing companies.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/06/2006
Microsoft to offer beta test for exam aimed at candidates who work with Windows Server 2003 in a hosted scenario.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/05/2006
Microsoft Corp.'s forthcoming Windows Vista will take much harsher steps to curtail piracy than previous versions of its operating system, including crippling the usefulness of computers found to be running unlicensed copies of the new software.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/04/2006
Partway into testing of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1, Microsoft has released an interim build of the system to be tested on the side by a subset of beta testers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/26/2006
Three people involved in Hewlett-Packard Co.'s efforts to unmask a boardroom leak have been ordered to testify at this week's congressional hearing on the corporate spying scandal that's so far claimed the company's chairwoman and two directors.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/25/2006
With Windows Vista nearly ready for rollout, two of Microsoft's “frenemies” -- Adobe and Symantec -- are taking their complaints of bundling to the European Commission, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/21/2006
IBM announced it is shipping version 6 of its Workplace Web Content Management package, which aims to provide a tightly integrated Web content management and portal solution to, among other things, compete with Microsoft's SharePoint technologies.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/21/2006
After 16 years at Microsoft, Jim Allchin, co-president of the company's Platforms and Services Division, is retiring in a couple of months -- when much-delayed Windows Vista finally ships to customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/19/2006
Japanese electronics maker plans to recall 340,000 notebook computer batteries, some manufactured by Sony Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/19/2006
Microsoft scrambles to update Windows Media after a hacker released a program that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people from freely copying digital movies and songs.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/15/2006
Microsoft announced Tuesday that veteran manager Satya Nadella will succeed Doug Burgum as head of the company's Business Solutions group, which develops and markets the Dynamics brand of small and mid-sized business applications.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/12/2006
Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn took the fall Tuesday after admitting she authorized an investigation that relied on "inappropriate techniques" to uncover who was leaking boardroom secrets to the media.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/12/2006
Why scripting makes for a poor software deployment tool.
Brian Valentine, a fixture in Microsoft's management team for nearly 20 years, has left the company to join Amazon.com.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/06/2006
Quest Software announced it is shipping an administration tool designed to simplify management of sites based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/05/2006
Several high-ranking Microsoft Corp. executives Thursday received millions of dollars in stock awards as part of a compensation program that the company rejiggered several years ago.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/02/2006