Microsoft offers new small-business resources
Microsoft has begun an eight-country rollout of a new set of online resources and technical support for its small-business customers.
Microsoft has begun an eight-country rollout of a new set of online resources and technical support for its small-business customers.
With a new conference slated for March, Microsoft will attempt to woo a developer segment that's traditionally been a hard sell -- creative types who build and design multimedia Web applications.
Data storage vendor, Imation, announced a $US330 million cash deal to acquire Memorex International, a well-known provider of consumer CD and DVD products for multimedia storage.
Microsoft chairman and chief executive officer Steve Ballmer Thursday announced the close of the company's deal to purchase software and other assets from portfolio management software vendor UMT.
Microsoft has released an update to its software for call centers that adds new functionality for customers to interact with customer-care agents, according to the company.
Intel revenue came in below the company's own updated forecast for its 2005 fiscal fourth quarter, due to desktop processor unit shipments that were lower than expected, the company said Tuesday.
The idea of running Windows on the Apple Computer hardware just got a lot more appealing with the introduction of Macs built on Intel processors. But don't expect the company to be too keen on its users running Windows on the new machines.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has upheld two Microsoft patents for technology that controls how files are stored in the Windows OS, according to a Microsoft spokeswoman.
Windows XP Media Center Edition OS may not yet be the standard home entertainment hub that Microsoft hopes it will be, but according to analysts that could all change once the company releases the next consumer client version of the Windows OS later this year.
Microsoft Monday made available free code samples and technical information for a project the company undertook to make its Outlook client the centralized GUI (graphical user interface) for its in-house CRM (customer relationship management) applications.
Attempting to steal some thunder from Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console, Dell chairman, Michael Dell, launched a new, graphics-intensive PC built especially for computer gaming at last week's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Sun Microsystems plans to begin breaking out the financial results of its software business separately on its financial statements, the company's No. 2 executive said at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Thursday.
To successfully compete with Web 2.0 rivals, Microsoft must develop an ecosystem of partners that uses its Web-based Windows Live services to develop and market new applications, according to a new report by Summit Strategies.
There will be an increase in mobile malware in 2006, which could cause extensive damage to mobile devices because only a small percentage of mobile users run security software, according to McAfee's security research lab.
Microsoft has unveiled plans to purchase software and intellectual property from UMT, a vendor that sells IT portfolio management software and provides consulting services.