McAfee, Cox Team Up on Broadband Security - 12/4/2007 The security software provider will offer a smorgasbord of anti-virus and identity-protection applications to all high-speed Internet customers in 2008.
Meet the Best Small Business Products of the Year - 1/27/2005 Which products and services rose above the crowd in 2004? The readers of SmallBusinessComputing, ECommerce-Guide and Webopedia pick the best in 24 categories.
Metallica Delivers List of Alleged Music Pirates to Online Firm - 5/8/2000 In a clash between hard rock and hard drives, the band Metallica has delivered the screen names of 335,000 people it accuses of music piracy to the online company it says aided the theft.
Metallica Sues Up-Start Napster - 4/14/2000 The hard-rock band Metallica became the first major recording act to sue Napster Inc., makers of the music-sharing program wreaking havoc on university campuses across the country.
Microsoft Acquires Softway Systems - 9/21/1999 Microsoft today announced that it has acquired the assets of Softway Systems Inc., a San Francisco-based, privately held maker of Interix products for Unix-Windows NT interoperability.
Microsoft Acquires Voice Recognition Company Entropic Inc. - 10/30/1999 Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it acquired speech recognition software company Entropic Inc. under undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to develop speech interaction with MS Windows.
Microsoft Addresses Tardy Patch - 10/11/2005 The company releases three critical, four important and two moderate security bulletins, including one held over from last month.
Microsoft Adds Extra Homework Help to Encarta Encyclopedia - 7/1/2002 Microsoft updates its weekly-Web-updated CD/DVD multimedia encyclopedia, adding a wizard that helps kids organize and complete homework assignments step by step; a book of quotations; guides that give perspective on classic and recent works of literature; and even a charts-and-graphs module.
Microsoft Aims to Make IE8 IT-Friendly - 6/12/2008 Redmond unveils upcoming IE8 features targeted towards satisfying some of IT professionals' wish lists.
Microsoft Aims to Support Small Business Success - 1/23/2007 Redmond sponsors events designed to help SMBs learn more about the new capabilities that Vista, Office 2007 and other MS products offer the home and small office crowd.
Microsoft and Department of Justice Complete Antitrust Settlement - 11/5/2001 The Bush Administration ends several years of antitrust prosecution of Microsoft Corp., establishing an independent panel to monitor the firm's business practices but requiring no major changes to Windows XP or other products. The 18 states that have been acting alongside the DOJ have asked for more time to study the deal.
Microsoft and the Vista Shakeup - 3/22/2006 Vista delays could cause heads to roll and create a marketing bonanza for consumers.
Microsoft Announces Me Promo Price - 8/3/2000 Microsoft announced a promotional pricing plan for its Windows(R) Millennium Edition (Windows Me) operating system which is aimed at the home user. The special price is available for Microsoft(R) Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition customers who act quickly to make the upgrade.
Microsoft Announces Public Beta Release of Visio 2003 - 5/26/2003 Microsoft Office's technical diagramming and flowcharting companion is getting an upgrade, turning Visio into a complete, XML-savvy solution for documenting and analyzing business processes. Your company can test-drive it by signing up for a public beta period.
Microsoft Announces Small Business Manager 7.5 - 7/28/2003 Everyone knows about Microsoft's personal or desktop programs and enterprise servers, but many small businesses overlook the software giant's in-between offerings. That's too bad, writes Patricia Fusco, since the newest solution from the division formerly known as Great Plains offers a unique bridge between the basic ledgers of QuickBooks and corporate-class order, inventory, asset, and payroll-and-deduction management and analysis.
Microsoft Announces Windows XP Media Center Edition - 7/16/2002 This holiday season's home PCs will look less like beige boxes and more like electronics equipment, so Microsoft is urging manufacturers to move them into the living room with Windows XP Media Center Edition -- a new OEM operating system with digital video, music, and photo playback designed to be enjoyed from across the room via a supplied remote control.
Microsoft Announces Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Upgrade - 11/17/2003 A year after their debut, Tablet PCs still cost more and sell less than conventional notebooks, but Microsoft is redoubling its commitment to pen input with better handwriting recognition and easier digital-ink note-taking across Office 2003 and other applications. But while Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 is shipping now, Tablet PC Edition 2004 isn't due until next spring.
Microsoft Backs Open Document Format - 7/6/2006 Caving to government pressure, the software giant creates a bridge between ODF and its Open XML format.
Microsoft Boosts Home Office Users With Personal Collection 2002 - 1/28/2002 Isn't Works Suite the official Microsoft package for home and family users? Well, yes, but a lot of consumers opt for the extra power of Microsoft Office applications like Excel and PowerPoint -- and for them, Microsoft's new Personal Collection 2002 combines over 600 project templates and organizing aids with a convenient bundle of Money, Encarta, and Picture It Photo.
Microsoft Bows to Web Standard Pressure - 3/4/2008 Redmond decides to make the latest version of Internet Explorer comply to the highest possible Net protocols.
Microsoft Case Sent to Court of Appeals - 9/27/2000 Microsoft scored a small victory when the US Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would not hear the antitrust case before the court of appeals.
Microsoft Changes Position on Re-Imaging Fees - 9/18/2000 Until recently, companies that had bought PCs with OEM Windows licenses were not allowed to re-image Windows onto the same PCs without paying a license upgrade. Microsoft has since relaxed this requirement.
