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Google and Dell are teaming up on a desktop initiative that could cause Microsoft to see red. The companies sealed a deal this week to preload Google Desktop and Toolbar on Dell PCs and add Google Search to the Internet Explorer 6 side pane. Dell and Google will offer a co-branded homepage to which ...
While speculation still abounds over the actual delivery date of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, the software giant is publicly vowing an on-time delivery of the next version of its Office productivity suite of applications. Microsoft said it is on target to debut Office 2007 at the end ...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday unveiled beta 2 versions of Windows Vista, Windows Server "Longhorn" and the 2007 Microsoft Office system at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle. It is the first time that Microsoft has simultaneously released test versions of all three of ...
Virtualization technology is becoming a hot topic in the software arena, and now Microsoft is upping the ante with its promise to use VT to reduce the cost and complexity of IT management. Microsoft on Monday announced it has committed significant resources to making virtualization more broadly acce...
Microsoft added to the hullabaloo surrounding the pending arrival of the Windows Vista operating system with its release this week of Vista hardware requirements for consumers who are getting ready to make the switch. The company launched a campaign called "Get Ready" to help customers make hardware...
Microsoft this week made available its first ever software patch for another vendor's product, plugging a critical Windows hole that endangered users of Adobe's Flash Player. Microsoft signaled the third-party patch may be the first of more to come, which has broad implications for security and othe...
Microsoft is highlighting its latest advances in collaboration technologies at its Center for Information Work -- a four-year-old, 3,500-square-foot technology laboratory. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant uses the facility to develop futuristic technologies and demonstrate to its customers, p...
Windows Vista will have robust built-in security features when released early next year, according to a new report that says the platform upgrade will be good news for PC users, but could spell trouble for the PC security software industry. The Yankee Group said the security features Microsoft is bu...
For the last two weeks I've been talking about desktop operating systems, including why Linux is on the wrong path to be a true desktop operating system and comparing Linux to Windows Vista and Mac OS Leopard, where I concluded that Apple will have in 2008 the best opportunity in its history to grow...
In a move to attract new users and entice existing customers to migrate to broadband, AOL and Clearwire on Thursday announced an agreement to offer wireless broadband access. Consumers will now be able to get AOL combined with high-speed wireless broadband provided through Clearwire's Wi-Max class s...
Skype on Wednesday released the beta version of Skype 2.5 and an early preview of live moderated conversations that allow groups of up to 100 people to talk to one another from anywhere in the world. The Web phone service provider is attempting to take the online social networking concept to Voice o...
As business and industry evolves and becomes increasingly complex, entrepreneurs, attorneys, bankers, accountants -- virtually all professions -- require methods to improve efficiencies. The 21st century is the digital age, and the era of online collaboration has arrived. Information retrieval thro...
Apple computer users have long been immune from the Internet nasties that infect users of Microsoft Windows PCs, but that's beginning to change, according to a report released Monday by the SANS Institute. The institute said in a statement that in light of recent attacks on Apple's Safari browser, S...
A new company focused on protecting computer users and businesses against zero-day attacks before exploits hit users' hard drives launched a test version of its first product on Monday. Exploit Prevention Labs introduced a beta edition of a security application dubbed SocketShield. The software inte...
I attended the Linspire-sponsored Linux Desktop Summit last week, where the discussion included reasons the folks who build PCs don't want to do Linux. Indeed, some of the commentary at the event related to Microsoft and its vulnerability when it comes to large business and government accounts. Ther...
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