If the U.S. tech industry wants to retain its current dominant position, it might want to spend less time pleading for special favours from the government.
Analyst Gartner believes Microsoft is planning to delay its new operating system again for political rather than technical reasons.
Google's launch of a Web-based spreadsheet on Tuesday is further proof that the company is eyeing Microsoft's Office stronghold. Now the question is: Should Microsoft be worried?
To avoid EU regulatory fines of up to US$2.45 million per day, Microsoft offers to license some of its Windows source code to rivals.
Microsoft and RealNetworks announced a sweeping deal on Tuesday that puts aside their legal differences and aims to shore up their respective digital-music strategies.
Ten years ago, Microsoft executives worried that an Internet platform could threaten Windows. The nightmare now has a name: Google.
The proposed SIP standard is key to IM interoperability and to merging voice, data, video and messaging into a single system, says a Microsoft executive.
Microsoft will work with law enforcement to track down writers of worms, viruses and other malicious code, and is ponying up US$5 million to fund the search.
In the five years since Bill Gates surprised the technology world by announcing he would give up his title as chief executive at Microsoft, has the company changed?
Microsoft changes the name of its high-end server software for the third time. Windows Server 2003 is scheduled for an April release.
The proposed SIP standard is key to IM interoperability and to merging voice, data, video and messaging into a single system, says a Microsoft executive.
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