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October 30, 2002 30 Oct'02
Windows 2000 gets security approval

Microsoft's "trustworthy computing" campaign has received a major boost with Windows 2000 receiving certification for a major IT...
October 29, 2002 29 Oct'02
Siebel and Saleslogix support .net in CRM

The Microsoft .net platform continues to gain support from enterprise application vendors with Siebel Systems and Best Software...
October 24, 2002 24 Oct'02
Audit office to slam ILA fiasco

The National Audit Office is expected to call for greater scrutiny of public sector IT projects in a highly critical report on...
October 24, 2002 24 Oct'02
NAO slams inflexible Welsh Office PFI deal

The cost of extending the Welsh Office computer contract to cover the Welsh Assembly was too high, Westminster's main financial...

October 23, 2002 23 Oct'02
Microsoft to buy Vicinity for location services

Microsoft has agreed to acquire Vicinity, a company that makes software for providing location-based services, and will use the...
October 18, 2002 18 Oct'02
Microsoft site suffers security breach

A criminal investigation is under way into a break-in that took place last week on a Microsoft Web site for beta testers.
October 15, 2002 15 Oct'02
Microsoft offers two years' extra support on older software

Microsoft has thrown a lifeline to users running older versions of its software by extending support for products by an...
October 14, 2002 14 Oct'02
ISO close to approving C# and CLI as standards

Two critical programming technologies developed by Microsoft for its broad .net initiative are nearing approval by a leading...
October 14, 2002 14 Oct'02
MSN 8 and AOL 8.0 go head-to-head

Microsoft has begun a $300m (£192m) marketing blitz for its new MSN 8 Internet access software, one day before rival America...
October 14, 2002 14 Oct'02
XDocs: Microsoft's Killer XML app?

Microsoft's plans to deliver software that can help users design, modify and work with XML-based forms, with little or no coding,...

October 09, 2002 09 Oct'02
Lindows insists windows is a generic term

Software maker Lindows.com said that it has filed for a summary judgment in its battle against Microsoft, claiming that the...
October 09, 2002 09 Oct'02
Microsoft outlines new enterprise technologies

Microsoft has used the Microsoft Exchange Conference in California to sketch out details of the company's vision for a connected...
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
Enterprise Guide 2.0 aims to simplify analytics

SAS Institute has unveiled a new Windows client application with an interface designed to allow companies to rapidly deploy...
September 25, 2002 25 Sep'02
Microsoft strides ahead in server OS market

Linux is the only serious threat to Microsoft's increasing dominance of the market for server operating systems, according to...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Microsoft tools nudge Lotus Notes users to Exchange

Microsoft has released a set of tools that allow Lotus Notes users to assess what applications they have running on their...
September 19, 2002 19 Sep'02
Group says Microsoft isn't living up to antitrust settlement

An industry group backed by some of Microsoft's top competitors has sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DoJ) claiming...
September 12, 2002 12 Sep'02
Simulate the set-up before rolling out Active Directory

Active Directory, the repository of information that underpins Microsoft Windows 2000, is difficult to reconfigure once it has...
September 10, 2002 10 Sep'02
Microsoft chief maps out Longhorn capabilities

Microsoft wants developers to build server applications that will last for decades, said Jim Allchin, group vice-president of the...
September 08, 2002 08 Sep'02
Windows XP service pack out today

Microsoft's first service pack for its Windows XP operating system will be made available today.
September 03, 2002 03 Sep'02
Microsoft to discontinue online payment service

Users of Microsoft's Express Passport Purchase service have until March 2003 to change payment services before Microsoft...
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Sun predicts loss in first quarter

Sun Microsoft has forecast a slight loss for its first quarter, as sales remain tough to come by in the hardware industry. It...
August 29, 2002 29 Aug'02
Microsoft finally opens Windows code

Microsoft opened up the code for key components of Windows to meet the terms of the proposed antitrust settlement with the US...
August 29, 2002 29 Aug'02
Inktomi cuts out content management delays

Inktomi has joined forces with Microsoft to produce a new, fast access content management solution.
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
Dates set in antitrust suits against Microsoft

A federal court in Baltimore, USA has set 1 October as the date for a hearing on whether more than 100 antitrust suits filed by...
August 20, 2002 20 Aug'02
Rational readies Microsoft application tools

Rational Software announced at the Rational User Conference 2002 in Florida, plans to extend its support of UML application...
August 18, 2002 18 Aug'02
European Commission shines spotlight on Passport security

The European Commission is preparing to follow the US Federal Trade Commission with an investigation into Microsoft's popular...
August 16, 2002 16 Aug'02
Microsoft patches critical Windows 2000 flaw

Microsoft has released a patch for a "critical" vulnerability in SQL Server which, it says, could give a hacker full control of a...
August 12, 2002 12 Aug'02
Move against Microsoft hints at future Net security action

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week demonstrated its ability to hang companies with their own words.
August 08, 2002 08 Aug'02
Microsoft to tout Unix Web tools at LinuxWorld

Microsoft is to showcase a site of Unix tools next week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco
August 05, 2002 05 Aug'02
Microsoft makes concessions to DoJ

Microsoft has announced its latest round of concessions to the Department of Justice as part of the proposed settlement in its...
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Microsoft unveils systems architecture guidelines

Microsoft has announced a systems architecture program that aims to help companies reduce the costs, time and risks associated...
July 26, 2002 26 Jul'02
Microsoft Exchange Server flaw uncovered

Microsoft and Internet Security Systems teamed up to issue a warning to computer users yesterday to address a remote buffer...
July 23, 2002 23 Jul'02
Companies lose out as Microsoft profits from licence scheme, user group claims

FTSE500 IT user group TIF (The Infrastructure Forum) has spoken out over Microsoft's latest revenue boost, claiming it has...
July 16, 2002 16 Jul'02
Microsoft to improve .net Framework by 2003

Microsoft plans to release the next version of the .net Framework, codenamed Whidbey, by 2003, said a company spokesman.
July 12, 2002 12 Jul'02
Microsoft prepares to roll out media platform

Microsoft has announced the beta release timing of the next version of its Windows media platform, dubbed Corona.
July 11, 2002 11 Jul'02
Microsoft courts .net developers with tools and guidelines

Microsoft is extending to its enterprise customers a developer program previously only available to commercial software vendors,...
July 04, 2002 04 Jul'02
TechEd: Microsoft warns of five-year wait for secure applications

IT security is a comparatively new issue, Stuart Okin, Microsoft's chief security officer in the UK, told delegates at the...
July 03, 2002 03 Jul'02
Microsoft automates critical security fixes with a free patch-download tool

Microsoft has released a free tool to help companies keep up with the timely downloading and distribution of security patches,...
July 03, 2002 03 Jul'02
Microsoft boosts developer support

Microsoft is to boost its support for European developers with 24-hour technical support for MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network)...
June 28, 2002 28 Jun'02
Microsoft to invest $750m in China's software industry

Microsoft will invest $750m (£489m) in China's software industry over the next three years under a Memorandum of Understanding...
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
Microsoft unveils plans for secure PC

Microsoft is planning to change the specification for Windows PCs to create a secure computing environment
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
Vendor expands patent allegations against Microsoft

A small intellectual property development vendor that sued Microsoft last year for alleged patent infringement is expanding its...
June 20, 2002 20 Jun'02
Microsoft rejects judge's remedy call as antitrust hearing ends

The courtroom arguments in the Microsoft antitrust case drew to a close this week with lawyers for the software giant rejecting...
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
Microsoft to build Java support into XP

Microsoft is making its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) a standard part of Windows XP in an attempt to end a legal dispute with rival...
June 18, 2002 18 Jun'02
Fujitsu pledges support for Microsoft .net

Fujitsu has announced plans to broaden its existing global partnership with Microsoft, saying it will offer products and services...
June 17, 2002 17 Jun'02
MS patches developer software infected with Nimda worm

Two weeks after the Korean language version of its new Visual Studio .net developers software was shipped, Microsoft has learnt...
June 13, 2002 13 Jun'02
MS/DoJ: Judge rules against Microsoft motion to dismiss

A US District Court judge yesterday denied Microsoft's motion that she dismiss the antitrust case of nine states and the District...
May 31, 2002 31 May'02
Sage demands Navision takeover investigation

Software maker The Sage Group is trying to persuade European competition authorities to investigate Microsoft's proposed $1.3bn...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
Dell joins Whitehall anti-theft scheme

Dell has joined a Home Office-sponsored initiative to foil thieves and counterfeiters. As a result, Dell customers will soon be...
May 29, 2002 29 May'02
Halifax joins the corporate migration to Microsoft .net

High-street bank HBOS, formed last year by the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, is to standardise its corporate banking...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
Microsoft patches critical Windows security hole

Microsoft is urging users to upgrade their Windows 2000 and NT installations with a patch to overcome another security hole found...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
Microsoft spells out future at CEO summit

Microsoft gathered 100 chief executive officers together at its Redmond, Washington USA compound for two days, to present its...
May 21, 2002 21 May'02
Microsoft draws SharePoint road map

The next update to Microsoft's SharePoint line of portal and collaboration software will integrate the products with the...
May 20, 2002 20 May'02
Microsoft: Lawyers debate remedy enforcement

Attorneys for the nine nonsettling states have outlined a plan for the appointment of a special master to oversee the remedy in...
May 17, 2002 17 May'02
Citrix extends access to Windows specs

Citrix Systems announced a three-year deal with Microsoft yesterday, granting the client software maker continued access to...
May 16, 2002 16 May'02
EU to get tough with Microsoft

The European Union looks set to maintain a hard line approach in its antitrust case against Microsoft, demanding that bundled...
May 14, 2002 14 May'02
Microsoft assigns responsibility for bugs

Microsoft can now identify the person responsible for every single line of code in its Windows operating system.
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
Firms delay .net training

ICL has trained just 40 engineers from its pool of Microsoft certified professionals to use Microsoft's next generation...
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
Digimarc obtains patents for digital watermarking

The US Patent Office has granted Digimarc seven patents for digital watermarking technology used to protect the copyrights of...
May 08, 2002 08 May'02
Microsoft: Security comes under scrutiny

Jim Allchin, Microsoft's vice-president for platforms, took the stand at the remedy hearing in its antitrust case yesterday to...
May 01, 2002 01 May'02
Microsoft adds remote support to Topaz

Microsoft is planning to overhaul its Systems Management Server to provide it with support for remote systems, integration with...
April 30, 2002 30 Apr'02
Microsoft consultants buy in PSA system

Changepoint, the professional services automation (PSA) software provider, has won a deal with Microsoft to roll out its software...
April 29, 2002 29 Apr'02
Microsoft: States insist 'commingling' must end

The nine states still pursuing Microsoft in a federal antitrust case took an opportunity in a court filing to remind the company...
April 24, 2002 24 Apr'02
Gates repeats threat to pull Windows

Microsoft will withdraw Windows from the market if forced to produce a stripped down version of the operating system, chairman...
April 22, 2002 22 Apr'02
Microsoft patch download site said to be faulty

Problems with the consumer version of an online extension to Windows aimed at making patch installation easier are prompting...
April 22, 2002 22 Apr'02
Former Cisco executive is fugitive from justice

The US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California has issued an arrest warrant for Robert Gordon, a former Cisco...
April 22, 2002 22 Apr'02
Gates takes the stand

Microsoft will today (22 April) call its chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates, to the stand in the hearing involving...
April 19, 2002 19 Apr'02
Microsoft: Witness defends Passport

Microsoft's Passport authentication system again became the hot topic at the company's remedy hearing yesterday, as a Microsoft...
April 18, 2002 18 Apr'02
Microsoft defends Analyser tool

Microsoft has reacted to criticism about its Baseline Security Analyser tool (MBSA), claiming that users who are having...
April 18, 2002 18 Apr'02
Microsoft: Witness admits ties

Kevin Murphy, a University of Chicago economics and industrial relations professor, returned to the witness stand yesterday for...
April 17, 2002 17 Apr'02
Test time for Microsoft's wireless .net

Microsoft is due to release the first public beta version of a software product that will help extend its .Net initiative to...
April 17, 2002 17 Apr'02
Microsoft: States take on first MS witness

Microsoft's first witness in its anti-trust remedy hearing, Advanced Micro Devices's (AMD) chairman Jerry Sanders, said that...
April 15, 2002 15 Apr'02
Microsoft: Liberty Alliance under scrutiny

A debate over the Liberty Alliance - an industry group that is developing an alternative to Microsoft's Passport user...
April 12, 2002 12 Apr'02
Microsoft: States' witness declinesto endorse remedy

An economist and expert witness for the nine states suing Microsoft backed off from supporting one of the key remedies proposed...
April 12, 2002 12 Apr'02
Tech Ed: .net runs into enterprise quandry

A Microsoft technology that Bill Gates described last year as "probably the most important ... building block service" of the...
April 11, 2002 11 Apr'02
Microsoft trial: Expert pushes for"unbound" Windows

Yesterday, a lawyer with Microsoft on Wednesday morning continued his cross-examination of a university professor during the...
April 10, 2002 10 Apr'02
Office staff give away passwords

More than 100 office workers agreed to tell confidential passwords to complete strangers on London's Victoria Station last week.
April 08, 2002 08 Apr'02
Belluzzo resigns from Microsoft post

In a surprise move, Microsoft chief operating officer Rick Belluzzo has resigned barely a year after his appointment.
April 04, 2002 04 Apr'02
Microsoft: iTV firm demands protection

A states' witness at the Microsoft remedy hearing has defended his written testimony calling for protection from Microsoft...
April 04, 2002 04 Apr'02
AOL pushes for customisable Windows

An AOL Time Warner (AOLTW) executive took the stand during the Microsoft remedy hearing yesterday (3 April) to support the...
April 03, 2002 03 Apr'02
Post Office opts for EDS to avoid Pathway fiasco

The Post Office claims it has learnt the lessons from the £1bn Pathway fiasco as it signed a landmark outsourcing contract with...
April 03, 2002 03 Apr'02
MS/DOJ: Microsoft remedy case resumes

A chief executive officer of an interactive television software company faced accusations in court that he had reversed his...
April 03, 2002 03 Apr'02
Compaq offers Microsoft Exchange as utility

Compaq Computer has cranked up its Computing on Demand initiative with the introduction of its Exchange on Demand service, which...
April 02, 2002 02 Apr'02
Microsoft attacks Red Hat and Gatewayin anti-trust battle

Microsoft's lawyers have attacked Red Hat and Gateway in the latest stage of its long-running anti-trust battle with nine US...
March 28, 2002 28 Mar'02
Next Windows filing system could spark standards row

The next generation of the Windows file system will create work for IT departments to tag current documents and could spark a...
March 27, 2002 27 Mar'02
Judge waits to rule on scope of remedies

The district judge at the heart of the Microsoft remedy hearing has decided to delay making her ruling on the actions required to...
March 26, 2002 26 Mar'02
Gateway squares up to Microsoft in court

A witness for PC maker Gateway in the Microsoft antitrust trial criticised Microsoft's new "uniform" licensing terms as a means...
March 22, 2002 22 Mar'02
Microsoft terms 'severe and onerous'

After fiery opening statements and some strong words from a federal judge, the Microsoft remedy hearing got down to basics on...
March 22, 2002 22 Mar'02
Giant bank deal boosts Microsoft Passport

Citigroup, one of the world's largest banks, has signed a deal with Microsoft to use its .net technologies including Passport and...
March 18, 2002 18 Mar'02
States block Microsoft antitrust protest

Twenty-five US states have opposed a request by Microsoft to block nine states and the District of Columbia from continuing their...
March 12, 2002 12 Mar'02
Microsoft offers concessions to avoid EC punishment

Microsoft has made its first concessions to European anti--monopoly authorities in a bid to avoid action by competition...
March 11, 2002 11 Mar'02
Sun hits Microsoft with antitrust suit

Sun Microsystems is seeking more than £700m in damages from Microsoft in a private antitrust lawsuit.
March 08, 2002 08 Mar'02
Faulty Xbox fuels complaints in Japan

Microsoft has been forced to repair or replace a number of its new Xbox video game consoles after some game enthusiasts in Japan...
March 07, 2002 07 Mar'02
Councils eager to check out software licence deal

Public sector IT specialists are eager to see how they could benefit from the Government's new software deals with Microsoft,...
March 05, 2002 05 Mar'02
Microsoft finds critical hole in its Java VM

Internet Explorer users have been warned of a security hole in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which could allow a hacker...
March 01, 2002 01 Mar'02
Microsoft and DOJ revise settlement

Microsoft and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have submitted a revised version of their controversial settlement to the...
February 28, 2002 28 Feb'02
Microsoft calls for dismissal of states' proposals

Software giant Microsoft has asked the US District Court overseeing its antitrust case to dismiss the case brought by the nine...
February 28, 2002 28 Feb'02
Microsoft security chief voices support

Microsoft "broadly supports" the call for a review of legislation on denial of service attacks, according to Stuart Okin, the...
February 26, 2002 26 Feb'02
MS/DoJ: Judge orders release of pre-trial interviews

The judge presiding over the ongoing Microsoft antitrust battle has ordered the software giant to release edited transcripts of...
February 22, 2002 22 Feb'02
Microsoft opts to share more code

Microsoft is to uncloak more of the source code powering its Windows operating system in order to give system integrators the...