Microsoft’s hostile-takeover attempt against Yahoo may encounter an unexpected hurdle in August after a Chinese anti-monopoly law that will extend the nation’s economic influence far beyond its borders takes effect.
The law, effective Aug. 1, is intended to strengthen antitrust regulations the Chinese established in 1993. It will make China a third sphere of regulatory influence, […]
Microsoft has posted a major package of updates and security fixes for Windows Vista.
The world’s largest software maker said “Service Pack 1″ will improve Vista’s reliability, security and performance, though many components already have been released during monthly updates since the operating system went on sale just over a year ago.
Industry analysts offered mixed reports […]
Many people now create and share content on the Internet or blend services from various sites in their daily tasks, reflecting the medium’s clear evolution from a place for simply consuming Web sites.
The upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer, version 8, embraces those trends by adding an “Activities” feature that makes all that easier […]
Yahoo Inc. has released a rosy outlook for the next two years, hoping to give investors a better understanding of why the slumping Internet pioneer isn’t willing to sell to Microsoft Corp. for less than $45 billion.
Analysts interpreted the company’s unscheduled disclosure yesterday as a sign that Yahoo’s attempts to find an alternative deal to […]
MICROSOFT will either combine or close duplicate internet services after purchasing Yahoo!, its chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, has said.
“We shouldn’t have two of everything,” he told a Microsoft conference in Las Vegas on Thursday. “It won’t make sense.”
Microsoft and Yahoo! own competing search engines, advertising programs, and email and instant-messaging services. Microsoft, the world’s […]
A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.
Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in 2006, but Microsoft has yet […]
Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday.
The move came a day after court filings revealed internal dissent over which Windows XP computers would be considered capable of running the new operating system _ and a feeling on at least one executive’s part that the […]
Private Microsoft emails unearthed during a US court case have revealed that even the software giant’s own executives struggled to get Windows Vista running smoothly.
Early adopters of the operating system, which launched last year, battled with widespread hardware and software compatibility issues. Many PCs initially sold as “Vista Capable” were unable to run some of […]