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Microsoft Challenges Massachusetts on Open-Format Plan

A proposal in Massachusetts to move computer networks onto an open-file format by January 2007 is sparking debate, as companies like Microsoft Corp, Adobe...

Video Search: Playing Well With Others

By now, search engines have become so ubiquitous, so powerful, so reliable and so integrated into all of our online lives that weve pretty...

Teen Sentenced in Hilton Phone-Hacking Case

A Massachusetts teenager pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston for a string of hacking crimes reported to include the February compromise of online...

The Software Practices Police Squad

Lets hope its more Jack Webb than Leslie Neilson.I used to think that the whole category of anti-spyware software was redundant because the established...

Microsoft Demos Graphic Design Tool Suite

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft Corp. Wednesday demonstrated its new toolset aimed at helping software graphic design experts and developers work better together. During his keynote at the...

Google Posts Blog Search

Google Inc. unveiled Wednesday a beta version of its search engine for Weblogs, more commonly known as blogs. The company, which first jumped into the...

Oracle Puts Database 10g R2 on Windows

Oracle Corp. announced Tuesday that it is shipping Oracle Database 10g Release 2 on the Windows platform. The move gives the companys Windows-based customers the...

Microsoft Previews Key Platform Technology

LOS ANGELES—While Microsoft delivered a peek at some of its key upcoming technologies at its Professional Developers Conference, including Windows Vista and Office 12,...

Coding Error Causes Sales Tax Glitch For Wal-Mart Customer

During an annual tax-free shopping holiday in Georgia, a Wal-Mart store mistakenly charged sales tax on an item due to a coding error, according...

German Burger Kings Getting Digital Menus

One of the biggest launches of digital menus is taking place at Burger King locations in Germany, with the technology already in place at...