Google upbeat over court ruling
News 'We're thrilled that Kai-Fu Lee can start work' says search giant
Apple takes its RAID to new heights
News Apple's RAID on the storage market continues with a huge box at a good price
Companies urged to move beyond passwords
News In today's security climate, passwords are apparently no longer enough to guarantee user authentication
Spoiling Google's honeymoon
Q&A Bill Gates insists Microsoft isn't threatened by Google; while he doesn't know everything they're doing he certainly doesn't like their slogan
BT offers London-wide Ethernet LANs
News BT is gearing up for its 21st Century Network with a service that lets firms extend their office network within the M25
Services will be make or break for Microsoft
Leader Microsoft is as keen on services as a newly ordained vicar. Its intentions are not nearly as godly
ZigBee product flood defies sceptics
News Lots of ZigBee products are appearing, but there are still some people who think they can build a better low-power sensor network
Resellers slam black market in Microsoft software
News The problem of fake copies of Microsoft products in the channel is getting worse, warn software resellers
Personal data exposed via eBay storage
News A trawl of 150 pieces of removable storage available for auction turned up a rich mix of passwords, letters, phone numbers and addresses
Inside Vista's Windows Presentation Foundation
Preview In build 5219 of Windows Vista, Microsoft puts its efforts into a new graphics engine.
IT companies 'discriminate towards women'
News It appears that one speaker got a keynote spot at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference thanks to her gender
Gmail threatened by UK lawsuit
News Despite lengthy negotiations, a dispute over the naming of Google's email service look set to be settled in the courts
Office 12 pre-Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Preview The next release of Microsoft Office shows a radical departure from earlier versions, as it gets more visual and adds tabbed browsing across all of the individual applications.
Microsoft Office 12 pre-Beta 1
Preview Microsoft Office 12 pre-Beta 1 drastically revamps the user interfaces of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
Microsoft to blur Web and application lines
News Software-as-a-service in Redmond will be the convergence of the company's online and applications portfolios, according to Bill Gates
Benioff unveils winter Salesforce offering
News The on-demand CRM supplier has been showing off a number of key features that will be introduced into its product lines this winter
Microsoft wins first round with Google
News A judge has ruled primarily in Microsoft's favour in ongoing case of Kai-Fu Lee; the software giant is now seeking a settlement with the search firm
Hackers pick at Firefox holes
News A recently patched flaw in the open source browser is under active investigation by security researchers and hackers alike; experts warn an attack is imminent
VMware demos dual-processor virtualisation
News Virtual machines that seem to have multiple 64-bit chips and support for FreeBSD 5.3 are being previewed in the latest test version of EMC's workstation virtualisation product
Gates previews Vista
News Office 12 was also being talked up by Microsoft's chairman in Los Angeles on Tuesday



