Microsoft has announced the winners and finalists of its annual Partner of the Year Awards. These recognize outstanding performance from among Microsoft's hardware and software partners. More...
Today Microsoft is announcing some significant developments to the Windows Live platform that demonstrate Microsoft's commitment to data portability and giving users a choice of how to use and control their information. John Richards, Director... More...
With industry speculation boiling over the imminent release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft on Tuesday let loose with a barrage of announcements that cast light on how the software giant seeks to compete... More...
IBM says its next-generation 32-nanometer chips will cut down on power leakage and reduce the processor's size. IBM is moving a step closer delivering the first of its first 32-nanometer microprocessors with an announcement that... More...
A partnership between the Google-founded Climate Savers Computing Initiative and a National Governors Association program has already yielded a commitment from two state governments to buy more energy-efficient computers. The governors of Kansas and Minnesota... More...
Microsoft kicked off a series of technical conferences this week by pledging to release Visual Studio 2008 by the end of November, making the developer IDE the first of three major Windows platform updates scheduled... More...
As part of its broader effort to refashion itself into a channel-driven company, Red Hat plans to go live this week with a new partner portal Web site, the Red Hat Partner Center. The site... More...
Microsoft's partners are chomping at the bit to get their hands on Windows Home Server, but some feel it's going to make its biggest initial splash with tech-savvy users. Due to launch this fall, Windows... More...
Dell is quietly selling Microsoft Open License software at cost as part of a three-week promotion that runs until the end of July, CMP Channel has learned. In an email viewed by CMP Channel, Dell... More...
In his keynote address at the Microsoft® Windows® Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today demonstrated Windows Home Server and announced new hardware partners for the upcoming product, which include Gateway Inc.,... More...
IBM Corp. is helping shepherd increasing numbers of local software companies onto the global stage as they move outside of the comfort zone of their home markets. As well as software vendors looking to grow... More...
SanDisk has released its $250 Sansa Connect, a new Wi-Fi-capable portable MP3 player featuring both free and subscription music service from Yahoo Music. Apple holds about 73% of the U.S. market for portable digital music... More...
Along with the official Xbox 360 Elite announcement, Microsoft has revealed the addition of multiple new agreements with A&E Network, ADV Films, National Geographic and TotalVid.com to bring TV series and movies to the U.S.... More...
With Microsoft's Office Live open for business, its shadow looms large over other hosted collaboration and e-mail services for small businesses. Many of these hosting partners had been recruited by Microsoft to offer SharePoint- and... More...
Reports from Taiwan's graphics card manufacturing industry are revealing that AMD's recently announced delay of its upcoming flagship graphics processing unit (GPU), the R600, was not just a shock and disappointment to fans of the... More...
At the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia's President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo announced a new partnership with YouTube that will allow Nokia customers to view YouTube content on their handsets via broadband links. YouTube... More...
With the consumer launch of Windows Vista on the horizon, Microsoft's software and retail partners are preparing for the launch with applications and support for the new OS. Industry watchers and Microsoft customers have expressed... More...
Microsoft's plan to pilot test an Office 2007 referral payment program with a limited number of large system builders has some smaller partners miffed. The Referral Payment Pilot Program for Office Ready, which begins Jan.... More...
Taking the next step in its walk toward an on-demand version of its Dynamics customer relationship management software, Microsoft announced Jan. 10 that it's releasing the code for its next major upgrade, Titan, to about... More...
Today, BitTorrent, Inc. has announced a collaborative effort with a number of hardware manufacturers to promote BitTorrent-embedded consumer products. Consumer electronics manufacturers are starting to integrate the BitTorrent platform into their products to ensure a... More...
A spokesperson for Microsoft Thursday evening characterized as "grossly inaccurate" reports from earlier in the day, including from Reuters, stating that a technical glitch in the company's Live Meeting services led to a dissolution of... More...
Microsoft is making its first Vista release candidate and pricing information available more broadly available to partners and consumers this week. Vista Business, which is the equivalent of Windows XP, will be priced at $299... More...
Microsoft cut the WinFS file system and PC-to-PC synchronization from Windows Vista, but the company says there are at least 10 key reasons for partners to push the upgraded desktop operating system to their SMB... More...
Microsoft has signed up three companies to add phishing monitoring and detection technology to its antiphishing filter in the MSN Search Toolbar and the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7, and its SmartScreen e-mail filter,... More...
After NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB effectively stole the title of fastest consumer level graphics card earlier this week, some ATI video card partners are considering a speed boost for ATI's flagship X1800 XT in... More...
Technology startup U3 on Monday is expected to announce the availability of USB drives based on its smart computing platform, which allows applications to run directly off USB drives, independent of other storage devices. Smart... More...
Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it is strengthening the intellectual property protection it provides to PC manufacturers as it tries to fend off competition from Linux rivals. Linux, a freely available operating system,... More...
Keeping up in the heated race to build the best video search engine, America Online has signed 10 new content partners, including parent-company property CNN. AOL's audio and video search engine Singingfish... More...
US private equity firm Elevation Partners has formally withdrawn its cash offer for Wimbledon-based publisher Eidos, leaving the way clear for SCi's strongly supported acquisition bid to proceed. The company, which is headed up by... More...
UK publisher accepts $135 million bid from US venture capital firm partly run by Irish rocker Bono. Just one day after the well-regarded British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that Eidos was... More...
Symbian, a maker of operating systems for cell phones, has licensed software from rival Microsoft, in a sign of growing cooperation between the two companies. Symbian, based in London, said it will... More...
America Online on Thursday unveiled an expanded search offering that lets consumers quickly narrow queries and gives users new ways to seek out information and products. AOL also announced several partnerships and... More...
Eidos, Atari, VU Games lead list of publishers and developers on board the new service. Infinium Labs today announced a list of 22 publishers and developers slated to provide games for the... More...
Electronic distribution experts safeguard full game content with DRM technology. Eidos has teamed up with Softwrap to distribute Singles: Flirt Up Your Life online, having recently secured the rights to worldwide e-distribution... More...
Thanks Gormon of ModBlog who alerted me that after a year of DeskMod absence, ModBlog is almost ready to hit our screens, this is what they've been up to so far:After almost a year in... More...
US software giant Microsoft Corp has unveiled a new worldwide partner programme that would provide it with a single approach to working with all its various types of partners. The Microsoft Partner... More...
Software developers Wind River Systems Inc. and Red Hat Inc. said on Monday that they would team up in an effort to push the Linux operating system beyond personal computers into a range of industrial... More...
WE REVEALED last week that the Nvidia NV40 chip had taped out. And now we know ATI's R420 has not only taped out but is a step ahead of the competition. While ATI's R420 taped... More...
Originally slated to launch at Comdex next week, the SPOT watch designed by Microsoft Corp. and its partners has been delayed until the first quarter of 2004 to accommodate further testing. Executives... More...
Nvidia partners with DreamCatcher Developer names GeForce FX the preferred GPU of its upcoming horror shooter Painkiller. Nvidia announced its latest hardware/software collaboration today. The chipmaker will partner with... More...
Microsoft Corp. today recognized the success of Microsoft® Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC) members, systems integrators and independent software vendors that deliver innovative services and applications on the Windows Mobile (TM) software platform. Pharos Science... More...
Wall Street is not the only one wooing Google. Microsoft is as well. Google, the high-flying Web search company, recently began holding meetings with bankers in preparation for its highly anticipated initial... More...
Microsoft Technology Paired With New Program Framework To Deliver True Innovation in Partnering Microsoft Corp. today unveiled its strategy for delivering new value and benefits to its worldwide network of industry... More...
Critical Resources for Student Access, Teacher Training and Skills Development Worldwide Despite real improvements in the availability of information and communication technology around the world, many students and teachers still lack... More...
Expanding its push into midsize companies, Microsoft has given one of its distributors that is focused on that market exclusive rights to resell special versions of some of its server software products. ... More...
INTEL TOLD US on Tuesday that it would be a week or so before it would be able to post the BIOS download for the "anomaly" in the 3GHz/Canterwood combo that initially led it to... More...
WHEN ATI officially announced that the new Radeon 9800 Pro would use DDR-I, many people wondered if it could compete with Nvidia's Geforce FX and its DDR-II memory. In hindsight, ATI's use of DDR-I will... More...
Microsoft next week plans to give a bevy of close partners, customers and ISVs an in-depth look at Yukon, its next-generation database, the company confirmed Friday. Attendees of the sneak preview will get a detailed... More...
Intel released three new Xeon chips for four- and eight-processor servers in a move to increase the pressure on Sun Microsystems. The new chips--formerly codenamed "Gallatin"--are enhanced versions of Intel's Xeon line for multiprocessor servers.... More...
Microsoft has received a mixed response from resellers after it signalled a toughened stance on licence compliance in a controversial letter sent to its partners. The software giant has been criticised as... More...