Microsoft Corp. said supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer operating system (OS) "will be of limited value" to those who use them.

After several delays, the long-awaited update to the Windows client OS, Windows Vista, is expected to be on its way to manufacturers Wednesday.

Adobe Systems Inc. will contribute source code to the Mozilla Foundation as the two organizations aim to establish a standard scripting language that developers can use to create interactive applications for Adobe's Flash Player and Mozilla's Firefox browser.

Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports of a vulnerability in a Windows ActiveX control that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer, according to an advisory issued Friday. One security company rated the vulnerability critical, while Microsoft said it allowed only limited attacks.

Sharp Corp. is increasing production of solar panels at its factory in Japan to meet burgeoning global demand for the products, it said Monday.

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Slim Devices CEO Sean Adams revealed on Wednesday that computer accessory-maker Logitech is acquiring the company. Adams made the announcement on the Slim Devices community forum ahead of the official announcement.

A flaw that research firm Secunia ApS claimed to have discovered in Internet Explorer 7 just hours after its unveiling is not a browser bug after all, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) chief executive Carly Fiorina says the changes she made at HP have yet to play out in the marketplace so it's too soon to assess her impact, or that of her successor, Mark Hurd, on the company.

A Google Inc. employee mistakenly posted information to an official Google blog that she had intended to publish in her personal blog, the latest blogging faux pas for the search engine giant.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday released the long-awaited version of the Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser for the Windows XP OS.

Winners of 10,000 MP3 players given away in a Japanese fast-food promotion got more than they bargained for, as their prizes contained a worm. If they connect the music players to their computers to fill them with songs then the worm, WORM_QQPASS.ADH, can infect the computers and steal personal data.

Microsoft Corp. said Friday it is on track to launching Windows Vista simultaneously worldwide. Less than a month ago it warned that antitrust problems could delay the launch in Europe and South Korea.

Claiming that IT spending is not contributing to business growth, Gartner said this week that eight out of every ten dollars spent is "dead money".

With Internet Explorer, Microsoft has increased its share of the global Web browser market to 85.85 percent, a gain that comes at the expense of Mozilla's Firefox and Apple Computer's Safari browsers.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will put a 10-megapixel camera phone on the market in South Korea shortly. The phone was first shown at the Cebit exhibition in Germany in March this year and was originally due on the market in the second quarter.

Toshiba Corp. is planning to buy a one fifth stake LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd.'s Polish subsidiary in order to ensure a steady supply of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels for European televisions, it said Tuesday.

IBM Corp. plans to crank up the speed on its Power6 server chip to 5.0GHz, far higher than competing processors from Intel Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc.

Google Inc. has laid speculation to rest -- it is buying YouTube Inc. for US$1.65 billion in a stock transaction.

Microsoft Corp. Friday released what it believes will be the last test version of Windows Vista before the product is released to manufacturing.