Washington's attorney general has settled the first case prosecuted under the state's 2005 Computer Spyware Act.

Intel Corp. has started to produce samples of a quad-core processor called Penryn that offers faster clock speeds and larger cache sizes, an executive said Thursday.

Microsoft Corp. has initiated 97 lawsuits throughout Europe and the Middle East during its eight-month investigation into fraudulent Web pages, with another 32 criminal complaints filed in cooperation with local authorities, the company said Wednesday.

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.

Dell and Symantec on Wednesday rolled out a hardware/software package for controlling, archiving and securely managing Microsoft Exchange e-mail environments in small and midsize businesses.

Toshiba Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have settled a number of outstanding lawsuits regarding alleged patent infringement and theft of trade secrets related to computer memory chips.

A Novell és a Lenovo együttműködési megállapodásának köszönhetően a Lenovo ThinkPad T60p noteszgép mostantól hivatalosan is támogatja a SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED 10) operációs rendszert.

Researchers say that small devices called "JitterBugs" could piggyback onto network connections to discreetly send passwords and other sensitive data over the Internet.

Intel Corp. unveiled its new Core 2 Duo processor lineup on Thursday, increasing the pressure on rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). The 10 new dual-core chips promise markedly better performance and greater energy efficiency than Intel's existing products.

Microsoft on Thursday reported a year-over-year profit decline of nearly 24 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2006 due partly to a one-time legal charge, and announced a US$40 billion stock repurchase plan.

Microsoft Corp. has filed 26 lawsuits against alleged dealers of pirated software in seven U.S. states, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft claims the companies sold pirated software or computers loaded with pirated software.

Az OKI Printing Solutions bemutatta digitális LED technológiára épülő nyomtatóinak új nemzedékét.

Taiwan's state-controlled telecom company plans to invest NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion) over the next five years to upgrade its network and further develop applications and services based on Web 2.0, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates may never see a more generous donation to the foundation run by him and his wife: a US$30.7 billion pledge from the world's second richest man, famed investor Warren Buffett.

Microsoft Corp. this week defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool against charges that it acts like spyware because it constantly checks in with Microsoft when a user boots a PC with the tool installed.

Google Inc. held on to its commanding lead as the preferred search engine in the U.S. in May, processing almost 60 percent of all queries filed, way ahead of its two closest competitors Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Police in suburban Sydney Thursday arrested a man videotaping a premiere screening of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand," according to the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on PCs worldwide in 2005 was pirated, the same percentage as in 2004, according to a study released Tuesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

A Belgian company has refiled a lawsuit over search terms offered by Google Inc.'s toolbar that directs users to pirated software.

Symantec on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging that the software giant violated a contract over the use of intellectual property and used the technology to develop a competing product.