For years, Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. In this interview before his farewell speech, Gates talks about competitors, the future of DVD, and why all of those seamless connections between digital devices exist only in keynote speeches.
In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.
Barry Vandevier of Travelocity talks about his company's efforts to deploy Web 2.0 technologies for the next generation of online travel.
The software giant has been showing off some of the applications of its tabletop computer, the Surface -- an interactive, touch-sensitive environment that reacts to objects coming into contact with its flat surface.
Sony has been in the news a lot in the last year, but mostly for the wrong reasons.
Would you avoid buying a PC with an Advanced Micro Devices chip inside because it wouldn't let you host an Internet conference call with six of your friends?
In a rare joint interview, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discuss ad-supported software, the battles against Sony and Google, and what's so great about the upcoming Vista.
To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with "notorious hacker." We talk to him about software security, the evolution of hacking and social engineering, and law enforcement's action against hacking.
Matt Tett from RMIT's IT Test Labs caught up with VMware co-founder and president Diane Greene at the recent VM World conference in Las Vegas.
While other tech honchos play hard to get, Microsoft's boss holds a first-of-a-kind chat with a blogger, writes News.com's Jeff Pelline.
From Paul Allen to Jeff Bezos, high-tech luminaries have ambitions that are out of this world. What is it with deep-pocket geeks and space?
David Litchfield, the UK security expert at the centre of the current Oracle security scare, sets the record straight.
Database software maker Oracle promised on Tuesday in the US to quickly make patches available for the more than 30 flaws found by a British security researcher.
Driven by fast-appearing threats, network administrators are fixing the most prevalent flaws more quickly, according to a new survey.
Don't rush into a Vegas-style marriage when acquiring a company, warns Ram Gupta of PeopleSoft. Take your time and get to know each other properly during the 'dating' phase.
Telstra shareholders fear break up
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