oftware titan Microsoft Corp. Wednesday took the first step in its plan to reinvent its line of .NET Enterprise Server software as part of its Web services strategy with the release of the beta version of Commerce Server 2002. "Commerce Server 2002

Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans Tuesday officially finalized the federal government's approval of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), a data encryption technique that will be used to protect sensitive information and which is widely expected to

A few weeks after Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. aired an XML-based Web services specification, the two tech giants were back in the trenches to further develop their Web Yellow Pages services initiative known as the Universal Description, Discovery, and

Nokia, Sony Corporation and a host of leading wireless vendors announced two initiatives to promote interoperability among wireless devices developed by different manufacturers. Noticeably absent from the announcements was Microsoft, which has different

With the notion that Web services are a relatively new blip on the radars of tech firms, it makes sense for rivals to work together in the early going to hash out standards. IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. apparently agree as the two revealed Thursday

Two network security firms announced a co-branding deal Monday that is expected to boost each company's bottom line. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Anti-virus firm McAfee.com and Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based network security software maker eEye Digital Security

Microsoft Corp. Monday issued a revised patch for a flaw in the implementation of the Remote Data Protocol (RDP). The flaw affected terminal service in Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows

In a bid to further its position in the Web server market Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) today announced an aggressive migration program enabling current Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) customers simple transition to iPlanet Web Server