MS buys anti-spyware GIANT
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Having been plagued with e-bugs, Bill and the Boyz say theyâll use intellectual property and technology assets from the acquisition to provide Microsoft Windows customers with new tools to help protect them from the threat of spyware, âand other
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Microsoft Corp.  began offering anti-spyware program downloads for Windows users on Thursday, taking the first step in offering its own computer security products and sending shares of security software vendors lower.
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Microsoft Corp  said on  Wednesday it has acquired Multimap, one of Britain's top online  mapping companies.
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OSLO/LAS VEGAS  - Microsoft Corp  bid $1.2  billion to buy Norwegian business search software company Fast  Search & Transfer  in a deal focused on helping  corporations manage and sift through their own files, a growing  market also targeted by Google Inc .
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Microsoft Corp. surprised the computer world this week with the purchase of a small, New York-based based software company known for its anti-spyware technology.
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McAfee Inc., a leading maker of computer antivirus software, said Tuesday it is buying ScanAlert Inc. for $51 million, adding to its Internet security offerings a service intended to help consumers feel safer shopping online.
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This is pretty interesting, seems as though Microsoft has acquired an anti-spyware company noone&#39;s ever heard of. I know spyware and adware removal software is big business now but I&#39;ve never heard of Giant Company Software Inc.
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McAfee on Monday announced an add-on to its enterprise anti-virus software that boosts spyware protection for businesses. Called McAfee Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition Module, the add-on integrates with McAfee&#39;s
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Microsoft bought anti-spyware technology this week to protect its Internet Explorer browser from surging rivals like Mozilla&#39;s Firefox, a group of Gartner analysts said Friday.
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The networking gear maker buys privately held network security software developer Perfigo.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Web application security specialist SPI Dynamics Inc., just two weeks after IBM Corp. announced plans to buy SPI&#39;s rival Watchfire Corp.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has signed definitive agreements to acquire Sybari Software, an Internet security company that provides software embedded in the server infrastructure.
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TechWeb - Microsoft bought anti-spyware technology to protect its Internet Explorer browser from surging rivals like Mozilla's Firefox
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Anti-spyware company had granted another company rights to its software.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on Tuesday it would buy anti-virus software maker Sybari Software Inc. in its second such deal in three months to shore up security in its Windows and e-mail software, which are the most frequent targets of malicious programmers.
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The company unveils the first version of a spyware-killing application based on technology from recently acquired Giant Software.
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The FTC said it believes the companies induced computer users to buy its spyware-eradication software, sold for US$30 and bearing names such as Spy Wiper and Spy Deleter, after first infecting