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    Windows Vista hasn't shipped yet, but Microsoft and the European Union are already caught up in a tussle over the antitrust impact of security technology in the operating system.

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    Despite Wall Street's negative reaction to Microsoft's plan to invest billions in its emerging businesses, CEO Steve Ballmer told employees that "now is not the time to scale back."

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    Google seems to want special treatment on Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

  • Ballmer plays up business focus

    Microsoft will spend US$500 million this year to promote upcoming products designed to make business workers more productive, CEO Steve Ballmer said on Thursday.

  • Microsoft not yet open for business

    The most impressive aspect of Microsoft's statement on Thursday in favour of caring and sharing wasn't in anything the company said. It was the speed at which the world, or that part of it not in a commercial relationship with Microsoft, digested the information and replied: Heard it before. Not good enough.

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    Microsoft on Monday released an update to its Tablet PC operating system that lets a device habla espanol and at the same time parle francais.

  • Microsoft: Slow going in biz software push

    "Project Green" effort to bring disparate business applications under a single code base will happen -- eventually.

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    Microsoft on Monday released an update to its Tablet PC operating system that lets a device habla espanol and at the same time parle francais.

  • Going long on Longhorn

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  • Will Longhorn rope everything together?

    Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs--and much of these efforts are tied to Longhorn.

  • IE beta plugs document leaks

    Microsoft releases a test version of an add-on to its Internet Explorer Web browser that promises to help businesses protect files from unauthorised editing or copying.

  • Security's the message for Exchange

    Microsoft hatches plans for a new Exchange Server e-mail system, with improved security and a facelift for Outlook, in the software's first major upgrade in nearly two years.

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