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    Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it is looking to update its server operating system before the release of next major version of Windows but offered few details on what the new software release will contain.

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    2007 was an eventful year for Microsoft, with the company playing what it considered to be its trump card (only to discover Vista wasn't trumps, XP was). But the lovable giant had its fingers in many other pies -- making for a year of management changes, entry into unclaimed markets and new alliances.

  • Microsoft AU retracts XP SP2 manufacturing release

    A red-faced Microsoft Australia has backflipped on a statement issued earlier today that said Windows XP Service Pack 2 had been released to manufacturing.

  • Leopard nipping at Vista's heels

    At its developer conference in San Francisco on Monday, Apple announced that the next version of Mac OS X will not be ready till the first half of 2007.

  • Gates offers Longhorn appetiser

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gave computer makers a brief look at Longhorn on Monday in the US, but acknowledged that many of its key features will not be evident until much later test versions of the new Windows.

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    video Bill Gates shows off an improved firewall and other security features that will be part of the upcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.

  • Securing Microsoft: From the Blaster worm to Blue Hat

    From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.

  • Microsoft AU retracts XP SP2 manufacturing release

    A red-faced Microsoft Australia has backflipped on a statement issued earlier today that said Windows XP Service Pack 2 had been released to manufacturing.

  • The long march to Longhorn

    There's been no end to potholes and detours with Longhorn, the future version of Windows. Will Microsoft finally accept that it has bitten more than it can chew?

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  • Gates emphasises security in Windows update

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  • Windows faces new competition: Itself

    In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

  • MS: Secure computing is still a decade away

    COMMENTARY--One year ago, Bill Gates challenged his Microsoft troops to make the company's products more trustworthy. What's been accomplished? A bit. What still needs to be done? A lot.

  • Microsoft to tweak Smart Displays

    An update of the technology, which is due to launch late Wednesday during company Chairman Bill Gates' keynote speech at CES, is already under way.

  • Microsoft releases Windows 2000 fixes

    Microsoft has released the third major collection of Windows 2000 bug fixes, or service pack, to premier customers. But everyone else will have to wait until later in the week.

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