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  • Tech greats bid farewell to Gates

    As Bill Gates steps down from full-time work at Microsoft, well-wishing cheers and not-so-nice jeers are echoing from Silicon Valley.

  • Microsoft and Cisco sing the co-opetition tune

    Microsoft and Cisco plan to work more closely together to ensure their products interoperate, while remaining fierce rivals in other markets.

  • Vista sales gaining momentum

    Windows Vista is chugging along on strong PC sales and antipiracy efforts, but Microsoft still faces some grumbling and a long haul in corporate sales.

  • Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

    Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates more than 230 of its patents, according to a magazine report published on Sunday.

  • Microsoft launches long-awaited updates

    After a number of delays, Microsoft on Monday in the United States launched long-awaited updates to its flagship database programs and developer tools.

  • Microsoft: PC model best for services

    When it comes to Microsoft's strategy for the managed services business, the game plan has a familiar ring: high volume and low cost.

  • Gates shows off Vista in CES keynote

    After months of touting Vista's geekier side, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday highlighted features designed to convince the average consumer that they need the next version of Windows.

  • Gates retains 'wealthiest' crown

    Tech industry billionaires loomed large in Forbes' latest list of the wealthiest people in the US, with Bill Gates and his US$51 billion fortune again topping the list.

  • Tech chiefs see net worth plunge

    Oracle's Larry Ellison and Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy were among the tech CEOs whose net worth took the steepest declines during last year's bear market.

  • HP breaks new ground with Linux desktop PC

    The hardware maker is now offering Mandrake Linux as an option on its business desktops, creating a new opportunity for the open-source operating system.

  • Comdex cools it

    For many of us, November has always been a time to gather with friends to feed on cocktail sausages, negotiate transport difficulties and revel in the crass commercialism that makes this country great.

  • Will there be life after Microsoft?

    The pressure on Redmond seems to be intensifying, following a week-long string of "Is-there-life-after-Microsoft?" headlines: Gartner declaring Windows' permanent beta status, Ballmer acknowledging StarOffice challenges in Europe, IE-only developers lamenting their futures, plus a lot of pro-Firefox coverage.

  • Another key MS exec steps down

    Joachim Kempin, a Microsoft senior vice president who played a role in the company's landmark antitrust trial, is stepping down from his high-profile job managing Microsoft's relations with computer makers.

  • Hillary Clinton's Silicon Valley overtures

    Hillary Clinton may be one of the newest politicians in the Senate, but it hasn't stopped her from taking an increasingly prominent role on technology topics.

  • A billion PC users on the way

    By the end of the decade, a billion people will be clicking away at computers, but generating a profit out of newly wired portions of the world is going to take a lot of work.

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