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  • Microsoft revamps its plans for Longhorn

    Microsoft is shaking up its plans for the next version of Windows to get the software off the drawing board and into PCs by the end of 2006.

  • Microsoft preps XP push, mulls Longhorn 'priorities'

    With a long-awaited security update to Windows XP now complete, Microsoft is preparing a holiday season push for the 3-year-old operating system--and is set to revisit ambitious plans for the next major revision, News.com has learned.

  • Tiger, Longhorn search for desktop answers

    Microsoft and Apple Computer are searching for the same thing with their next operating systems: a better way to find stuff on an increasingly cluttered hard drive.

  • Ballmer: High-end Windows, Office coming

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts on Thursday that Microsoft is planning new, higher-priced versions of both Windows and Office in the coming years as part of its effort to grow sales.

  • Gates and the code-jockey elite

    Five years ago this week, Bill Gates passed the CEO baton to Steve Ballmer.

  • Next Windows leaks onto Net

    An early test version of the next major release of Microsoft Windows has been leaked onto the Net, offering a glimpse of the company’s plans for the new software.

  • Microsoft opens desktop search

    Enlisting developers to help combat Google's search dominance, Microsoft has quietly released documentation to extend its desktop search tool beyond the browser.

  • Microsoft ups ante in desktop search

    Microsoft has released a final version of its desktop-search software as it tries to enhance its presence in the burgeoning market staked out by rivals Yahoo and Google.

  • Google plays down Microsoft search plans

    Google has downplayed the looming threat of search competition from Microsoft, saying his company doesn't expect to see a credible product from the software giant for years.

  • IBM spices up corporate search

    IBM will muscle into the corporate search software market with the delivery Thursday of a significant update to its database tools.

  • Google unveils desktop search

    Google on Thursday unveiled its first-generation desktop application for searching through personal files and Web history stored locally on a PC, a move that could shake up the landscape of Internet search and raise privacy hackles.

  • Google's desktop liberation tool

    That 'thunk' we all heard last week was the sound of Google throwing down the gauntlet to Microsoft. The announcement of its desktop search tool -- now free to download -- is a key moment in the burgeoning conflict between Web-based applications and traditional desktop operating system software.

  • Microsoft, Google may go head-to-head

    Microsoft's path to expand the Windows empire is leading directly to search king Google.

  • KDE to include Google-type desktop search

    Developers of the open-source Linux desktop environment KDE have announced plans to simplify searching for files on the KDE desktop more flexible, by adding a Google-style search feature.

  • Microsoft fixes date for desktop search tool

    Microsoft has set a firmer date for the release of its desktop search software, after Google launched a test version of its rival program for scouring a PC's hard drive.

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