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  • How MS will turn your PC into a TV station

    Microsoft has a new technology that'd let you stream TV from your Media Center PC to TV sets and other computers. Too bad that technology raises more questions than it answers.

  • The future of Windows: SP1 and Longhorn

    Microsoft has worked diligently to bring Windows together, culminating in the creation of the Home and Professional versions of Windows XP. But there are forces pulling these two OSes apart.

  • New delays snag .Net Server

    Microsoft has for the third time delayed the launch of its Windows .Net Server 2003 high-end operating system.

  • 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.

  • Aust update: Microsoft to add 5,000 new workers

    Microsoft plans to increase its research and development budget by 20 percent and hire 5,000 new workers in the coming year, according to chairman Bill Gates.

  • Java camp takes cue from Microsoft

    If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival.

  • Microsoft hones .Net tools for battle

    A revamped suite of Visual Studio.Net development tools will be released this fall, with more updates to follow. They're weapons in the battle for enterprise customers, says Microsoft.

  • Gates: Slow going for .Net

    Kicking off a conference on the .Net architecture, Bill Gates acknowledges that its software plan has been slow to catch on and lays out an agenda to move it ahead.

  • Microsoft upgrade plan gets cold shoulder

    The majority of Microsoft's customers won't be signing up for a controversial licensing plan set to go into effect this week, according to analysts' estimates.

  • MS, Novell talk up technical collaboration

    Microsoft and Novell on Monday fleshed out the technical aspects of their corporate partnership, saying that the two firms are committed to optimising their respective products in the years to come.

  • MS delays Yukon and Whidbey -- again

    Microsoft has said the forthcoming release of its SQL Server database and Visual Studio.NET development tool will be delayed--again.

  • Apple: Open source pedigree will protect Tiger

    Apple Computer is banking on the open-source heritage of its operating system to spare Tiger, the fifth version of the software, from the security woes that have dogged Microsoft.

  • Why MS software is driving me nuts

    COMMENTARY--What is it with Microsoft and incomprehensible error messages? Why can't its programs explain what's wrong in plain English? And that's not my only MS complaint--stand back and let me gripe.

  • MS to overhaul files for next Windows

    To achieve the long-elusive goal of easily finding information hidden in computer files, Microsoft is returning to a decade-old idea.

  • Windows plan underscores Microsoft struggle

    A move by Microsoft to extend support for an older version of Windows underscores a new reality for the software giant: Convincing customers to upgrade is becoming much more difficult.

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