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  • Tablet PC increases its vocabulary

    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.

  • 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.

  • Microsoft moves beyond patches

    Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

  • Exchange targeted by open-source group

    OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products.

  • Microsoft: Not enough XPerienced PCs

    Many companies aren't buying Windows XP--or they're buying the licenses but not installing the software. Microsoft's marketing machine is looking to change that as the Service Pack 2 update rolls out.

  • 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.

  • Going long on Longhorn

    CNET News.com's Charles Cooper explains why the upcoming OS is so important to Microsoft and the rest of the tech industry.

  • New Office product to simplify forms

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil a new product intended to turn Office into a data-collection tool and boost sales of the desktop software.

  • Pocket PC: Can it slap Palm?

    Unveiled today, Pocket PC represents Microsoft's renewed bid to extend the Windows family to handheld and smaller devices, as well as wrestle a share of the business from Palm Computing. Will it succeed?

  • At Microsoft, all roads lead to Longhorn

    Microsoft this week gave customers a look at forthcoming development and management tools that are part of the company's long-term plans for the product.

  • 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.

  • Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux

    The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm has predicted in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.

  • Red Hat's new Linux seeks to unify

    Red Hat has begun an effort to use its position as the dominant seller of the Linux operating system to try to smooth over a long-running divide about the look and feel of the OS.

  • UnitedLinux won't tip Red Hat

    A move by four sellers of Linux to unite behind a single version of the operating system might help those allies--and boost Linux's popularity--but it isn't likely to dent the dominance of the top dog, Red Hat.

  • Bluetooth proof that Microsoft can innovate

    The Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)--which will undoubtedly play a significant role in the Internet's future--is an idea hatched in Microsoft's labs.

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