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Just a few days before Microsoft is set to launch the next version of Windows XP Media Center, Dell shows off a copycat version of the product that is its own creation. "The "Dell Media Experience" is based on Windows XP Home Edition, rather than on Windows XP Professional, like Media Center is.

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Microsoft said on Thursday that it has appointed Maria Martinez, a former Motorola executive, to serve as a vice president in its Communications and Mobile Solutions Unit.

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On Tuesday, the day of the AMD Athlon 64 launch, Microsoft announced that it had released a beta of the so-called "Windows XP 64 Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems." Microsoft says it won't be shipping a final release of its Windows desktop release for Athlon or its server release for AMD Opteron until "the first half of 2004." Our guess: mid-year.

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Microsoft announced this week that 14 software vendors have signed up to become early adopters of the Microsoft Business Framework, a layer of software that builds on top of the .Net Framework.

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NEW YORK -- In a rare display of public camaraderie, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and IBM Software Chief Steve Mills further cemented the commitment of their respective companies to work together to accelerate the creation and adoption of key Web services standards and the resulting applications.

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Microsoft has lined up several small-biz announcements this week. On Tuesday, the Redmondiands announced that the company has released to manufacturing Windows Small Business Server 2003. (The official launch of the product isn't until October 9 at Microsoft's worldwide partner conference, however.) Microsoft's also flogging MapPoint 2004 and Office 2003 Small Business Edition this week.

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