The software giant is offering a low-cost version of its interactive TV service, allowing users to surf the Web for prices starting at $9.95 per month.
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The European Commission is checking whether Microsoft's system of collecting personal data from Internet users breaks privacy laws, compounding the software giant's antitrust probe headaches in Europe.
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Microsoft is planning to hand out tablet PCs to attendees at its CEO Summit on Wednesday, giving top-level executives a chance to test-drive the new technology.
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Market researcher Gartner on Tuesday again warned corporate technology managers that they could pay more for their next Microsoft software upgrades if they fail to sign up for a controversial licensing plan before a July 31 deadline.
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In late March, Microsoft published a document that outlines how third-party developers can use Common Internet File Sharing (CIFS), a protocol developed by Microsoft that specifies how Windows PCs share files with servers.
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Microsoft on Friday laid out its long-term vision for Windows management, offering a glimpse into two research projects and its view of the future systems management in a Web services world.
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ON TUESDAY MICROSOFT plans to detail a major overhaul to its Systems Management Server, featuring improved support for remote systems, integration with Active Directory, and planned support for Windows CE devices.
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Microsoft was planning to buy Nintendo for more than $25bn, according to a new book.
In Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution, Dean Takahashi claims that Nintendo's US president Minoru Arakawa admitted to him that a deal with Microsoft was being talked about in 1999.
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In Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution, Dean Takahashi claims that Nintendo's US president Minoru Arakawa admitted to him that a deal with Microsoft was being talked about in 1999.
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates acknowledged Wednesday that an existing version of Windows for ATMs and other specialized machines that lets companies drop included components such as a browser could be configured to run on everyday computers.
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Microsoft is building a high-end feature into Windows for speeding up data access in multiprocessor servers--a feature that to date has been available only in high-end Unix (news - web sites) servers, the company said Tuesday.
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Microsoft has identified a handful of technology trends likely to reshape PCs and is working to define how Windows XP and its successors will take advantage of them, said Chris Jones, vice president of the Windows client team.
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Tom's Hardware Guide has posted their WinHEC coverage
WinInfo reports that the next major release of Windows slips to late 2004
Microsoft's work to enhance home PCs will begin spilling out to industry partners this week as engineers arrive in Seattle to hear the latest ideas about DVD, audio, video and other consumer computing technology.
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Microsoft announced new software tools Wednesday in hopes of persuading developers to build Web services using its .Net technology.
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WASHINGTON--The first of two expert witnesses testified in federal court Tuesday that so-called middleware can be safely removed from Microsoft's Windows operating system.
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Auckland firm Infraserv has complained about microsoft to the Commerce Commission alleging anticompetitive behavior.
Infraserv, the operations arm of law firm Clendon Feeney, laid the complaint last week.
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Auckland firm Infraserv has complained about microsoft to the Commerce Commission alleging anticompetitive behavior.
Infraserv, the operations arm of law firm Clendon Feeney, laid the complaint last week.
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Microsoft is preparing an upgrade to its anti-piracy technology aimed at bridging the gap that continues to separate online music subscription services and portable devices such as MP3 players.
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