LONDON -- Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates has been awarded an honorary Knighthood by the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K. government announced Monday.
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The software giant is in talks with the country's government to share the source code underlying its Windows operating system.
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Recent patent applications filed by Microsoft are routine moves and don't reflect a change in the company's position on Extensible Markup Language, according to a spokesman for the software maker
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Microsoft says the toolbar provides easier access to the company's various Internet portal services, such as Web-based e-mail and search.
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Redmond claims its decisions to open its XML schemas, while seeking patents for elements of its XML implementations, are not as contradictory as they appear.
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The first service pack for the productivity package will be put out in June, a release that should mark a milestone for business customers.
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The software giant partners with the United Nations Development Programme to improve IT and communications in disadvantaged countries.
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On the eve of Lotus' annual user conference, Microsoft and other rivals are wooing developers who are unwilling to follow Lotus to a new Java programming model.
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Under pressure from antitrust regulators, the software titan says it will revamp a program to make it easier for developers to access Windows protocols.
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Rumors were that Microsoft had shelved its fledgling X# programming language. Instead, the company is forging ahead with it.
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Thanks Greg. NZOSS reports that Microsoft has a patent for XML Based word processing files in New Zealand.
E-Data's patent-infringement suit against a European division of Microsoft and others ends in a deal, as the company turns its sights on Apple Computer's iTunes.
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A program intended to level the playing field in the software business in the wake of the U.S. antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp. doesn't seem to be working as intended, the states that have settled with Microsoft said in a court filing released Friday.
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The purveyor of proprietary software is looking to expand its Shared Source Initiative to Office, which lets companies see source code underlying Office, server applications and more.
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Microsoft Research is working on an extension to the C# programming language. Code-named "Xen," the new language is an amalgamation of C#, XML and SQL.
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Spanish police arrested 14 people on charges of intellectual piracy Thursday after discovering 3,000 forged copies of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Professional Edition software along with forged certificates of authentication.
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Going into its third year, Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative is making gains but still has a long way to go.
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The software giant will alter Windows XP's "Shop for Music Online" feature in response to criticism from the U.S. government.
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