European regulators, who have been examining the privacy implications of everything from Microsoft's Passport network to cookies, say music-player software may require a closer look.
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With Longhorn set to enter beta testing next year, Microsoft has begun to make plans for supporting new hardware technologies in the upcoming version of Windows. At the top of the list is the inclusion of native DVD write capabilities, with floppy-like drag and drop writing support. But multiple non-interchangeable DVD formats may lead Microsoft to back a single technology and force manufacturers to reach a consensus on standards.
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Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates sold more than $400 million worth of his shares in the software giant since early June and plans to sell millions more under a routine diversification plan, his spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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Microsoft insisted Tuesday that its .NET Passport service complied with European data protection laws, rejecting charges that it is "surreptitiously" collecting and passing on personal information about users.
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Instead of putting its support behind newer wireless network standard 802.11a, it is advocating that products use that standard together with the older one, known as 802.11b.
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Microsoft insisted Tuesday that its .NET Passport service complied with European data protection laws, rejecting charges that it is "surreptitiously" collecting and passing on personal information about users.
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Microsoft is speeding up efforts to weed out moldy code in Windows and other software after last week's revelation of a security hole involving an all-but-obsolete Internet protocol.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Friday it was talking with the European Commission over allegations it rigged its operating system software to work better on its server software than rival products. "There are discussions," Jean-Philippe Courtois, Microsoft president for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, told reporters at a European business forum. "We are anxious to get this legal case behind us." John Frank, Microsoft associate general counsel for Europe, said the U.S. software giant would like to discuss a settlement once the issue became clearer for European Union officials.
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Microsoft's CEO calls on workers to take more responsibility for leading the high-tech industry and reshaping the software maker's image.
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The software maker announces plans for technology that will allow businesses to verify user identities between companies and applications using Web services standards.
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British regulators ban from television an ad for Microsoft's Xbox console that shows a newborn flying through a window and morphing into an elderly man screaming into his grave.
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Hotmail users are told that they must upgrade to MSN Extra Storage, which will cost $19.95 a year, if they want to continue checking outside e-mail accounts through the service.
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