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    A test version of an updated Firefox browser is out, offering such features as automatic updates and improvements designed to speed browser navigation.

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    Microsoft confirmed on Thursday that it has suspended the beta release of MSN Messenger 7.0 because of a potential security hole affecting one of the program's features.

  • Microsoft launches Exchange Server 2007 SP1

    Microsoft on Friday launched Service Pack 1 for Windows Exchange Server 2007, which includes additions to the Exchange management console, Outlook Web access and disaster recovery.

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    Virus writers have unleashed the first program that infects 64-bit Windows files, antivirus firm Symantec said Monday.

  • 2007: How was it for Microsoft?

    2007 was an eventful year for Microsoft, with the company playing what it considered to be its trump card (only to discover Vista wasn't trumps, XP was). But the lovable giant had its fingers in many other pies -- making for a year of management changes, entry into unclaimed markets and new alliances.

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    In the just-released Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft mirrors the look and feel of other browsers while adding a few unique features.

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  • Office 2003 Beta 2: an IT perspective

    As Microsoft's forthcoming office suite takes clearer shape, we report on the latest beta version, and its implications for companies' IT strategies.

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    The browser company's success could be a case study about how boring could be better.

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    Microsoft said on Friday that it is aiming to release Longhorn in the first half of 2006--a move that will require the company to scale back some of its more ambitious plans for the next version of Windows.

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