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  • Antitrust settlement shapes XP update

    Microsoft is finishing work on an update to its Windows XP operating system, clearing the way for public release of the software within the next few days, sources say.

  • Microsoft targeted in two new antitrust probes

    Microsoft is again under the EU Commission's microscope, as the European body opens two new antitrust investigations into the software giant's activities.

  • Java spat to percolate in court

    Microsoft's legal worries continue on Tuesday, when it will square off against Sun Microsystems in an antitrust suit filed by its bitter rival.

  • Sun slams MS with antitrust suit

    Sun Microsystems has filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, seeking damages that could top US$1 billion partly over the software giant's handling of Sun's Java software.

  • Microsoft: Same as the old boss

    Microsoft wins big in appeals, shrugs off the antitrust police, and rides toward a new, stronger monopoly. Will Bill Gates lead the charge to victory, or straight back into the courts?

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  • Google: Gunning for desktop space

    In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

  • Netscape: Bowed, but not broken

    The Netscape browser turns 10 years old on Thursday as a shadow of its former self, but the lights haven't gone out yet on one of the most storied brands in Web history.

  • Google's desktop bet

    Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.

  • You can't hide in a digital office

    The average paper shredder does nothing to alter the computers where the vast majority of those paper documents originated.

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