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  • Gates: Every surface to be a computer

    It's one step removed from the Midas approach, but Bill Gates wants to turn nearly everything we touch into a computer.

  • Favourite tech flops

    A detour down memory lane of those innovative "can't miss" products and technologies that ended up on the cutting room floor. What will this year's "never was" product be?

  • Microsoft hopes 'Milan' table PC has magic touch

    At first glance, Microsoft's secret project looks like a 2007 version of the sit-down arcade game Ms. Pac Man. Only if this machine were running the game, you could just take your finger and flick away any monsters chasing the heroine.

  • An IBM-Microsoft conspiracy?

    Gates Mills, Ohio, is an actual town--population 2,508. Some "Microsoft is evil" conspiracy theorists believe that in this town resides the software world's version of "The Truman Show."

  • Gates: Microsoft will keep Google honest

    While Google has grabbed an early lead in search and Internet advertising, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates pledged on Wednesday that his company would "keep them honest."

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  • Gates talks about the future before farewell

    For years, Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. In this interview before his farewell speech, Gates talks about competitors, the future of DVD, and why all of those seamless connections between digital devices exist only in keynote speeches.

  • With Vista, seeing is believing, says Gates

    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks with CNET News.com's Ina Fried in New York about the long-awaited launch of his company's new operating system, Windows Vista.

  • Microsoft wants another billion users

    Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer got Microsoft its first billion customers. It's Will Poole's job to get the next billion.

  • Bill Gates goes to college

    Microsoft's chairman says that despite today's outsourcing trend, the United States needs to refocus on leading in computer science -- starting at its universities.

  • Lights out for Silverlight

    It's been a couple of weeks since the full announcement of Silverlight took place -- now that other players have shown some of their cards and the dust has begun to settle, what can we take from it?

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  • Xbox unveiled

    Amid much pomp and fanfare in Vegas--including an appearance by pro wrestling's The Rock--Microsoft's chairman takes the wraps off the long-awaited game platform.

  • AMD's Thoroughbred leaves the starting gate

    AMD's latest Athlon XP processor uses a smaller fabrication process and runs at a higher clock speed than its 'Palomino' predecessors. ZDNet puts it through its benchmark paces.

  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

    It's as fast as we imagined, but we wish AMD's new dual-core chip played better with other computer parts out of the gate.

  • Going long on Longhorn

    CNET News.com's Charles Cooper explains why the upcoming OS is so important to Microsoft and the rest of the tech industry.

  • Alternative protection against malicious code

    While viruses and online threats have gotten more sophisticated, so have the methods for protecting your PC. Get an inside look at what's available beyond antivirus software.

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