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  • Portal envy strikes AOL

    After fighting a rearguard battle for much of the past two years, America Online is going on the offensive with a new plan to retain customers and expand its business on the Web--a strategy it has tried before with little success.

  • Microsoft moves on after Yahoo break-up

    In the wake of Microsoft's decision to pull its Yahoo offer, executives are trying to make the case that Redmond's online business can go it alone.

  • Key executive resigns from Microsoft

    A Microsoft executive with a "substantial role" in the company's MSN division has resigned.

  • Microsoft behind US$12m payment to Opera

    Microsoft agreed to pay Norway's Opera Software US$12.75 million to head off a threatened lawsuit over code that made some Web pages on MSN look bad in certain versions of Opera's Web browser, CNET News.com has learned.

  • MSN joins desktop search fray

    Microsoft's MSN has unveiled desktop-search technology, entering a hotly contested race to dominate information access on the PC.

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  • Microsoft's new search head on how Redmond will fight Google

    When it comes to Web search, Microsoft is the undisputed underdog, a position it doesn't usually find itself in. Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of search and advertising at Microsoft, explains how the company plans to improve its market share and improve search for the long haul.

  • Windows Live rooted in MSN's past

    Microsoft's new batch of services borrows heavily from current or proposed products. Is Windows Live just another name for MSN?

  • Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality

    Ten years ago, Microsoft executives worried that an Internet platform could threaten Windows. The nightmare now has a name: Google.

  • What's really inside--and behind--Office 2003

    Commentary: The upcoming version of Office isn't just another software upgrade: The new features that you'll see aren't that interesting. What is interesting is going on behind the scenes.

  • New threat exposes Internet Explorer, again

    Microsoft Internet Explorer contains two newly discovered flaws. Here are the details on patching the holes and a look at how Microsoft seems to be dancing around the problem.

Reviews (9)

  • MSN gets on search bandwagon

    Web portal MSN is testing a new search service that touts faster, tidier results, in what is the latest development in a fast-moving contest to help people find what they're looking for online.

  • Deepnet Explorer

    This browser is built on the Internet Explorer engine yet includes built-in features Microsoft does not provide.

  • Microsoft tweaks its browser

    Unlike the last update of archrival Netscape’s browser package, which represented a major redesign, the Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Public Preview makes less than earth-shattering changes. That said, Microsoft did enhance the Search Companion, tweak error reporting and integrate additional online privacy information.

  • What's really inside--and behind--Office 2003

    Commentary: The upcoming version of Office isn't just another software upgrade: The new features that you'll see aren't that interesting. What is interesting is going on behind the scenes.

  • Crouching Jaguar, hidden features

    Apple developers now have their paws on a final beta of Jaguar, the next major Mac OS X update. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the beta version of Apple's latest operating system.

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