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A Microsoft executive with a "substantial role" in the company's MSN division has resigned.
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.
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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.
This browser is built on the Internet Explorer engine yet includes built-in features Microsoft does not provide.
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.
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.
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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