The next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, isn't due for a few years. But Microsoft has recently divulged more information on the OS, which promises to be a significant upgrade.
The new wave of hybrid PDA business phones are here. The gadget gurus from RMIT decide who talks the talk.
Windows XP, the operating system formerly known as Whistler, is designed for people who are afraid of their computers--and for those of us who love and support them. It is, as Bill Gates said, the most important release since Windows 95, and it will change the way many people relate to computers (especially people who haven't bought one yet).
The appeal of a tiny 1.58 kg notebook is obvious to those who lug around a traditional laptop. But what isn't as well known is that many of the negatives of these machines are fading away.
After months of touting Vista's geekier side, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday highlighted features designed to convince the average consumer that they need the next version of Windows.
Although he's highly critical of the remedies proposed by nine states and the District of Columbia in his company's antitrust trial, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has acknowledged that some of the restrictions would have prevented the company from engaging in behaviour that an earlier court deemed illegal.
An appeals court will soon rule whether Microsoft is an illegal monopoly that should be split in two. But that has not sidetracked Chairman Bill Gates from forging ahead with a plan to dominate the market for Web services.
Unless one side or another decides to appeal, Friday's decision could mark the final chapter in a case once said to be a definitive one for antitrust law in the 21st century.
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer might not have made the trip Down Under, but Microsoft stressed Australians played a significant role in designing the new Windows Vista operating system at its launch in Sydney today.
Opera Software has challenged Microsoft to develop a browser which adheres to standards but will Microsoft take it up?
Scott McNealy spent years sniping at the "evil empire" of Bill Gates. Now, a more customer-centric approach unites the archrivals, forcing them to bury the hatchet.
Will the increasing popularity of the Firefox open-source browser propel it into mainstream businesses or will Microsoft up its game to compensate?
In final instalment of 'Securing Microsoft', Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats. With Microsoft now outspending everyone with their massive security budget, will it be enough to stop ever more sophisticated security threats?
Ten years ago, Microsoft executives worried that an Internet platform could threaten Windows. The nightmare now has a name: Google.
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