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  • Trust us with your online health records: Microsoft

    Microsoft hopes consumers will use its HealthVault service to store all of their health records online.

  • Ozzie memo: 'Internet services disruption'

    Last week, Microsoft announced its plans for two new online services: Windows Live and Office Live. However, it is clear that Microsoft sees more work ahead as it tries to catch up with rivals offering free, ad-supported products. Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie, who is leading the services push, outlined the challenge in a memo he penned late last month.

  • Gates and the code-jockey elite

    Five years ago this week, Bill Gates passed the CEO baton to Steve Ballmer.

  • Interview: Gates gambles on Longhorn

    Even after all his triumphs, Bill Gates is still a gambling man.

  • Down and out in Australia

    Do Australian companies really need a business continuity plan? ZDNet Australia finds out what all the talk is about in disaster recovery and continuity planning.

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  • 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?

  • Down and out in Australia

    Do Australian companies really need a business continuity plan? ZDNet Australia finds out what all the talk is about in disaster recovery and continuity planning.

  • MS Mobility platform targets enterprises

    At a recent conference, Microsoft laid out its strategy for enabling developers to create next-generation location-aware applications.

  • What if we could create a PC vaccine?

    A US company wants to inject computer networks with randomly generated malicious code in order to build the necessary defences before the next Nimda-like worm strikes.

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  • MS: Secure computing is still a decade away

    COMMENTARY--One year ago, Bill Gates challenged his Microsoft troops to make the company's products more trustworthy. What's been accomplished? A bit. What still needs to be done? A lot.

  • Windows XP marks the crossroads

    Eric Knorr says the release of Windows XP raises the most important question in computing today: The Internet may be a nice place to visit--but do you really want to live there?

  • Should You Set Your Sights on Windows XP

    Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.

  • MS: You don't trust us? OK, we'll open Passport, Hailstorm

    Microsoft appears to understand that you don't trust it and its plans for storing all your personal information. Unexpectedly, it's acting on that understanding--by changing Passport's security model and assuring users that Hailstorm won't be the only game in town.

  • XP spells controversy

    Microsoft has released a new preview version of its forthcoming OS, but as the final release date approaches, Windows XP has become a lightning rod for the company's many detractors.

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