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• Microsoft counting on Office XP cash surge

  While Microsoft's upcoming Windows XP operating system and Xbox game console may grab the headlines, nothing beats the company's Office applications for sheer moneymaking power. That's why Office XP, set to debut in the US on Thursday, is financially the most important product Microsoft will ship this fiscal year, analysts say.

• XP activation FAQs

  As the popularity of Windows XP and Office XP grows, you may have some questions posed to you. Here are some basics of Microsoft's latest antipiracy effort, Product Activation.

• Special: Microsoft Windows XP

  Windows XP carries monumental significance for the high-technology industry and the Internet. ZDNet Australia provides up-to-date news and analysis on the eve of the product's launch.

• Microsoft changes Windows license terms

  Microsoft has changed the licensing terms it imposes on PC manufacturers to install its Windows operating system, responding to a recent ruling in its antitrust case.

• Microsoft: Same as the old boss

  Microsoft wins big in appeals, shrugs off the antitrust police, and rides toward a new, stronger monopoly. Will Bill Gates lead the charge to victory, or straight back into the courts?

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• XP activation FAQs

  As the popularity of Windows XP and Office XP grows, you may have some questions posed to you. Here are some basics of Microsoft's latest antipiracy effort, Product Activation.

• How to determine costs in an XP deployment

  The cost of XP deployment projects can vary significantly, depending on the size of the organisation and scope of the business requirements. This article examines best practices and expenditures in XP deployments.

• UPDATE: Microsoft puts price, date on new Office

  Microsoft has set an October 22 Australian release date and announced US pricing for the next version of its Office software package.

• How would you improve the next MS Office?

  The next version of Microsoft Office is due in the next year or so. If you were product manager for the industry-standard office suite, what would you add? What would you get rid of? What would you fix?

• Project Server: Building an enterprise resource usage view

  Project 2002 Pro features a Portfolio Analyzer that gives you access to rich OLAP data via Microsoft Excel Pivot Table and Pivot Chart. Learn to build a resource usage view with an enterprise scope.

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• The ties that bind XP to the Web

  Smart Tags - probably the most important new feature in Office XP - may give the software giant some control over your Web browsing habits

• Windows XP: Coming Soon

  What, specifically, can end users and organisations expect from Windows XP and Office XP? Microsoft went a long way toward answering these questions recently, showing off early versions of the software at an event in Seattle.

• Microsoft's ultimatum: Upgrade to XP by October--or else

  Wouldn't it be great if you could get all your big customers to make their next two years' worth purchases all before October 1--and still give you more money over the coming two years? That's exactly what Microsoft is doing, and short of customer revolt or federal action, they will probably get away with it.

• My first look at Windows XP: It's great. Here's why.

  Microsoft's new Windows XP--at least the beta builds I've been playing with--combines the best of Windows 2000 with what I like about Windows Me, and then goes a step further. And this is good.

• Microsoft Office XP: The User Takes Command

  Microsoft hits the mark with Office XP, a substantial improvement to Office 2000. Check out our early take on the software.

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