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  • Apple to double its market share in three years?

    By 2011, Apple will double its market share in the US and Europe -- a trend that will also mean an onslaught of Apple devices invading corporate networks, new research predicts.

  • Windows 7 gets down to business

    With Windows 7, Microsoft is trying not to make the same mistakes it did with Windows Vista. That much is clear.

  • XP and Vista to get new media player

    Microsoft plans to jazz up its music player in Windows Vista, the company's next operating system. But at least some of the new features will debut much sooner.

  • Public gets peek at Windows Media Player 11

    Taking aim at the dominance of Apple Computer, Microsoft this week is launching a test version of a revamped jukebox aimed at trying to knock iTunes down a peg.

  • Gates pushes PC-TV connection

    Kicking off the Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates demonstrated new technology for connecting digital content on Windows PCs to home entertainment centers, TVs and portable devices.

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    ActiveSync: why is it so awful?

    As a user of Microsoft's ActiveSync for some years, I've always viewed it as an essential but utterly shoddy piece of software...

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  • Gates on launching Zune, spiffing up Office

    Microsoft's chairman looks ahead to how the music player might morph and tells why changes in Office 2007 are "such a big deal."

  • Windows Server's identity crisis

    Microsoft changes the name of its high-end server software for the third time. Windows Server 2003 is scheduled for an April release.

  • Microsoft: We're in 'fighting shape'

    In a rare joint interview, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discuss ad-supported software, the battles against Sony and Google, and what's so great about the upcoming Vista.

  • 10 ways to avoid being the victim of identity theft

    Identity theft is on the increase, to the tune of 10 million victims in the U.S. and $50 billion in costs. Share this list of preventive measures with your end users, friends, and family members to help protect them from this escalating crime.

  • Tech giants lock down wireless content

    A group of technology heavyweights is expected to take the wraps off a secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices, according to sources familiar with the plans.

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  • First Take: Windows Media Player 10 Beta

    Microsoft's Technical Beta release of Windows Media Player 10 features a redesigned interface that provides easy access to online media stores. It also syncs better with portable devices.

  • Microsoft releases Media Player 10 beta

    Microsoft released the first test version of its new Windows Media Player software Wednesday, marking a significant upgrade aimed squarely at the burgeoning portable device market.

  • Longhorn goes beyond search

    Microsoft will build multiple search solutions into the next version of Windows. Is it enough?

  • Tablet PCs off to solid start

    Shipments of tablet PCs topped 72,000 units in the fourth quarter of last year, and will "grow considerably" this year, research firm IDC said Friday.

  • Windows faces new competition: Itself

    In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

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