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• At Microsoft, the yin and yang of Linux

  What's Microsoft up to in its Linux research centre? Chief penguin dissector Bill Hilf offers a peek.

• Blogs put developers in Microsoft 'cockpit'

  Microsoft quietly launched a new site on Tuesday that combines blogs, discussion forums and other technology to improve communications with developers.

• Microsoft--forget PR, clean up the code

  Have you noticed that Microsoft is on the offensive? After countless months of reading press clippings about the pathetic state of Windows security, the folks in Redmond have decided to fight back with one of their strongest weapons--public relations.

• Aust Uni professor advises Microsoft on security

  A professor from Sydney's Macquarie University is among a group of academic heavyweights brought in to help software behemoth Microsoft formulate policies to make its products more secure and user-friendly.

• OS X insecure -- how do you like 'dem Apples?

  Say what you want about how great OS X is, but Apple dropped the ball when it found out there were vulnerabilities in its flagship operating system. It didn't release a patch when the issues became public, didn't ask the company that found the flaws, @Stake, for any time to produce a free fix, and has resorted to spin to save itself further embarrassment.

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  Six different Vistas, same old view

  As we slowly creep closer to the launch of Windows Vista, it seems that the six different versions of Microsoft's new operating system are for the benefit of the company's PR machine rather than its customers.

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• Securing Microsoft: From the Blaster worm to Blue Hat

  From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.

• Microsoft out-Firefoxed?

  The software giant is playing it low-key, but a barrage of verbal pyrotechnics is around the bend.

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• Microsoft's Smart Display: What Redmond did wrong

  Microsoft has postponed the launch of its highly touted new Smart Display--the tablet-sized gadget formerly known as Mira. That's a good move--because there are some pretty stupid things in the Smart Display's design.

• Microsoft moves into chip world with Xbox

  There's a multibillion-dollar company moving into the chip business: Microsoft.

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