Microsoft XP contains random number bug
Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.'s most popular operating system, sports the same encryption flaws that Israeli researchers recently disclosed in Windows 2000, Microsoft officials confirmed late Tuesday.
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Microsoft to release Halo 3 map pack
Microsoft on Monday said it would release three new Halo 3 multiplayer maps on Dec. 11 for 800 Microsoft Points -- maps will then be offered as a free download in spring 2008.
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Microsoft adds final touches to Vista Service Pack 1
Microsoft has released Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview to 15,000 testers as part of its private beta program.
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Vista's biggest problem 'remains XP'
Microsoft's biggest worry over Windows Vista shouldn't be rival operating systems from Apple or Red Hat, but remains competition from its own Windows XP, an analyst said Wednesday.
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Xbox 360 outsells PlayStation 3 in Japan
Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, according to a closely watched weekly sales ranking.
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Microsoft plans just two patches next week
Microsoft has scheduled just two security updates for Tuesday to fix flaws in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. One of the two is a leftover from October that was bumped at the last minute.
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Analysts unhappy with Windows Vista
If Microsoft's Windows Vista were graded for its first year, the report card would read "not meeting expectations," analysts said Friday, a year and a day after the operating system code went gold and was sent off for duplication.
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The clock ticking for younger Xbox 360 players
In addition to restricting the type of games played, Xbox 360 will soon be able to limit the total number of hours played by younger gamers.
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Microsoft calls Google's Android 'just a press release'
Google's plans to enter the mobile industry with a cell phone platform might have impressed many in the industry but not Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and one of Google's biggest competitors.
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How does Mac OS X Leopard Server measure up against Windows Server?
Comparing any Mac OS release with Windows is often like comparing aphids and orangutans. That is particularly true when looking at Apple's Mac OS X Leopard Server and Microsoft's Windows 2003 Server. Although they ultimately provide very similar features -- directory services, file and print services, various Internet services, and so forth -- the two platforms seem to be designed from completely different mind-sets.
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Microsoft redesigns T-Mobile phone interface
Microsoft built a custom Windows Mobile user interface for a new phone that T-Mobile USA expects to announce on Monday, evidence that Microsoft may be getting more serious about pursuing the consumer mobile market.
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Microsoft ships 88 million Vista copies
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped 88 million copies of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch.
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Facebook sells stake to Microsoft over Google
Facebook will sell a $240 million minority stake to Microsoft, which as part of the deal will also expand the advertising services it provides to the social networking phenom, the companies said Wednesday in a statement.
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Safari beats IE, Firefox in speed trials
Safari is faster than rival browsers from Microsoft and Mozilla, a North Carolina Web testing firm said Wednesday -- putting proof to Apple's June boast that its browser was the quickest.
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Microsoft calls Google out on online ads
Google has gotten undeservedly all the credit for many clicks on the online ads it delivers via its search engine, but Microsoft Corp. wants to put a stop to that.
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Microsoft offers IE7 to all, pirates included
Users running pirated or counterfeit copies of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 can now download Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft announced Thursday.
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Microsoft aims Zune 2.0 at social networking
Microsoft will take another crack at blending social networking with digital music next month with the release of new Zune music players and a renewed campaign to promote song sharing.
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Microsoft updates Vista's speed, stability, again
For the second time in two months, Microsoft has rolled out fixes to improve Windows Vista's speed and reliability.
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GADGETS: Microsoft unveils new Zunes
Microsoft has unveiled three new models of its Zune portable digital media players featuring touch-sensitive buttons for navigating the device, the ability to sync with wireless networks, and flash memory in two of them.
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Microsoft loses EU antitrust appeal
Microsoft failed Monday in its bid to overturn a European Commission antitrust ruling against it, when the European Union's second highest court dismissed the company's appeal and ordered it to pay the bulk of the Commission's legal expenses.