Vista Home Premium 'selling well'
Microsoft's wish that consumers purchase the premium versions of Windows Vista rather than the most basic version of the OS may be coming true, according to the findings of a research report released Thursday.
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Apple, Microsoft may share centre stage
The phone many exhibitors and attendees are talking about won't even be on display at next week's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, the year's largest mobile industry exhibition. Software and phone developers are comparing the products they'll exhibit at the conference to the iPhone, even though Apple won't be at 3GSM and the iPhone isn't available yet.
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Microsoft to put Office in Windows Mobile
For studio heads and connected designer-types who want Microsoft Office on their mobile phones, Windows Mobile 6, the upcoming version of Redmond's mobile operating system to be unveiled next week, will be a must-have upgrade.
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Microsoft boosts IE 7 performance
Microsoft has quietly released a patch aimed at improving the performance of Internet Explorer 7's phishing filter ahead of the company's regular patching schedule, which occurs on the Tuesday of every month.
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Are creative tools ready for Windows Vista?
Before you can think about upgrading to Windows Vista, you need to know your applications will run properly. Digit checks in with Adobe, Autodesk and others to find what's ready to go.
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Gates brings Windows Vista to Europe
Microsoft's Bill Gates ushered his company's new Vista operating system and Office 2007 software suite into Europe on Tuesday morning, near the end of a round-the-world event that brings the software to 70 countries in 19 languages.
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Tokyo queues for Windows Vista
Hundreds of people braved chilly weather in Tokyo on Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday to be among the first in the world to buy a retail copy of the Windows Vista operating system.
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Review: first Microsoft Vista PC tests
It's been a long wait, but Windows Vista PCs are here. We evaluated the first batch of desktop systems preloaded with Microsoft's new operating system.
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INTERVIEW: Bill Gates on convergence
Microsoft is at a crucial point in its expanding efforts in the consumer arena. Company chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates used his keynote address at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to unveil the Windows Home Server and announce that major service providers like AT&T would offer the Xbox 360 as a set-top box alternative. These announcements follow the launch of the Zune MP3 player and come right before the late January release of the retail version of Vista.
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French game maker sues Microsoft over Halo
A legal battle between Microsoft Corp. and a French video game publisher appears to be holding up the development of a mobile version of Halo, the popular Xbox game.
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Microsoft reveals Expression design tools
Eyeing the rich application design space, Microsoft on Monday is detailing milestones in its Expression design tools platform, including the introduction of Expression Media to manage video files, images, and fonts. The company will announce Expression Studio, a suite of four products. The full suite, however, will not ship until the second quarter of 2007.
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Microsoft: Web design app due mid-2007
Microsoft plans to release its first suite of Web and graphic design software by mid-2007, putting it into head-to-head competition with graphics kingpin, Adobe. The software suite, now named Expression Studio, is expected to ship sometime in the second quarter. All four components will sell for a combined price of $599.
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Vista adoption 'to outpace Windows XP'
Adoption of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system will happen at a faster pace than any previous operating system release, a software analyst predicted last week.
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Microsoft offers Flash, IE security update
Microsoft has issued six security updates, fixing critical bugs in Windows components ranging from Internet Explorer to the Microsoft NetWare client service.
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Google, Yahoo partner to help Web designers
Strange bedfellows Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have partnered to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their sites' content for indexing in the companies' search engines.
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Xbox 360 to gain video downloads
Microsoft will launch a new service later this month that allows customers in the US to download movies and television programs through their Xbox 360 gaming consoles. A similar service in the UK is expected to follow.
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Software, Xbox lift Microsoft financials
A strong quarter from its software server and entertainment divisions helped Microsoft beat Wall Street analyst expectations for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, which ended September 30.
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Microsoft moves on AJAX
Microsoft has released a beta version of its AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming technology, formerly code-named Atlas and now called Microsoft ASP.Net AJAX v1.0.
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Microsoft Vista to launch November 23
The long-awaited Windows Vista and Office 2007 will make their debut on November 23 -- in Canada. The Canadian debut will feature a launch event in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on November 23, according to Microsoft Corp.'s MSDN Canada Web site.
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First review of Internet Explorer 7
Version 7 of Microsoft's dominant Web browser packs in interface changes, many new features, and plenty of under-the-hood updates. It also arrives just before version 2 of the up-and-coming Firefox browser, which may be just days away. So which new browser is your best bet?