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Microsoft has unveiled more previews of Xbox 360 games. The showcase was in Tokyo, as the company tries to avoid another console flop in Japan. The Xbox 360 is scheduled to launch in Japan, North America, and Europe before the end of this year.
Microsoft posted solid growth for its fiscal fourth quarter 2005, highlighted by sales of server software. Revenue for the software maker's quarter ended June 30 was $10.2 billion, a nine per cent increase over the same period last year, when Microsoft brought in $9.3 billion.
It's not Longhorn anymore. Microsoft today announced that Windows Vista will be the official name of the next version of its flagship operating system, and that beta 1 of the OS will arrive by August 3.
Microsoft has announced the release of Virtual PC 7.0.2. The update to the PC emulation software for the Mac features fixes for Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" that came to light during final testing. It's available for download from Microsoft's Web site.
Apple's decision to abandon IBM PowerPC chips in favor of processors from Intel raises the possibility of new, affordable Apple computers that could boot both Mac OS X and Windows.
Researchers at Microsoft's labs in Cambridge, England, are developing a file-sharing technology that they say could make it easier to distribute big files such as films, television programs and otehr media to end users over the Internet.
Anyone who wants to learn more about the next Xbox console should tune in to MTV on May 12, Microsoft said Monday.
Several video game makers have committed to deliver titles for the second version of the Xbox console, Microsoft said Friday.
Microsoft's J Allard delivered his keynote on the future of gaming at the Game Developers' Conference on Thursday, describing the overall strategy for its next-generation console -- but skimping on the nitty gritty details.
Microsoft is again expanding the market for Windows XP Media Center Edition. The premium version of Windows XP will be available in 20 additional countries by year's end.
Microsoft plans to release the delayed "x64" versions of Windows XP at the end of April, a company spokeswoman said yesterday.
Microsoft plans to release a test version of a new Internet Explorer (IE) browser by the summer that better protects users from scams and malicious code while surfing the Web.
Microsoft plans to drop the "Home" and "Pro" tags with the next release of Windows, code-named Longhorn, and is looking at shipping a single product that includes the features found in today's Windows XP Media Center and Tablet PC editions.
In his ninth keynote speech at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Bill Gates did not unveil any new Microsoft products...
Microsoft has lost its bid to suspend sanctions imposed on its business practices by European regulators pending the outcome of an appeal.
Microsoft has announced that Halo 2 on Xbox sold over five million units worldwide and is now most popular game in the history of Xbox Live.
If you're keeping business books using Excel and Word, you'll be happy to learn there's a better way. Microsoft has announced Office Small Business Accounting designed to take on Intuit’s QuickBooks
Coming to a living room near you, Windows XP Media Center 2005 is Microsoft’s next big hope. We checked out a pre-production PC.
Microsoft has confirmed that a pirated copy of Halo 2 for Xbox in the PAL video format and French language has started circulating on the Internet late Wednesday night over newsgroups and piracy sites.
Microsoft will today officially launch its MSN Music store in the US, and eight European countries through a partnership with Loudeye.
