Microsoft awarded 'double-click' patent
Microsoft has been granted a patent relating to the use of buttons on hardware devices that form part of a user interface.
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Web services to link printers, cameras
Microsoft, Intel, Lexmark and Ricoh have detailed new Web services technology designed to make it easier for users to connect devices such as printers, digital cameras and digital music players over a network.
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Gates calls for 64-bit driver support
Microsoft executives have urged hardware makers to build drivers for the upcoming 64-bit releases of Windows, lest the adoption of 64-bit computing be held back by hardware incompatibilities.
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Win XP for Tablet PC updated
Microsoft has announced the first major revision to its Tablet operating system, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (code-named Lonestar). The update will be a free upgrade for current Tablet PC owners, and is slated to appear this summer.
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Windows Media Player makes inroads
Microsoft is expanding the reach of its Windows Media 9 player, announcing at the National Association of Broadcasters conference here this week several partnerships and services that will use the codec, strengthening its viability as a standard for broadcast and future DVD products.
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Prepare for Office 2004 for Mac
With Microsoft's Office tools for Mac due a major upgrade next month, Digit takes a look at what Mac users can expect from Office 2004.
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MS reveals XNA for game dev
Microsoft has announced a next-generation games development platform called XNA at the Game Developers' Conference in California. The platform will be used to develop games on all future game platforms, including the Xbox Next and PCs, Microsoft said.
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MS media players come to Europe
Microsoft has reached content deals in Europe with EMI and Napster for handheld devices running Windows Mobile software for Portable Media Centers, Microsoft said Thursday. The devices allow users to watch videos and recorded television, listen to music and browse photograph albums on the move.
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Crunch time for Windows security
Windows security has become Microsoft's big headache. Can the company restore faith in its OS with the forthcoming Service Pack 2?
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Microsoft develops Xbox Live features
Microsoft has announced that it is planning a set of new features for its Xbox Live service this year, including limited data storage on its network. Code-named "Tsunami," the features are still in the planning stage, and are expected to roll out gradually throughout the year.
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Xbox Next hardware specs leaked
According to the San Jose Mercury News, "Microsoft has quietly circulated the specifications for its next-generation Xbox video-game console," giving a glimpse for the first time of the internal architecture of the console.
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Microsoft faces graphics patent trial
A federal judge has found that Microsoft encroached upon registered patents for a process that improves the quality of images displayed on computer screens and paper printouts. Research Corporation Technologies (RCT) sued Microsoft in 2001. RCT charges that Microsoft uses technology covered by i
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Sony shows playing-card size camcorder