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Microsoft: Longhorn beta unlikely this year

April 1, 2004 Efforts to shore up security on Windows XP pull developers away from the update effort, setting back the release, and probably causing some planned features to be cut. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, Jim Allchin, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, test version, beta, service pack, Steve Ballmer, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., developer, operating system

Microsoft preps XP push, mulls Longhorn 'priorities'

August 26, 2004 Software giant readies slew of new products for the holidays and revisits options for major Windows revision, News.com has learned. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, Service Pack 2, holiday season, revision, priority, Microsoft Windows XP, push, Bill Gates, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft reins in Longhorn for 2006 launch

April 9, 2004 It's aiming to release the Windows update by the first half of 2006--which means scaling back some of its more ambitious plans for features. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, WinFS, Jim Allchin, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Update, Steve Ballmer, file system, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Microsoft overhauls Longhorn plans

August 27, 2004 update To get next version of Windows out on time, company to delay some planned features, sources say. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, WinFS, Microsoft Indigo, file system, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system

XP slated for marketing burst

May 5, 2004 With half of today's PCs running earlier versions of Windows and plans for Longhorn's release pushed off until 2006, Microsoft plans a fall marketing blitz to boost sales of the current XP. TAGS: Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Longhorn, service pack, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC, security

Week in review: Resuscitating Windows

August 27, 2004 Microsoft remaps the road to Longhorn as, on another front, companies get to grips with the SP2 update. Plus: An APB for P2P criminals. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, Jim Allchin, Service Pack 2, Week in review, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, information technology manager, P2P, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Windows XP update moves ahead

December 18, 2003 Microsoft releases a beta version of the second major update to its PC operating system, with security features the focus of the changes. TAGS: Service Pack 2, service pack, Microsoft Windows Messenger, beta version, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Longhorn, patch management, firewall, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, operating system, PC

This week in Longhorn, Tiger

April 15, 2005 Microsoft offers a peek at its next version of Windows, while Apple Computer announced its planned date of delivery for its own next-generation update to its operating system. TAGS: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Longhorn, operating system, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft: To secure IE, upgrade to XP

September 23, 2004 Affirms plan to make browser upgrades available only through XP updates, while half the Windows world operates with older OSes. TAGS: older version, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Internet Explorer, upgrade, operating system, Web browser, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Gates and the code-jockey elite

January 14, 2005 Five years after becoming Microsoft's chief software architect, he can finally be judged on a record, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says. TAGS: Bill Gates, chief software architect, Microsoft Longhorn, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., idea, security, Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Windows

XP, Exchange take center stage at TechEd

May 21, 2004 Microsoft is expected to lay off Longhorn evangelism in favor of current products at its IT conference next week. TAGS: TechEd, service pack, Service Pack 2, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Longhorn, e-mail server, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., conference, virus, information technology, IBM Corp., software company, operating system

Apple: Open-source pedigree will protect Tiger

September 1, 2004 Company is banking on the open-source heritage of its OS to spare Tiger, the fifth version of the software, from security woes that dog Microsoft. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, Apple Computer, open source, banking, Service Pack 2, operating system, security, Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS, developer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft behind $12 million payment to Opera

May 24, 2004 A confidential settlement ends a litigation threat in a simmering dispute over interoperability problems affecting Opera Software's browser, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Opera Software, settlement, litigation, payment, Netscape Communications Corp., claim, Microsoft Longhorn, Service Pack 2, digital-rights management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., MSN, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Chips, and a trip-up, from Intel

April 15, 2005 Chipmaker looks to dual cores and China for new opportunities and touches off minor controversy with its unending interest in Moore's Law. TAGS: librarian, dual-core, Service Pack 2, copy, Week in review, Intel, Microsoft Longhorn, theory, PC company, chip company, notebook computer, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Corp., security
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