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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Year in review: Still waiting for Longhorn
January 7, 2005
Microsoft struggled with next major release of Windows. In meantime, it tried expanding OS franchise to supercomputers, living rooms.
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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.
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Microsoft corrals changes for Longhorn
August 27, 2004
To meet 2006 deadline for major Windows revision, software maker lops off WinFS file system.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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