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Can Jerry Seinfeld add cool to Microsoft?

August 23, 2008 — 8:16pm ET | By Judi Hasson
Can a funny, well-known pitchman help Microsoft overcome its Windows Vista operating system woes, making consumers feel better about a product they have not grown to love? It appears the software... Read more...

HP: Sales of XP outstrips Vista

August 8, 2008 — 8:42am ET | By Paul Mah
One of the top PC makers, Hewlett-Packard, has revealed that the number of machines loaded with Windows XP that it is selling outstrips that of Windows Vista. On the surface, this appears to fly... Read more...

Microsoft announces record revenues of $60 billion

July 18, 2008 — 10:01am ET | By Paul Mah
Microsoft has announced a 18 percent growth in revenues from fiscal 2007, earning a historic $60 billion for its fiscal year of 2008 that ended on June 30. Increased demand for Office,... Read more...

Microsoft stops offering boxed Windows XP

July 1, 2008 — 2:40am ET | By Paul Mah
As of Monday, June 30, Microsoft has stopped offering boxed copies of the seven-year-old Windows XP operating system for sale. Having said that, various levels of product support for Windows XP... Read more...

Hardware makers warned to start testing Windows 7 devices soon

June 3, 2008 — 6:24am ET | By Paul Mah
In an apparent bid to avoid the device driver compatibility problems that plagued the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has ordered hardware makers to begin testing on the first beta version of... Read more...

Why Microsoft is quiet about Windows 7

May 27, 2008 — 7:52am ET | By Paul Mah

In a candid interview, Steven Sinofsky revealed that Windows 7 will be an evolutionary improvement over Windows Vista. In short, drivers and software that works with Windows Vista will continue to

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Vista gets the cold shoulder

May 19, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new survey has found that fewer than 1 in 12 programmers currently are writing applications targeting Windows Vista, with most still sticking with ASP.Net and Windows Forms applications and finding... Read more...

Microsoft green lights XP SP3 and Vista SP1

May 9, 2008 — 11:55am ET | By Mehan Jayasuriya

Been waiting with baited breath for Microsoft to resume downloads for Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1? Breathe a sigh of relief. The company has apparently managed to sort out ... Read more...

Vista SP1, XP SP3 delayed!

May 2, 2008 — 11:34am ET | By Mehan Jayasuriya

Uh oh. With Windows Vista SP1 and ... Read more...

Vista update zaps USB devices

April 18, 2008 — 12:06pm ET | By Mehan Jayasuriya

Been eyeing that Windows Vista SP1 pre-requisite KB938371 update? You might want to hold off, at least for the time being. Turns out that the update has been inadvertently disabling USB devices

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