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Microsoft has developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use a computer in their own homes, similar to the way many people use pre-paid cards for cellphones. The…
When Microsoft researchers learned recently that a software flaw had been made public and could prompt internet attacks, the company ordered a team to fix the flaw and make the…
Amazon.com plans to broadcast on its website an original show hosted by Bill Maher and featuring performers and authors touting new releases — which will be for sale at the…
America Online (AOL) has sealed a late deal with Google to deepen their relationship, while leaving Microsoft as the spurned suitor. The software titan’s failure to woo AOL away…
Anyone who snagged one of Microsoft’s new Xbox 360s at its Tuesday debut will likely see the new video-game console as just that — a medium for spending hours playing the likes…
Microsoft is widely expected to announce on Tuesday further forays into software and services that can be accessed over the internet — a growing competitive arena that some say…
Machinists at Boeing voted overwhelmingly to strike, rejecting a three-year contract proposal their leaders had deemed ”insulting”. The strike by more than 18 000 assembly…
Amazon.com said on Wednesday that earnings for its all-important fourth quarter rose more than fourfold, but the internet retailing giant was helped by a big one-time tax benefit…
Though Microsoft’s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can’t do much about what’s already on computers — and that…
On the face of things, Microsoft’s online music service looks a lot like the market leader, Apple Computer’s iTunes. When the service launches on Thursday, songs will cost 99…
Microsoft, hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer’s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own website for selling songs over the internet. With…
Microsoft is close to releasing the biggest update ever for the Windows operating system, aiming to plug holes that have led to massive security problems for computer users the…
Microsoft may be best known for its dominant Windows product, but on Thursday Bill Gates touted software that’s far afield from your basic operating system. How about software…
Microsoft is already known for its aggressive efforts to extend its global reach. Now, it’s taking those efforts one step further. The latest versions of the company’s dominant…
As Lyndsay Williams trudged along snow-covered paths and passed by shop windows one recent day in Cambridge, England, so too did her SenseCam — automatically snapping hundreds of…
In the fall of 2002, Microsoft chairperson Bill Gates stood on stage at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre, home to the Academy Awards, and pronounced this ”the digital decade”. Eighteen…
