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Gates: Privacy a 'challenge' as software advances

As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose an "interesting software challenge," says Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Read more »

Windows 7 goes beyond keyboard and mouse

Alternate inputs methods like gestures, speech and handwriting recognition are set to appear in the next version of Windows. Read more »

Gates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo

For a man a few months away from leaving his job, Bill Gates has a lot on his mind. Read more »

Steve Wozniak: $100 laptop deserves a Nobel Prize

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed he's a big fan of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project but confessed that his own plans to switch entirely to the device have gone awry. Read more »

Interview with Bill Gates

This week Microsoft have released a host of announcements revolved around Longhorn, Whidbey and the future of Web services. Bill Gates sheds some light on the future of their platforms in this interview. Read more »

Gates: Microsoft to offer anti-spyware

Microsoft plans to offer its own anti-spyware software, Chairman Bill Gates said Friday. Read more »

Microsoft gives US govt sneak peek of Windows 7

Microsoft has said precious little about Windows 7, but it has provided at least one outsider with an early test version of the forthcoming operating system. Read more »

Microsoft AU retracts XP SP2 manufacturing release

update--A red-faced Microsoft Australia has backflipped on a statement issued earlier today that said Windows XP Service Pack 2 had been released to manufacturing. Read more »

Vista looks to get tablets on write track

Microsoft tunes Windows Vista to help tablet PCs make better sense of your scribbles and scrawls. Read more »

Allchin: From Longhorn to Lonestar

While Microsoft won't say when to expect Longhorn, Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin did commit to some interim milestones and promised some other Windows releases along the way. Read more »

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Google vs. Microsoft

At the 2008 Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner fellow gave a presentation titled "Google vs. Microsoft", discussing the seeming battle between the two companies. Read more »

Wooing interns to Silicon Valley

Students working at companies like Google enjoy lots of perks and hands-on training. But a stint at Microsoft gets you a date with Bill Gates. Read more »

Driving towards in-car software

Developing applications to run inside cars is a fascinating and potentially lucrative market for developers. But what systems are actually running under the hood, and what hurdles do you have to overcome to build for them? Read more »

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