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The people have spoken and Microsoft is listening. The company has decided to continue selling Windows XP through the end of June 2008, which is five months past the original deadline. The extension applies to both retail sales of XP and the company’s OEM deals with major manufacturers.
There are some customers who need a little [...]

Today at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston, Microsoft released an update to its .Net Micro Framework 2.0 development platform for embedded systems.
The software features a number of new enhancements to help users build secure and widely compatible applications for resource constrained environments.
Service Pack 1 includes a utility that facilitates the automated provisioning of mobile [...]

The Free Software Foundation says Microsoft’s deal to resell Novell’s open source software stack makes it a party to the GPLv3 and extends patent protection automatically to all open source users.
The FSF, creators of the controversial new software license designed to fend off lawsuits against open source users insists that Microsoft is bound by the [...]

This is an example of what Microsoft might do if it were given the chance to redesign the packaging for the Apple iPod:

This week, Microsoft announced some updates to Windows Live Hotmail, including 5 GB of free storage.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Windows Live SkyDrive has a relatively measly 500 MB of storage. Why isn’t Microsoft’s online storage integrated?
If Microsoft is really trying to create something OS-like for the Internet, why not start with the data [...]

In a widely anticipated move, Microsoft has reduced the retail price for its Xbox 360 video game consoles by up to $50 in an effort to keep pace with similar moves by rival Sony.
According to Microsoft, the 20-Gbyte version of the Xbox 360 will carry a $349.99 price tag and the basic Core system will [...]