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Longhorn has already survived several major delays, intense scrutiny from the industry and a radical redesign of its features. But the toughest test for Microsoft's next release of Windows is still to come: Will anyone...

The disk drive industry is spinning its wheels, according to a new report. The industry, a notoriously difficult one in which to succeed, is stuck in a rut of cutthroat pricing and grim profit prospects,...

A top official of Microsoft last week claimed that governments that support open source software are not helping build a viable software ecosystem in their communities. Chris Sharp, director for platform strategy for Microsoft in...

SENIOR MEMORY analyst Nam Hyung Kim at iSuppli said in a weekly report that in his view it's unlikely Intel will succeed in shifting the market to DDR-2 during 2004. According to Kim, the major...

New PayPal users in the UK will face fresh restrictions from next month, when the company launches its full European service. At the moment, the firm's non-US customer accounts are held with...

MySQL AB on Monday released Version 4.0.17 of its MySQL open-source database software. The update features a number of cleaned up code defects that were recently sniffed out by an independent inspection company. ...

The AMD Opteron may hit Intel where it hurts, in its pocket. That's the message editor Kevin Krewell is promoting in the latest edition of the Microprocessor Report. Krewell says in the article...

Microsoft on Monday will detail a future version of Windows that will make it easier to detect and isolate viruses. Additionally, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer will show off new features in Microsoft Word...

Federal regulators are creating new protections for people plagued by unwanted telemarketing calls, establishing a national "do-not-call" list that consumers can use to keep their phones from ringing with sales pitches. FEDERAL...

With all the news at the moment on Windows XP's soon to be beta tested/released/leaked (whatever!) Service Pack 1 (SP1), I read this interesting snippet on The Register.And one last thing readers who're no better...