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• Roundup: EU pressures Microsoft to release more Windows secrets*
  Monday 26 December 2005 – 08:58
  European regulators have warned Microsoft that they could face a two million euro-per-day fine if they continue to produce interoperability documentation for the EC that no one can make any sense of. Can Microsoft produce a manual that shows how Windows can be made interoperable, in time to avoid a costly fine that could usurp its holdings in merely a few centuries' time?
• The Logitech G9 and Microsoft Side Winder Face-Off*
  Thursday 6 December 2007 – 04:14 in Consumer Electronics
  Here is something we at Tom’s Hardware would like to see more often. Two giants, Logitech and Microsoft, are head to head in the very specific area of high performance mice for gamers.
• A Tour of Microsoft's Research Venture in Downtown Beijing*
  Thursday 24 June 2004 – 06:00
  For the first time, Microsoft let a French journalist visit the Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) center in Beijing, which the company calls "the most dynamic and promising of Microsoft's research facilities." So what does that boast amount to? Here is a guided tour.
• UPDATE: EC indicates Microsoft's source code licensing may not be enough*
  Wednesday 25 January 2006 – 05:02
  A brief statement issued this evening, European time, on behalf of the European Commission, indicates that it is leaving its options open with regard to whether Microsoft's creation of new "reference licenses" for certain elements of Windows source code, qualifies as an adequate response to its call for documentation of those elements.
• Quad SLI Vs. 3-Way SLI*
  Thursday 12 June 2008 – 03:50
  Nvidia took another stab at Quad SLI with its GeForce 9800 GX2. Can two 9800 GX2s beat three 8800 Ultras? We compare two high-end gaming systems to find out.
• Lukewarm response to Microsoft's offer to share Windows code*
  Thursday 26 January 2006 – 06:51
  In public statements yesterday, EC Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes rendered an unofficial, preliminary rejection of Microsoft's offer to create a new licensing program for releasing its Windows source code, claiming that code is not self-explanatory as to the nature of how Windows works. Microsoft also didn't get the response it had hoped for from the rest of the world. Did the "barriers to entry" finally come tumbling down, not with a bang, but a whimper?
• The $20 million Intel/Microsoft multicore programming initiative*
  Friday 4 April 2008 – 10:00 in Business
  Most readers may already know about the news of Intel and Microsoft setting up two research centers called “The Universal Parallel Computing Research Center” (UPCRC) at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at...
• The rising cost of business: Is Microsoft planning something big?*
  Friday 28 April 2006 – 04:04
  During Microsoft's fiscal third-quarter conference call, the company's CFO stated it had sold 1.7 million Xbox 360s - approximately 200,000 more than it sold during the holiday season. But the cost of doing business means the company earned about 50% less money than it did that season for gaming consoles. And that's not all...What is Microsoft spending this money on, really ? Analysts want to know.
• Microsoft releases patches for 19 critical vulnerabilities*
  Thursday 10 May 2007 – 01:37
  Microsoft is patching 19 critical vulnerabilities as part of its regular "Patch Tuesday" round of fixes. The fixes cover security holes in Windows, Office and Internet Explorer...
• Microsoft MCE Keyboard: The Missing Link*
  Monday 15 August 2005 – 07:00
  PCs that use the Windows Media Center interface are experiencing growing success. But for use in a living room, they need an effective peripheral for input. This keyboard, especially designed for that application, is an interesting response to the problem.
• Hybrid hard drives: Can Samsung and Microsoft invent a new market for 2007?*
  Friday 17 March 2006 – 11:42
  For about a year, Samsung Semiconductor and Microsoft have been leading the development of hybrid hard drives, with the potential of improving system performance by orders of magnitude. Samsung, the Flash memory market leader, could have a new industry all to itself. But would a mandate from Microsoft for hybrid HDD inclusion in Premium Vista computers help or hurt the company?
• Microsoft dismisses claims of Vista breaking games, but ...*
  Wednesday 7 February 2007 – 07:34
  In a conversation with TG Daily, Microsoft defended itself against claims that Windows Vista does not run 90% of the games on the market today. However, while largely dismissing on one of big negative headlines flanking the launch of the new operating system, Microsoft conceded that the game rating process isn't perfect and there's at least one fix in the works.
• The summation: Did Microsoft just dodge a bullet in EU court?*
  Friday 28 April 2006 – 11:11
  An historic week of hearings in the European Commission antitrust case against Microsoft drew to a close this morning in the Court of First Instance, with one of the leading judges on the 13-member panel expressing skepticism over whether the EC made its case. If neither party made a slam-dunk...does Microsoft escape another antitrust penalty?
• Microsoft Buys Linux (April Fool)*
  Tuesday 1 April 2003 – 07:00
  In a move that is bound to humiliate many people who take things too seriously, Microsoft announced that it has purchased Linux today. When asked for comment, Bill Gates was heard to say, "Now let's see them say something bad about me on Slashdot." AMD said the news will delay Hammer by another year, which will put it right on track with where the company hoped it would be.
• Microsoft Gets Inside Samsung, Creative Portable Video*
  Thursday 16 December 2004 – 06:00
  Two OEMs, one software behemoth: Samsung and Creative have launched portable media players for the Christmas buying season with a user interface conjured up by Microsoft. But do they have what it takes to make it in the brave new world of portable video?