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EU blow to Microsoft on Windows
Microsoft will be forced to hand over to rivals what the group claims is sensitive and valuable technical information about its Windows operating system for next to no compensation, according to a confidential document seen by the FT.
Vista marks end of an era for Microsoft
The stroke of midnight on Monday night will be a defining moment for Microsoft. After more than five years of work and several delays, personal computers loaded with the long-awaited Windows Vista operating system will officially go on sale.
Leopard could spoil view for rival’s offering
As Microsoft celebrates the launch of Windows Vista, software engineers at Apple are busy putting the finishing touches to a new operating system of their own.
Technology sector at threshold of new world order
For hundreds of tech companies around the world, Windows Vista launch will mark the end of five years of anxious preparations.
Vista: what you need to know
Windows Vista is a new PC operating system developed over the past five years by Microsoft. Our technology correspondents have the answers to frequently asked questions.
Microsoft lifts guidance as sales surge
Microsoft prepared the ground for next week’s launch of Windows Vista, its first new PC operating system in five years, with news of unexpectedly robust sales across the board from its PC, server and games console businesses in the final quarter of last year.
Microsoft and Novell reach deal on Linux
Microsoft struck an alliance with one of the leading open-source software companies, signalling what could come to be seen as a landmark agreement in the war that has divided the software world in recent years.
Court to review Microsoft patent case
Microsoft won the agreement of the US Supreme Court to test he global reach of US patent law in a ruling that could have big implications for new technology industries such as software and biotechnology.
Servers and games boost Microsoft
Microsoft’s revenues and earnings both grew more strongly than expected in the latest quarter as the US software company prepared for the most important new product launches in its core PC business in more than a decade.
Acer says Vista delay is set to extend sales season
Pent-up demand for personal computers caused by the delayed launch of Microsoft’s new operating system could extend the traditional peak season for PC sales well beyond Christmas, according to Acer.
