Get your very own Microsoft decoder ring with this CodeTracker chart

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As a company, Microsoft is enamored with codenames for their ongoing development projects. But codenames can get confusing with out a codebook. We are here to help. Download our free CodeTracker chart from ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley.

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The browser wars just keep going and going and…

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Even though Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is the most popular browser in the industry, no doubt due to the fact that users don’t have to do anything but start the operating system to use it, Mozilla is coming on strong. This type of competition is fantastic when it comes to innovation because it means that […]

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Microsoft keeps trying to kill Linux, but the hydra has many heads

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Microsoft’s recent $100 million investment in Novell’s SUSE Linux certificates may not look like a shot at the open source movement, but according to some, it is just that. Microsoft seems to be hoping that SUSE can unseat Red Hat and, with the cross licensing agreements Microsoft has in place with Novell, tie the […]

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No Windows Vista inside Intel

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Oh, the irony of the situation. On the eve of the official retirement of Bill Gates from Microsoft today, Intel has indicated in a published report that it will not be deploying Microsoft’s current flagship operating system — Windows Vista.


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Microsoft and Yahoo, the drama just keeps coming

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Microsoft keeps trying to dance with Yahoo, but Jerry Yang seems determined to go to the prom stag. In their latest refusal, Yahoo decided against selling their search business to Microsoft, months after refusing Microsoft’s overtures to purchase the whole company.


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