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have been shipped with Windows XP. While most netbooks currently run on a stripped-down version of Windows XP, Windows 7 was designed to work fully on the inexpensive laptops, he said. Buyers of netbooks with the low-end version of Windows 7 will have the option of upgrading to the more powerful versions, Ballmer said. Analysts expect Windows 7, which will replace the unpopular Windows Vista, t...

have been shipped with Windows XP. While most netbooks currently run on a stripped-down version of Windows XP, Windows 7 was designed to work fully on the inexpensive laptops, he said. Buyers of netbooks with the low-end version of Windows 7 will have the option of upgrading to the more powerful versions, Ballmer said. Analysts expect Windows 7, which will replace the unpopular Windows Vista, t...

Microsoft Corp has dropped an attempt to recoup some severance money from 25 recently fired workers it mistakenly overpaid. The Redmond, Washington-based company, which announced a plan to cut up to 5,000 jobs in January, acknowledged on Sunday that it had tried to get the overpaid workers to return the extra money. But late on Monday, it reversed course. This was a mistake on our part, said...

An accounting error reportedly led Microsoft Corp to notify some laid off employees last week that they would need to give back part of their severance pay. The world's largest software maker laid off 1,400 workers last month, the first of 5,000 jobs the company plans to cut over the next 18 months. The error is believed to have overpaid some former employees and underpaid others...

Navigation device maker Garmin posted lower-than-expected quarterly results as sales of its gadgets used in cars dropped, but shares rose 15 percent as the company reduced its inventory.

A U.S. federal court denied class action status to a lawsuit accusing Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) of misleading buyers about which computers could run expanded features that were part of the Windows Vista operating system.

have kept it relatively resilient to the economic downturn, it is still vulnerable to sharp cutbacks in corporate spending on technology. The big disappointment, not surprisingly, is the shortfall in revenue, said Pacific Crest Securities analyst Brent Bracelin. Their hardware businesses, both servers and storage, are under intense scrutiny. Budgets are being cut and that showed up in the ...

The new Smartphone chipset from Texas Instruments focuses on multimedia power. TI announced its next-generation application processor the so called multi-core OMAP-4 from OMAP family of chips.

Microsoft said on Monday it had signed a deal with LG Electronics, under which the world's third-largest cellphone maker will use Windows software in most of its smartphones.

stored on Windows phones. Microsoft, whose Windows mobile operating system used to be the second-most popular for smartphones after Nokia's Symbian, has been overtaken by Apple and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. (Reporting by Tarmo Virki; Editing by Erica Billingham)

Software giant Microsoft is in talks to buy Israel's 3DV Systems, a maker of three-dimensional video imaging, financial website TheMarker.com reported on Tuesday.

Computer software giant Microsoft has announced plans to open its own stores, in a bid to increase competition against Apple and at a time when many other retailers are struggling in the economic downturn.

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft unite with one common goal and that is to clean up what is called the Canonical Link Tag. The three big search engines agreed to the manage canonicalization issue with the use of a common tag.

Facebook Inc. has estimated its market value to be worth about $3.7 billion according to a lawsuit brought by former classmates of CEO Mark Zuckerberg last summer.

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker is ready to announce My Phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week where it could announce more details about a test of the service.

Microsoft launched a new software program on Monday that aims to help midsize businesses to capture and analyze energy consumption data and convert it into the amount of greenhouse gas emissions their company produces.

Mozilla, the open-source software company and maker of the Firefox web browser, declared is support of the European Competition Commission antitrust investigation of Microsoft who claims the tech giant is harming web browsers competition and ultimately reducing consumers choices.

Microsoft's online presence has lagged behind its competitors, but in a bid to catch up, the tech giant launched a new celebrity gossip news called Wonderwall.com.

The upcoming release of Windows 7 will be similar with Vista in terms of SKUs. Versions of Windows 7 will include: Starter Edition, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate.

The upcoming release of Windows 7 will be similar with Vista in terms of SKUs. Versions of Windows 7 will include: Starter Edition, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate.

Microsoft will soon eliminate a tool that blocks updates to its Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems, according to a company blog, forcing users who have since resisted software updates to finally update.