Billionaire sues hi-tech giants

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing several high-tech giants for infringing patents held by a Silicon Valley lab he founded in the 1990s.

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Microsoft probes Halo game breach

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Microsoft is investigating how an eagerly anticipated Xbox game appeared on the internet three weeks ahead of its official release.

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Microsoft to patch shortcut bug

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An urgent security patch for a flaw in the way Microsoft Windows handles shortcuts is being issued on 2 August, the firm says.

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Microsoft gets at chip blueprints

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Software giant Microsoft has signed a deal to get access to blueprints for the mobile chips designed by Arm.

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Windows 7 boosts Microsoft profit

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Microsoft reports a sharp rise in quarterly profits to $4.52bn as sales of the Windows 7 operating system top 175 million.

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‘Virtual human’ makes Xbox debut

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Microsoft shows off a ‘virtual boy’ that reacts to human emotions, body movements and voice, designed for Xbox consoles.

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Outlook gets Facebook integration

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Outlook users will be able to see their Facebook friends via the e-mail client as Microsoft moves towards social web.

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Microsoft slims down Xbox console

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The firm launches a slimmer, more powerful Xbox 360 console ahead of the E3 video games convention in Los Angeles.

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Worldwide release for Office 2010

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The consumer launch of Microsoft’s Office 2010 has seen the software go on sale around the world.

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Microsoft unveils Xbox ‘Kinect’

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Microsoft reveals details of its hands-free motion control system for the Xbox 360 console, which it has rebranded Kinect.

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Apple now bigger than Microsoft

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The latest share price changes have pushed the total value of Apple past its rival Microsoft for the first time since 1989.

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Hotmail makeover targets rivals

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Microsoft is refreshing its e-mail service Hotmail in an attempt to give it an edge over rival offerings from Yahoo and Google.

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Microsoft launch aims at Google

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Microsoft prepares to launch the latest version of its Office software, with features similar to those offered by Google.

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Microsoft arrives on Nokia phones

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Nokia and Microsoft unveil software aimed at taking a slice of the business market away from Blackberry.

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Infected XP owners left unpatched

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Windows XP machines infected with a sneaky virus will not be able to install Microsoft’s latest security updates.

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Microsoft debuts ‘social’ phone

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Microsoft has unveiled a phone called “Kin” that it claims has been made for those that live their lives online.

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Tributes to ‘father of computing’

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Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen lead tributes to Edward Roberts, the “father of the PC”, who died at the age of 68.

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Choice screen gives browser boost

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Web browser Opera says its downloads in Europe have doubled since Microsoft began offering a choice.

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Browser makers demand screen time

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Small browser firms want changes made to Microsoft’s browser choice screen to make their programs more prominent.

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‘Limited’ browser menu criticised

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The choice of browsers offered to millions of European Microsoft users is not as varied as suggested, say web designers.

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Microsoft offers browser choices

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Microsoft is to ask millions of Europeans who use Windows if they want to switch to a rival web browser.

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Botnet shutdown divides experts

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Security experts are divided over Microsoft’s legal move to shut down the Waledac botnet that sent billions of junk messages.

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Microsoft offers browser choice

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Millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe will get the chance to change their web browser from 1 March.

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Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved

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Microsoft’s plans to buy Yahoo’s internet search and search advertising business are cleared by European and US regulators.

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Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug

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A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft’s February security update.

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Microsoft patches Explorer hole

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Microsoft has released a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that is thought to have been exploited by Chinese hackers.

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Microsoft to patch browser hole

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Microsoft says it will issue a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that could have been exploited by Chinese hackers.

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