Microsoft's new version of Windows will run on less-modern PCs--but without many of the bells and whistles. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, ...

'This was not good dog food' Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has taken to his YouTube channel to explain Redmond's missteps with Windows Longhorn and the background to the company's failed ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. SEATTLE--Microsoft's Bill Mitchell wishes consumers were ...

Microsoft Corp. is pondering ways to add functionality to Windows XP after the release of Service Pack 2 later this year. The discussions could result in an interim release of Windows under the ...

People running pirated versions of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista operating system and Windows Longhorn server software will face having the programs rendered inactive, the company said this week.

Microsoft Corp. made a “common-sense” decision late last month to change its original plan and make its next major Windows operating system release, code-named Longhorn, a client-only product, a ...

Developers roaming the packed corridors at the company's Professional Developers Conference this week said the new capabilities will force traditional Windows developers,as well as solution ...

During his keynote at Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, or WinHEC, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the server and tools business at Microsoft, said Beta 2 is becoming more mature but the ...

Microsoft chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates formally and finally ushered Windows into the world of 64-bit computing on Monday delivering 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and ...

Could a brouhaha result between developers of a revived Longhorn client and Microsoft, which says the project violates its licensing agreement? A version of the Windows Longhorn client platform has ...

On Friday, Microsoft Corp. announced support for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) in the next version of the Microsoft Windows operating system, code-named "Longhorn." The RSS functionality in ...

SEATTLE--Although Microsoft is recommending that computers be pretty modern to fully run the next version of Windows, Longhorn will probably also run on a good number of older machines. That's the ...