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Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in (2,637 diggs) No more trawling the web for the latest media codecs. Windows 7 comes ready to play all your favourite "downloaded" videos.

Is Microsoft Planning Its First-Ever Layoffs? (520 diggs) With the economy in the tank and other major firms planning massive cutbacks, rumors have been swirling for several weeks that Microsoft plans big layoffs of its own to be announced on or about Jan. 15.

battery of the future (2,980 diggs)

Zune Fail! (5,642 diggs) Apparently, all Zunes are failing!!!

Top 4 Microsoft Projects Bill Gates Should Have Cremated (501 diggs) It was also in that event where he was interviewed by Gizmodo.com and asked, “If there was any Microsoft product which could have used a bit more polish, what would it be?” Bill Gates’ candid response was, “Ask me (again) after we ship the next version of Windows.”

Microsoft outlines pay-per-use PC vision (711 diggs) In a patent application, Redmond argues that you would benefit from metered computing by having a PC with an extended "useful life."

Windows 7 Beta ISO leaked on torrent trackers (1,452 diggs) Apparently you won't even have to wait until January to get your hands on the Windows 7 Beta release as I mentioned in a previous post. That's right, there's already been an ISO file leaked to several torrent trackers.

Secure Your Vista PC in 10 Easy Steps (562 diggs) You don't necessarily need an expensive security suite to lock down Windows Vista. Here's how to do it using free software and a few easy system tweaks.

Porn in Microsoft's Seadragon! (993 diggs) Download Seadragon by microsoft then go to Browse Photosynth. Then the libraries named "home_two" and "home_s12" are full of it.

Firefox picks up 2 out of 3 users IE loses (1,618 diggs) FF is predicted to hit more than 21% market share in Dec, IE will drop below 69%. There is also a conclusion that FF is stealing more IE users than any other browser out there. Go Firefox!

Windows XP Gets Another Life Extension (1,633 diggs) Microsoft tries to take old operating systems off the market six months after the release of a new one, but Windows XP continues to live on, almost two years following the release of Windows Vista.

Gates Foundation to help libraries be better free 'net cafes (461 diggs) Public libraries have become one of the most prominent sources of free, public broadband access, and the economic crisis has only boosted that role. Libraries are having their own problems answering the demand for broadband and upgrading equipment, though, so the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pilot testing a new grant program to improve access

Get Answers to Your Questions About Vista (474 diggs) A new Microsoft site aims to clear up Vista's mysteries--and invites you to do likewise.

Job posting reveals Zune-Xbox integration... possible phone? (440 diggs) There's a job listing for a user experience designer to work on the Zune Device UI, Zune PC Client and--hang on a second--Zune Xbox.

Yahoo Puts Microsoft's Privacy Policy to Shame (403 diggs) Yahoo will anonymize user data after only three months, the company announced today. That ’s three times faster than Google’s nine-month retention policy. Microsoft remains old school with an 18-month policy, although it offered to cut retention to six months, but only if its competitors did likewise.

10 mistakes new Windows administrators make (956 diggs) Whether you ’re new to network administration or to the Windows environment, a few common oversights and mistakes can trip you up. Deb Shinder explains how to avoid some of the problems new Windows admins often encounter.

Internet Explorer security alert (2,350 diggs) Users of the world's most common web browser have been advised to switch to another browser until a serious security flaw has been fixed.

Top 10 Microsoft Stories Of 2008 (414 diggs) Having bid farewell to Bill Gates, Microsoft tempered its appetite for Yahoo, tweaked Vista, leapt into cloud computing, allowed a peek at Windows 7, and warmed up to open source.

Microsoft Releases iPhone App (972 diggs) Seadragon lets users “infinitely zoom” on high quality images with near zero transition times.

Windows XP: The OS That Won't Quit (2,119 diggs) Phasing out an old operating system is nothing new for Microsoft, but Windows XP is unique in that it may be too good to die.

MS confirms that all versions of IE have critical new bug (1,073 diggs) It adds IE6 and IE8 Beta 2 to the list, recommends disabling .dll to stay safe

Why you'll never see a real 'Zune phone' (533 diggs) A rumor circulating this week says Microsoft will unveil a Zune phone at CES. Microsoft should sell a Zune phone, but probably won't. Why? Because the company simply doesn't have the vision to build something really great. No, I'm not kidding. A Zune Phone done right could be truly awesome.

Everything You Need to Know About Windows 7 (1,381 diggs) Microsoft has been developing Windows 7 under a shroud of secrecy worthy of Apple, and it's led to a rash of rumors and unfounded expectations. So let us state for the record: Windows 7 doesn't have a new kernel, it doesn't run in the cloud, and it's not based on Midori.

Microsoft Launches Thumbtack (488 diggs) Microsoft Live Labs has just released Thumbtack, a new online notebook service of sorts, allowing you to create different collections where you can store links and content and share it with friends.

Microsoft approaches an open-source epiphany! (485 diggs) Microsoft seems to forget that in competing against open source it increasingly competes against itself.