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Seven Improved Security Features in Windows 7 (264 diggs) While no operating system is perfect, Microsoft appears to have made significant security improvements with the release of Windows 7.

Microsoft loses appeal in Word patent case (394 diggs) Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (£160m) in damages to software firm i4i.

Top free troubleshooting tools for Windows (313 diggs) No computer runs perfectly forever. Somewhere along the line, something will go wrong. While each successive version of Windows has been that much more reliable and self-healing, that's never been an argument to forgo a good collection of software tools.

HP Windows 7 Slate Strikes at the iPad With Flash Demo (VID) (613 diggs) The Apple iPad's Oscar debut on millions of TVs may have been the talk of the town Monday morning, but not for long. Rival PC maker HP has launched a sneak

Microsoft Demos Game Across Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 and PC (428 diggs) Whoa. During the keynote presentation at TechEd Middle East in Dubai, Microsoft's Eric Rudder played the same Indiana Jones-ish game on a Windows computer, a Windows Phone 7 phone, and an Xbox 360. Gaming is about to get real ubiquitous.

Microsoft cracks down on Xbox Live homophobia (504 diggs) Microsoft has made a small but vitally important step forward in improving the overall tone of the online chat and gaming banter within its Xbox Live community.

Google Acquires DocVerse for around $25 million (346 diggs) Google announced the acquisition of DocVerse, which allows for real-time online sharing and simultaneous group editing of PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents.

Microsoft Says Good Riddance to IE6. (722 diggs) It appears that Microsoft is as happy as anyone to see the death of IE6.

W/i a Year 90% of Microsoft Employees Working Cloud Projects (336 diggs) As of today, Microsoft has around 75% of its employees are working on cloud-related projects. "A year from now that will be 90 percent," says CEO Steve Ballmer. According to its Wiki page Microsoft currently has 93,000 employees... yikes.

Browser makers demand screen time (249 diggs) Small browser firms want changes made to Microsoft's browser choice screen to make their programs more prominent.

Microsoft's Project Pink Lives, and It's Coming to Verizon (139 diggs) After the Windows Phone 7 launch passed without so much as a mention of Project Pink, Microsoft's other new phone project started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink is coming, and Verizon is onboard as a carrier.

Microsoft offers first Google Android mobile phone app (240 diggs) Microsoft releases its first mobile application for phones running the Android operating system from rival Google.

Microsoft: Don't press F1 Key in Windows XP (618 diggs) Microsoft told Windows XP users not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer.

Microsoft browser option criticised for being limited (323 diggs) The choice of browsers offered to millions of Microsoft users following an EU ruling is not as varied as suggested, say web designers. The choice was offered to settle an anti-trust case the European Commission brought against Microsoft. Some say almost half the browsers on offer are clones of IE that only give people an illusion of choice.

The very first Windows Phone 7 device! (357 diggs) Microsoft's Aaron Woodman just pulled off a little surprise here at The Engadget Show: he brought out LG's Windows Phone 7 Series early prototype!

Researchers question Microsoft's botnet take-down (158 diggs) Security researchers today raised doubts that Microsoft's take-down of the Waledac botnet would have any impact on spam levels, as the company claimed.

Microsoft backs down over online 'spy guide' (334 diggs) Software company had forced closure of Cryptome website for publishing guide that explains how to access millions of pieces of private data

Microsoft shuts down spam network (462 diggs) Microsoft wins court approval to shut down a network of PCs which it says is responsible for billions of spam messages.

Here's what Microsoft will reveal to police about you (688 diggs) I've got my hands on a copy of the leaked, confidential Microsoft "Global Criminal Compliance Handbook," which details for police and intelligence services exactly what information Microsoft collects about users of its online services, and how they can be accessed. What is gathered and available about you is quite comprehensive, including your emai

Secret Microsoft doc leaks, DMCA notice fails to contain it (343 diggs) A document describing what Microsoft will tell the law about the users of its online services has been leaked. Redmond has reacted by having the site hosting the document taken offline, even though the thing is so uninteresting no one would want to read it anyway.

New Windows software turns one PC into many (455 diggs) Windows Multipoint Server allows multiple students to work off a single PC, each running their own applications and using their own keyboard, mouse and display.

Windows 7 Parody (493 diggs) A million ideas. And they used every single one of them.

Microsoft's software architect Ozzie Kick the crap out of G (277 diggs) It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates' handpicked successor, yet depending on whom you ask, his tenure will either signal a bold new era for the company or mark the beginning of its terminal decline.

Microsoft's Challenge With Windows Phone 7 Is Wooing Devs (299 diggs) Developers, developers, developers. Recruiting a ton of them to create a rich app experience for Windows Phone 7 Series is going to be Microsoft’s toughest challenge if it wants to get its groove back in the mobile space.

Microsoft's EU browser ballot approved, arrives March 1 (272 diggs) The browser selection ballot, Microsoft's answer to the EU's Competition Commission, is finally complete. It will be pushed out on Windows Update over the next few weeks.