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Microsoft leaks Origami details

News Microsoft refused to go into details, but offered up a statement saying, "As promised on the OrigamiProject.com website, we are offering more details today about Origami, including that it is a new category of mobile PCs that will run Windows XP.

3 March 2006, 10:09

Can Longhorn improve laptops?

News Microsoft's Bill Mitchell wants his company's new OS to make consumers as excited about buying laptops as they are about buying mobile phones. However, computer makers currently still have to buy Microsoft's higher-priced Tablet PC edition of...

3 May 2005, 8:53

Photos: Lego robots take over Microsoft

News Microsoft Windows Mobile software developer Brian Cross built a Lego Mindstorms NXT robot that communicates and moves based on instructions received from a Windows Mobile smart phone. A table is covered with Lego Mindstorms NXT robots at the 'Big...

26 July 2006, 9:58

Microsoft pushes ahead with mobile email

News Windows Mobile on TI chipsetSeparately, Microsoft is announcing a deal at the show that will allow its Windows Mobile operating system to run on phones using a single-core Texas Instruments chipset. Microsoft said on Sunday that its long-awaited...

13 February 2006, 10:12

Microsoft to take on Adobe with graphics 'Everywhere'

News Microsoft said it will create versions of the WPF/E software for Windows XP, Windows 2000, the Firefox browser, the Mac's native Safari browser and mobile phones. Microsoft will rely on third-party companies to make editions of WPF/E for Linux and...

28 March 2006, 10:37

Microsoft unveils 'PlayReady' DRM system

News PlayReady is not integrated with Windows Mobile 6," the Microsoft operating system officially introduced on Monday, Knowlton said. Microsoft has launched a new digital rights management system (DRM) that will allow the use of commercial content on...

13 February 2007, 9:50

Microsoft and Motorola form new alliance

News Motorola's mobile phones use Microsoft's Windows Mobile, for example. Under the partnership, Motorola will develop applications for law enforcement agencies, emergency response services and the criminal justice system using Microsoft's .Net 2003...

5 October 2005, 8:51

Gates shows off Vista in CES speech

News New partnersDuring his talk, Gates announced a new partnership with DirecTV that will allow subscribers of the satellite television service to move shows from their set-top boxes onto Windows PCs, the Xbox 360 and mobile devices that are part of...

5 January 2006, 11:27

Windows-powered Palm Treo to make US debut

News Representatives at Microsoft, Palm and Verizon declined to comment on the news, but the joint appearance of the three men points to the long-anticipated arrival of the first Palm Treo smart phone based on the Windows 5 mobile operating system.

26 September 2005, 9:00

News.blog: Microsoft quiet before iPhone 3G day

News I asked Horn if he thought it was important to have a Microsoft version of the App Store right on Windows Mobile devices. On the browsing front, Microsoft has pledged to improve things somewhat, bringing Internet Explorer 6 capability to Windows...

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11 July 2008, 9:01

Intel shows off Origami-like device

News In a preview of Tuesday afternoon's demonstration, Intel marketing director Brad Graff showed CNET.co.uk's sister site News.com several of the Ultra Mobile PC devices, including an example of the kind of hardware that will ship in the next few...

8 March 2006, 11:26

Reality check for over-hyped Origami PC

News This is definitely our first step in looking at the area of ultra-mobile PCs," said Mika Krammer, a Windows marketing director for Microsoft's mobile platforms. As for the next generation, Microsoft is already working on how to equip future devices...

9 March 2006, 10:34

High-end Windows and Office coming

News Ballmer noted that hundreds of millions of mobile phones are sold each year, but that Microsoft's software today only runs on dozens of millions of mobile phones. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts on Thursday that Microsoft is planning new...

29 July 2005, 9:46

Microsoft shops for NY retail space

News Microsoft is looking at retail space once again, apparently with ambitions to create a high-visibility, showcase store. Roseman, who in the last three months has started to market the property, noted Microsoft approached his company about leasing...

1 September 2005, 9:11

Mobility coming for the working masses

News On Monday, Microsoft and Palm announced that they're teaming up to put Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 on Palm's Treo devices. It's not a question of if the mobile worker is coming, but when, according to executives from Microsoft, Nokia and Intel...

28 September 2005, 10:12