Compaq prepares for new Pocket PC

By | 7/26/2001

Looking to boost sales of its iPaq handheld computers, Compaq is touting that its Pocket PC models are the only ones that will be ready to upgrade to a new version of Microsoft's Pocket PC software due later this year.

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Microsoft hopes to create buzz for Stinger

By | 7/23/2001

Microsoft is moving into the handset-making business, hoping to give more bite to its Stinger operating system for "smart phones."

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Microsoft releases Windows CE code

By | 7/23/2001

Microsoft has made the source code of its Windows CE 3.0 embedded operating system available to developers in a bid to compete with the "open source" software development model that has become popular in recent years.

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Linux In The Palm Of Your Hand

By | 7/16/2001

Playing the underdog is familiar territory for Linux, but now the open-source community prepares to go up against PDA leaders Palm and Microsoft. To make inroads in the market, Linux will need to provide a standardized platform for business applications.

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Microsoft taking dual approach to handhelds

By | 7/6/2001

Although Microsoft touts its Pocket PC as the best software package for handhelds, it is offering another option for computer makers that think they can do better.

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Gates Bullish on Tech, But Sees Broadband Weak Link

By | 5/24/2001

REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) - The spectacular bursting of the dot-com bubble is not the end of the technology boom only ``the end of the beginning,'' Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (news - web sites) said on Wednesday.

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Microsoft Touts Success of Pocket PC

By | 5/23/2001

It's not all gloom and doom in the handheld market. At least not from Microsoft's perspective. On Tuesday, the software giant said worldwide sales of handheld computers using its Pocket PC operating system passed the one million mark in less than one year.

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Pocket PC sales pass 1 million

By | 5/22/2001

Handhelds using Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system marched to the million-unit shipment mark in under a year, according to the software giant.

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Microsoft offers taste test of "Talisker"

By | 4/10/2001

Microsoft plans to introduce on Tuesday the first test version of "Talisker," its next-generation operating system aimed at a variety of handheld gadgets, Internet appliances and factory automation equipment.

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Planes, Trains and Pocket PCs

By Ed Hardy | 9/18/2000

Brighthand's Steve Bush travels to Redmond to attend the first Microsoft-sponsored gathering of handheld computer enthusiasts

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In Search of Shangri-La

By Steve | 10/1/1999

Whether they know it or not, most consumers have a similar dream with a similar destination--a handheld Shangri-La, of sorts. And one thing's for sure: Microsoft and Palm are leading consumers on entirely different product paths to get them there.

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In Search of Shangri-La

By Steve | 10/1/1999

Whether they know it or not, most consumers have a similar dream with a similar destination--a handheld Shangri-La, of sorts. And one thing's for sure: Microsoft and Palm are leading consumers on entirely different product paths to get them there.

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Sculpting a new Windows CE

By Ed Hardy | 6/1/1999

Microsoft is banking on its upcoming version of Windows CE, codenamed Rapier, to address its flaws. Brighthand offers a few tips of its own on how to improve it.

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