<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Microsoft</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/specials/microsoft?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><description>Microsoft</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Ruling Overturned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2828-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2828-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court reversed parts of a $521 million patent ruling against Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday, giving the world's largest software maker another chance to prove that its Web browser didn't illegally copy a key piece of technology.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Michael Liedtke</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates: U.S. High Schools Need a Makeover]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56466-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56466-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft chairman has told the nation's governors that U.S. high schools are obsolete and need radical restructuring.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Plans to Give Away  Security Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27409-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27409-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses, Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it will give away a program to combat privacy-stealing and PC-clogging spyware and other virtual pests.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Matthew Fordahl</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Still Patching Software Security Holes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9365-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9365-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. Tuesday released a dozen software updates to fix 16 security flaws -- half of which it deemed "critical" -- in all versions of the Windows operating system and in applications such as its Internet chat and media player products.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Brian Krebs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Acts on Antitrust Ruling]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34058-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34058-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. said yesterday it will comply with a European antitrust ruling and within weeks begin offering a version of its Windows XP operating system without a built-in media player.]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[E.U. Orders Microsoft to Modify Windows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21144-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21144-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Software giant Microsoft Corp. will for the first time be forced by antitrust regulators to change how it designs and sells its widely used Windows operating system, after a European Union judge Wednesday rejected the company's bid to postpone sanctions against it.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B><br>- washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Foe Wins in Settlement]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11541-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11541-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Head of a technology industry trade group that encouraged aggressive legal action against Microsoft for antitrust violations for years received nearly $10M as part of a settlement with the software giant.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Takes Lead in Software For Handhelds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46682-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46682-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has unseated the Palm system with worldwide sales of more than 1.3 million units over the third quarter of the year, compared with slightly more than 850,000 for the Palm, according to a new report. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Mike Musgrove</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Ends Disputes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35536-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35536-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Company settled legal disputes Monday with two of its largest remaining antagonists in a move that will ensure its antitrust deal will not be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B> -The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft E-Mail Looks Like Spam to Some]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26555-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26555-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For a year, Microsoft Corp. has extolled the virtues of the Can-Spam Act, which Congress passed in late 2003 to crack down on purveyors of unwanted bulk e-mail.  But some think the software giant is engaged in its own spamming.<BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Profit Up; Forecast Mixed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53143-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53143-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly earnings rose 11 percent over the comparable quarter last year, with strongest growth in sales of server software.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Releases New 'Critical' Patches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27764-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27764-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft on Tuesday released an unprecedented number of software security updates to plug flaws in its products, including seven "critical" defects that it said hackers could use to hijack vulnerable computers. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monti Reflects On Evolution Of Antitrust]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13530-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13530-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[He was vilified in U.S. industry and government circles for blocking the merger of General Electric Co. and Honeywell International Inc. in 2001 after the Justice Department had approved it. And when the European Union directorate he heads ordered Microsoft Corp. to remove a key feature from its Windows operating system, the U.S. antitrust community convulsed again.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Judge Skeptical]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1473-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1473-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 1 -- A European judge today cast a skeptical eye on whether Microsoft Corp. should be forced to create two versions of its Windows operating system, one with its program for playing digital music and videos and one without.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Asks Judge to Suspend Penalties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61478-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61478-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[European regulators testified Thursday that before settlement talks with Microsoft Corp. broke down last spring, the company had agreed to antitrust sanctions that the software giant now claims would cause irreparable harm to its business. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's  Backup Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55186-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55186-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. officials said Monday that the company has spent millions of dollars preparing a version of its Windows operating system without a program for playing digital music and videos, in the event it loses its bid to postpone antitrust sanctions ordered by European authorities. <BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Takes Stands Against Spam, Sanctions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41592-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41592-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No matter what one thinks of Microsoft Corp., the company's reach is so expansive that it nearly always makes news, even when there's little or no media attention at the time. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Jonathan Krim</b></font>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft to Share Code With Governments]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36880-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36880-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Government officials have sought greater access to the program's technical details to ensure the software is compatible with other applications and is hiding no obvious security flaws. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Mike Musgrove</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melinda Gates Joins Washington Post Co. as Director]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9709-2004Sep9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9709-2004Sep9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The firm elects Bill Gates's wife to its board, adding her to a 10-member board that already includes the world's second-richest person, Warren E. Buffett. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Leslie Walker</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Frank Ahrens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Homeland Security Efforts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38496-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38496-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/microsoft</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tom Richey, head of homeland security efforts at Microsoft, was online to discuss homeland security trends and Microsoft's current work in the arena. Filter columnist Cynthia L. Webb hosted.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item></channel></rss>