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MS takes softly-softly approach to piracy
News [12 Jan 1998]
Guy Kewney's Diary
News Monday
First day of the New Year. Sort of. [10 Jan 1998]
Consumers shun Xmas for January sales
News [09 Jan 1998]
Asian stock crash prompts UK price fall
News The continued crisis in Asian currency markets will have a knock-on effect on UK system and peripheral pricing, according to a number of UK-based manufacturers and analysts. [09 Jan 1998]
MS plays down PalmPilot connection
News Microsoft today played down the PalmPilot connection. [09 Jan 1998]
Multi-Tech tracks Psion with international modems
News Multi-Tech Systems is fighting back at the UK's Psion Dacom with an international PC Card modem. [09 Jan 1998]
Win 98 final beta testers to pay for pleasure
News In a twist on recent policy, Microsoft has begun charging individual users to beta test Windows 98. [08 Jan 1998]
MS details Palm PC plan, names OEMs
News Microsoft has taken the wrappers off its strategy to beat 3Com-US Robotics at its own pocket computer game. [08 Jan 1998]
MS to host WinHEC 98 in March
News Microsoft will host the next Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Orlando, Florida from March 25-27, the firm said. [08 Jan 1998]
MS to reveal Pilot-like handheld tomorrow
News Microsoft will tomorrow morning announce that it is entering the pocketable computer field with a hanheld design much smaller than models currently running Windows CE. [07 Jan 1998]
AMD bags Compaq, IBM for desktop chips
News AMD continued its merry start to the new year today, saying it had picked up deals to supply chips to IBM and Compaq. [07 Jan 1998]
DOJ kicks out MS 'bias' claim
News [06 Jan 1998]
AOL starts 4.0 beta testing
News America Online Inc. has kicked off widespread beta testing of the next generation of its online service software, version 4.0, with distribution to 50,000 US subscribers since last week, AOL officials said. [06 Jan 1998]
Netscape pain could mean free Communicator
News [06 Jan 1998]
MSN sees Hotmail helping make Office for Net
News Microsoft Network today said its purchase of the Hotmail free e-mail service would take it closer to its aim of providing an Office-like approach to the Internet. [05 Jan 1998]
IE 4.0 for Mac ready to go
News Microsoft Corp. will ship the long-awaited Mac version of Internet Explorer 4.0 at next week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. [05 Jan 1998]
MS to buy Hotmail free e-mail service
News Microsoft is spending its way to Internet power once again by acquiring leading free e-mail provider Hotmail. [05 Jan 1998]
The Luncher Awards for 1997
News [02 Jan 1998]
1997 In Review
News Our step by step guide to what went on when in 1997 [31 Dec 1997]
Fortunes Of The Dynamic Dozen
News For the 12 biggest names in the computer industry - our choice - it was a news-packed year. Here, we pick out the biggest story from each... and what we expect next year's equivalent to look like. [30 Dec 1997]
IE exec defends MS on DOJ charge
News A senior Microsoft Internet Explorer executive yesterday conducted a spirited defence of the firm's conduct as the Department of Justice heats up its pursuit. [19 Dec 1997]
Microsoft IE claim debunked
News When Ronald Reagan's facts were in contradiction with reality, he would later claim that he "misspoke." Microsoft Corp. misspoke this week when it asserted that Internet Explorer cannot be removed from Windows 95. [19 Dec 1997]
MSN reassures users in online chat session
News Microsoft Network (MSN) UK bosses last night once more played down rumours of an impending exit from providing Internet access in an online chat about the future of the online service. [19 Dec 1997]
MS owns up to IE problems, plans for future
News Microsoft today owned up to problems with Internet Explorer 4.0 and vowed to fix them. [18 Dec 1997]
DOJ seeks contempt order against Microsoft
News [18 Dec 1997]
