Microsoft Corp. announced the release of its Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 offering, designed for developers and device-makers wanting to quickly build smart, connected, hard real-time commercial and ...

The software company is shipping to approximately 100 partners and customers the first beta version of its Whistler Embedded software. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a ...

PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Microsoft Corp. dropped the latest piece of its .Net strategy puzzle into place Wednesday (Nov. 28) when it unveiled the embedded version of its new Windows XP operating system.

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said that the latest release of its Windows Embedded CE operating system for handheld devices and gadgets will come with a new development framework that puts the ...

Microsoft has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to turn the upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system into a tablet-style OS. But that doesn’t mean that it’s Windows 7 or bust for ...

Microsoft on Tuesday gave developers another test drive of its new Windows XP Embedded operating system. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant debuted the second beta of the component-based version ...

For many IT pros, the words "Windows migration" induce more than a slight sense of dread as they consider all the desktops, laptops, servers, virtual machines and maybe even tablets they'll need to ...

The first branding of Windows for embedded systems. Windows XP Embedded was an enhanced version of XP for PDAs, handhelds and other appliances that used the x86 CPU. It supported such features as ...

About three years ago, Microsoft announced the death of all older versions of Internet Explorer, including 8, 9, and 10. This left IE11 as the only supported version of the browser, which wasn't a big ...

MICROSOFT ON MONDAY released a beta version of the embedded implementation of Whistler, the next release of the Windows 2000 operating system that is focused on use in terminals, set-top boxes, and ...