Microsoft Corp. has announced the official name for its upcoming operating system, previously known under the code name Longhorn. The operating system, now due out in 2006, will be called Windows ...

The company first disclosed the name Thursday at the company's Microsoft Global Briefing, an employee-only conference being held in Atlanta, but only made the name public on Friday in a webcast. Until ...

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. has synchronized development efforts for the client and server versions of Longhorn, the code name for the next Windows release, a Microsoft executive said Tuesday. “Today, ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Rumor has it that Microsoft plans to use Vista as the ...