Embedded market, here we come. The chipmaker gets a nod from Microsoft, and hopefully an inside track to cracking the competitive market. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

PARK RIDGE, ILL.—Microsoft chairman Bill Gates Tuesday (Oct. 23) reiterated the company's commitment to its so-called “.NET” platform and announced that the strategy would be carried over to an ...

Windows CE .NET 4.2 combines Microsoft's most advanced real-time operating system with tools for creating connected and small-footprint devices. Targeted at developers of set-top boxes, residential ...

Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new version of its Windows CE operating system and previewed a set of upcoming home networking technologies, code-named “Mira”, on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show ...

Gates said a number of portable device manufacturers are already using the new OS in products. Among those companies unveiling Windows CE .Net handhelds at the show were Symbol Technologies, Intermec ...

Microsoft Wednesday said it is expanding a program that provides access to the source code for its Windows CE .Net operating system, allowing device manufacturers, chip makers and systems integrators ...

Microsoft Corp. last week announced an update to its Windows CE .Net embedded operating system that includes support for the latest IP networking technology and a new beta-test version of its .Net ...

As it looks toward handhelds and cell phones, Microsoft works with chip designer ARM to increase the number of chipmakers tuning their products for Windows CE .Net. Michael Kanellos is editor at large ...

A number of chip manufacturers will be part of an alliance announced Wednesday by Microsoft and MIPS Technologies to design digital media devices based on Windows CE .Net and the MIPS processor core, ...

Transmeta on Tuesday released a software development tool for its Crusoe processor and for developing embedded mobile devices that use Microsoft Windows CE .Net and Windows XP Embedded operating ...

The NetBook Pro adopts the same hardware design, but fans of the earlier devices will immediately notice the replacement of Psion’s old EPOC operating system with Microsoft’s Windows CE .NET. The EPOC ...

The new technology is part of Microsoft's strategy to provide a platform for realtime communications through integration with Greenwich, the code name of Microsoft's upcoming Real-Time Communications ...