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SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy. Full Story »

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with lymphoma. Full Story »

Microsoft is making its Windows Marketplace for Mobile available to phones running older versions of its mobile software, although not all of the apps may be available to all Windows Mobile users. Full Story »

Microsoft's launch this week of its Windows Azure cloud computing platform could, some say, mark the end of the Bill Gates era at Microsoft and the true start of the Ray Ozzie era. Full Story »

San Francisco - Microsoft announced on Monday the release and open-sourcing of its .Net Micro Framework 4.0, which provides a .Net-based development and execution environment for small devices. But the TCP/IP stack and cryptography stack were omitted  from the open source effort. Full Story »

A new security advisory from Microsoft shines the light on a denial-of-service bug in Windows 7 and Server 2008 that could be hit to crash the system but not cause other harm. Full Story »

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Samsung is rolling out the Go netbook through AT&T next week. The 2.8-pound device will operate Microsoft Windows 7 Starter Edition and connect via AT&T's 3G network. Full Story »

This week, PC World editors Steve Fox, Robert Strohmeyer, and Tim Moynihan are joined by Macworld's Jason Snell for to explore all the hubbub over allegations that Microsoft has copied Apple in the design of Windows 7. Full Story »

If this is part of Redmond's alleged scheme to steal the Mac's look, it's got the wrong idea. Full Story »

Windows 7 escaped the monthly patching process earlier this week, but it didn't escape the notice of hackers. What some security researchers are calling the first zero-day exploit in Windows 7 has been identified and Microsoft is investigating the issue. Full Story »

San Francisco - With a full schedule on tap, the 2009 Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference) next week will tout efforts ranging from the company's Windows Azure cloud platform to plans for programming languages Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Internet classified ad and auction websites were rife Thursday with Xbox 360 consoles modified to play pirated videogames in the wake of the devices being banned from Microsoft's online game community. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft said Thursday that its Xbox 360 videogame console will be able to link online starting next week with Twitter and Facebook along with Internet radio star Last.fm. Full Story »

It may be the biggest snafu Microsoft's seen since Vista. In an interview with PCR, a British trade publication, a Microsoft manager implied that Windows 7 was based on the anti-Windows itself: Mac OS X. Full Story »

That sound you hear is Microsoft backtracking as fast as possible, following a report of some indiscreet comments by one of its managers Wednesday that Windows 7 created a "Mac look and feel." Before the end of the day, Microsoft issued a statement saying the employee "was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7," and his comments were "inaccurate and uninformed." Full Story »

Microsoft introduced some updates to its Windows Mobile Marketplace, including a new online store accessible from computers and improvements to anti-piracy technology, but there is confusion about how the improvements work. Full Story »

A magician never reveals his tricks, but that seems to be precisely what Microsoft's partner group manager Simon Aldous did when he supposedly uncloaked the aesthetic inspiration behind Windows 7. However, there are a lot of problems behind this "leak." Full Story »

Microsoft has banned as many as one million users who hacked their Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games from the company's Xbox Live service in a bid to counter piracy. The move triggered an avalanche of cheap "chipped" Xbox 360 consoles for sale on Craigslist and a public outcry from users is expected. Full Story »