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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...