Microsoft sets the release date for Windows XP Embedded, the next version of the company's software designed for devices such as slot machines, cash registers and set-top boxes. Stephen Shankland ...

For years, software makers invented operating systems and applications that required more computing power, leading to a demand for new chips and other hardware--a cycle that has been likened to the ...

If you can’t pull the plug, you might as well fire it up again. That’s the flavor of Microsoft’s latest response to the staunch refusal of the 30-something percent of PC users sticking with Windows XP ...