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What to expect in the next Windows: The iPhone: Microsoft posts a demo of its new operating system, which promises a revolutionary touch-enabled interface.; Farhad Manjoo May 28, 2008
Let's fight: Popular Mechanics says Macs beat PCs in style and speed: Why does Windows take minutes to start up and shut down?; Farhad Manjoo Apr 16, 2008
Why Apple fans hate tech reporters: On hot-button issues -- the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Mac-PC divide -- we're quick to see bias in even the most objective news.; By Farhad Manjoo Mar 18, 2008
Tracking Apple's Leopard: It's pretty fast: A sales update on the new Mac OS.; By Farhad Manjoo Dec 18, 2007
Microsoft kills Vista's anti-piracy kill switch: No longer will the operating system switch to "reduced functionality mode" if it thinks you're running a stolen version.; By Farhad Manjoo Dec 4, 2007
Microsoft on Mac gains: Apple's not even close: Executives say that soon Windows will be on 1 billion computers.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 27, 2007
How Microsoft crushed Linux's Chinese rebellion: The story starts with a Fortune magazine article, and ends in the second century B.C.; Andrew Leonard Jul 10, 2007
Software is hard: Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of "Rosenberg's Law."; By Andrew Leonard Feb 3, 2007
Why software still stinks: Programming must change -- but how? At a reunion of coding pioneers, answers abound.; By Scott Rosenberg Mar 19, 2004
The long road to Longhorn: Who knows what Microsoft's whiz-bang new Windows will look like by the time it's ready, in 2006 or beyond? In the meantime, the bloggers of Redmond will provide progress reports.; By Scott Rosenberg Dec 22, 2003
Microsoft wants your cellphone: The software king has big plans for making the world of mobile phones safe for Windows. Can phone makers, and a little Norwegian company called Opera, stop the onslaught?; By Farhad Manjoo Nov 21, 2002
Who needs Napster when you have Windows?: A new program called Share Sniffer makes file trading easier than ever before -- and more dangerous.; By Judith Lewis Mar 30, 2001
Mac OS X: As Windows as you wanna be: By Janelle Brown; Oct 30, 2000
Beware of geeks bearing gifts: By Simson Garfinkel; Aug 8, 2000
Beware of geeks bearing gifts: Microsoft may offer you a break on Windows Me, but that doesn't mean the upgrade won't cost you.; By Simson Garfinkel Aug 4, 2000
Chapter 1: Boot Time: Part 1: Linus Torvalds at the Villa Montalvo; By Andrew Leonard Mar 6, 2000
Why Bill stepped down: He wants to run for president -- and a cornucopia of other "top 10" reasons from our e-mailbag.; By Salon Technology Staff Jan 18, 2000
Scoop: Why Bill Gates stepped down: Ten reasons why the Microsoft founder is handing off the CEO torch.; By the Salon Technology staff Jan 13, 2000
Naked eye: A prudish hacker caught me surfing porn and turned the image on my monitor, and my world, upside down.; By Daniel Sieberg Dec 22, 1999
How the Web was almost won: Just how close did we come to a Net ruled by Microsoft? The "server wars" show a grim counterpart to the browser wars.; By Tim O'Reilly Nov 16, 1999
Why Microsoft really does suck: All the warm, fuzzy feelings evoked by my gorgeous new laptop went up in smoke when I discovered the evil that lurked inside.; By Andrew Leonard Nov 15, 1999
Stoking the Net's growth: Industry veteran Ellen Hancock talks about Windows NT, glass ceilings -- and how her company, Exodus, keeps its vast server farms humming.; By Julie Polito Oct 18, 1999
Linux at the bat: Red Hat's Marc Ewing steps up to the plate against Microsoft in the billion-dollar free-software ballgame.; By Andrew Leonard Oct 4, 1999
Do penguins eat apples?: Once upon a time, Apple dreamed of killing giants. Today, that hope belongs to a new, open-source generation.; By Andrew Leonard Sep 28, 1999
Letters to the Editor: Should Warren Beatty be our next president? Plus: Savaging E.B. White; ascent from a Windows hell.; Letters to the Editor Sep 9, 1999

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