SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer hosted a coming-out party here Thursday for a new version of the Pocket PC operating system, joined by handheld makers and, yes, developers, ...

With the new version of its Pocket PC operating system for handhelds, Microsoft is all business. As reported earlier, Microsoft will unveil Pocket PC 2002 on Thursday and demonstrate a number of new ...

The old saw about Microsoft has always been that its products are all pretty good--in their second or third releases. The company's approach to a PDA operating system is a good example. Its earliest ...

SAN JOSE–With the completion of the merger between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp., the combined HP held off Dell Computer Inc. for the No. 1 position in worldwide PC shipments for 2002, ...

Nine PDA (personal digital assistant) brands are expected to launch products running on Microsoft’s next-generation PDA OS, Pocket PC 2002, in the first half of next year. The Palm OS’s dominance does ...