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 ...

When is a Palm not a Palm? When the Palm operating system runs on Pocket PC devices. Swedish programmer George Andre says he is testing software that allows the Palm operating system--and the ...

commentary There used to be a TV commercial--for a patent headache medicine, as I recall--proclaiming that "four out of five doctors" agreed the advertiser's medicine was best. Since 80 percent of ...

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, ...

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The Pocket PC operating system, which runs on handhelds manufactured by Hewlett-Packard, Casio and Compaq, is an improvement over previous versions of Windows CE. The datebook, address book and to-do ...