Use of personal storage devices is growing due to the common usage scenarios of smart devices like digital cameras, digital camcorders and mobile phones on the consumer side and usage of mobile computing on the business side. The capabilities and capacities of these devices are growing to address the needs of the market and the price point is dropping with the volume. The introduction of personal storage devices into one's live comes with usability challenges like securing the content, synchronizing the content and management of these devices in different domains. Read More . . .

Working full time at Microsoft through June 2008, Gates then will continue as chairman and advisor while increasing Foundation efforts; Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie to assume expanded roles. Read More . . .

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Last week, Microsoft released the Beta 2 of Windows Vista. This beta comes a bit closer to what the real thing will eventually look like. In this article, Wei-Meng Lee bring you a quick overview of some of the features available in this new beta release.