The software giant Monday unveiled a technology preview of Windows XP Embedded SP2 with plans to release the final code by year's end, said Scott Horn, senior director of the Mobile and Embedded ...

Microsoft thinks it can ring up more sales of its operating system by creating a custom version of Windows XP Embedded aimed at high-tech cash registers. The company announced plans Monday to release ...

Windows XP Embedded is a componentized version of the Windows XP operating system that targets connected applications such as retail point-of-sale devices, thin clients, gaming systems, self-service ...

New security features and fixes, including a redesigned firewall, highlight the Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP Embedded. Also included is Software Update Services support, dubbed the Windows ...

Hoping to whet the appetite of developers specializing in mobile and embedded devices, Microsoft on Monday made available a free technology preview of Windows XP Embedded containing Service Pack 2 ...

A little more than a month after the release of its latest desktop operating system, Microsoft has announced the embedded version of Windows XP. With applications in systems such as retail ...

The service pack incorporates Windows XP SP1, including the .Net Framework and changes to the user interface as required by the company's antitrust settlement with the government. The SP1, announced ...

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced an update to its two-year-old version of Windows intended for use on store cash registers and other point-of-sale (POS) devices. Windows Embedded for Point of ...

Microsoft is renaming its existing embedded Windows operating systems and supplementing them with additional offerings in key device categories, the company announced Tuesday. Windows XP Embedded will ...

COMMENTARY--The climax to the Microsoft remedy trial--Bill Gates' testimony--has come and gone and it's a fair time to analyze where things stand and to imagine what the software industry will look ...

Although Microsoft hasn't revealed much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system, the company is already working on one. Microsoft released during ...