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Customers who upgrade to Windows Server 2003, developed by Redmond, Washington-based computer software developer Microsoft Corp., may have to pay more than expected, due to a host of layered add-on services scheduled to ship over the next six to nine months as of May 13, 2003.The company is considering charging users for add-on services that would be released after the initial launch of the product this week in San Francisco, California.Services provided by the company include the company's Real-Time Communications Server, Active Directory Application Mode and Windows Rights Management, among others.

Presents updates on the computer industry as of November 17, 2003. Information on the 2003 Microsoft Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles, California; Features of the Longhorn software; Importance of reports about computer crashes and glitches for the development of software at Microsoft; Use of Denial of Service attacks on anti-spammer Web sites.

This article reports on Microsoft's 2005 Professional Developers' Conference (PDC) held in Los Angeles, California. PDC 2005 promises to be the hottest Microsoft event in years, giving software professionals a chance to dive into core Windows Vista application program interfaces. Also planned are sessions on the next versions of C# and Visual Basic, both of which will include support for the new .Net Language Integrated Query Framework, which provides tools for easily managing multiple data types, including objects, relational data, and XML. PDC is expected to deliver still more products, with an emphasis on new technologies associated with Vista, Longhorn Server, and the upcoming Office 12 productivity suite.

Reports on the interest expressed by computer programmers in the code-named technologies that Microsoft Corp. demonstrated at its Professional Developers Conference in 2003 in Los Angeles, California. Expectations on the commercial release of Longhorn, a Windows operating system; Information on a developer preview version of Longhorn distributed by Microsoft; Other technologies introduced by Microsoft at the event. INSET: Cracking the Code Names.

A leader in haptic feedback technology, Immersion, San Jose, California, announced the settlement of a lawsuit the company filed against Microsoft Corp. in February 2002. According to the agreement, Microsoft will license Immersion's haptic patent portfolio in exchange for cash payments of up to $35 million. Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), Mountain View, has joined Discreet's infrastructure sparks partner program. As a result, the two companies will work together to qualify elements of SGI's InfiniteStructure system, including the SGI SAN Server and SGI CXFS file system, to work with various Discreet software products.

Opinion. Looks at how computer companies in Silicon Valley, California, have reacted over the United States Justice Department's antitrust suit against Microsoft. Claims made by Microsoft against the Justice Department; Reasons for the antitrust investigations and lawsuit; Details on the reactions of companies towards the suit.