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Cisco says new routing system will triple Internet speed

In a heavily promoted announcement, Cisco Systems on Tuesday morning said it has developed a new high-speed routing system which it boasted will serve as "the foundation of the next-generation Internet."

Microsoft researcher, a computing pioneer, wins Turing Award

For inventing a prototype of the modern PC, Microsoft researcher Chuck Thacker has won the prestigious A. M. Turing Award for a lifetime...

Microsoft researcher Chuck Thacker wins Turing award

Chuck Thacker, a technical fellow at Microsoft Research, has won the prestigious A.M. Turing Award for a lifetime of contributions to computing.

UPDATED: New MSN homepage coming

Updated at 2:00 p.m.: Scott Moore, the U.S. executive producer of MSN, talked about why MSN is redesigning its site and how the company hopes the new, cleaner Web site will help Microsoft generate search traffic and advertising sales.