After launching itself into the games market late last year, Microsoft will move the experience to the internet this year by investing over $1bn in an online game service called Xbox Live.
Microsoft has warned that its Internet Explorer software contains six flaws, some of which could give hackers access to - and even potentially change - personal information about computer users.
The first question you have to ask about the Xbox is: why bother? Microsoft does not need the money, and like every other games console, Xbox will initially be sold at a loss.
Pornography is no longer top of the internet league table - sex has sunk to 12th place, and Bill Gates's websites are now the most popular net destination
Tens of thousands of computer users in Britain are at risk from hacker attacks after Microsoft last night said its latest version of Windows, billed as one of the most secure ever, contains several serious flaws.
Microsoft may be forced to pay a fine of more than £1.7bn for illegally abusing its dominant market position in Europe and is likely to be asked to make sweeping changes to Windows software in the interests of fair competition, it emerged yesterday.