By Benjamin J. Romano, The Seattle Times Jun. 28--WinFS, a once-prominent Microsoft technology for intelligent searching of computer files, was demoted last summer from a key feature of the flagship Windows Vista operating system to a stand-alone product without a schedule for release.

Microsoft Corp has ended development of WinFS, the relational file system that was originally planned to be one of the three cornerstones of Windows Vista.

By The Associated Press SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. hopes to have the new version of its Windows operating system available in time for the U.S. holiday season, narrowing the time frame for the much-anticipated product's release.

Microsoft Corp. hopes to have the new version of its Windows operating system available in time for the U.S. holiday season, narrowing the time frame for the much-anticipated product's release.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Microsoft Corp. today released a business version of software that aims to help people more quickly find documents, e-mail and other data stored on Windows-based computers.