Rebecca Buckman, of the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, reports that Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is preparing to announce an alliance with several semiconductor makers that will allow them to develop customized chips for devices running embedded versions of Microsoft's operating systems. Buckman writes . . .

“Microsoft plans to allow chip makers, including Intel Corp., MIPS Technologies Inc. and ARM Holdings PLC, to modify the [source code of] its Windows CE operating system. Though Microsoft has allowed selected developers to see CE source code in the past, never before has the software company let them alter it, said a Microsoft spokesman.”

“Ballmer also is expected to discuss some new deployments of Windows CE and the embedded version of Windows NT. They include plans by Bally Gaming & Systems to run casino slot machines on Windows NT, and an effort by Scanz Communications Inc. of Santa Monica, Calif., to put Windows CE into hand-held devices that could allow football referees and coaches to watch instant replays on the field.”

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