Keith White (L), Microsoft Director of Embedded and Appliance Platform Group, demonstrates a new hig..,...

Keith White (L), Microsoft Director of Embedded and Appliance Platform Group, demonstrates a new high tech Impactra Motion-i MPEG.4 player powered by Microsoft's Windows CE.NET operating system at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco on March 13, 2002. Microsoft is enjoying strong growth in the embedded marketplace. [A new independent report released today finds Microsoft more than doubled shipments of its Windows Embedded Platforms (Windows CE.NET, Windows XP Embedded and Server Appliance Kit for Windows 2000), which power the next generation of smart devices such as the Impactra, a powerful handheld digital video player, and Mira, a wireless smart monitor that extends the power of Windows XP throughout the home. ]