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Microsoft: 60 Million Copies of Vista Sold

According to Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, Windows Vista has outsold Apple's entire installed base in the six months that Vista has been available.

EU Charges Intel With Monopoly Abuse

EU regulators said Friday they have charged Intel Corp. with monopoly abuse for blocking rival computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s access to customers.

Microsoft Reaches Out to OSS With Web Site

Microsoft: friend of open source software (OSS)? That's what a new Web site from the world's largest proprietary software company would have you believe.

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Released

The much-anticipated beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008 has been released this morning by Microsoft.

Dell Expands Retail Presence to Japan

Dell Inc. is expanding its retail presence to Japan, where it will sell a variety of computers at Bic Camera stores.

Microsoft To RTM Two Communications Products

Tomorrow, Microsoft takes the next step in effort to bridge the gap between telephone and computer, releasing to manufacturing (RTM) two key unified communications (UC) products.

Solutions Speed Dev Times for Embedded Apps

Developers of software for embedded systems now have an improved tool to help produce software product variants in a more efficient fashion using a model driven development (MDD) approach. A partnership between Telelogic and BigLever Software made it possible.

Microsoft Expansion on Horizon

Microsoft is changing, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday, with new frontiers opening in the areas of advertising, hardware and electronics.

Microsoft Confirms Windows XP SP3

An e-mail scant of details from a Microsoft spokesperson reveals that Windows XP SP3 will see release in the first half of 2008.

CTP of Visual Studio Team System 'Rosario' Is Imminent

The next generation of Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System is about to see the light of day.

New Development Tools Scheduled for Interim Releases

The second beta for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 is due out today or tomorrow, heading the pack of a number of development-related product in various stages of life.

MySpace Finds 29,000 Sex Offenders

MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site -- more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, officials in two states Tuesday.

Digg Fires Google for Online Ads

Digg Inc., a reader-powered news site, fired Google Inc. as its online advertising partner Wednesday in favor of a company Digg's top executive described as young and willing to take risks: Microsoft Corp.

Vista Market Share On Steady Growth Curve

Windows Vista is gaining market share and is poised to become the second-most popular OS, surpassing Apple's Mac OS X.

IPhone Sales Fall Short of Expectations

AT&T Inc. wiped some of the glow off Apple Inc.'s iPhone on Tuesday, releasing numbers that showed fewer people than expected signed up for service in the first two days of the multimedia cell phone's release.

VersionOne Beefs Up Agile Management App

VersionOne is offering the latest release of its agile project planning and management solution.

Apple 3Q Profit Surges More Than 73 Pct.

Apple Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter profit soared more than 73 percent, fueled by demand for its Macintosh computers and the strength of its iPod media players.

Amazon Shares Soar on Strong Q2 Profit

Shares of Amazon.com Inc. soared 26 percent on Wednesday, a day after the Web retailer reported its second-quarter profit more than tripled on strong sales of books, music and electronics.

Researchers Hack Into iPhone Via Web

Hackers could take control of an iPhone if its owner visits a doctored Web site or Internet hotspot, security researchers reported Monday.

Hidden Gold in Partner-to-Partner Transactions

Networking within the channel can lead to big revenue opportunities, IDC study finds.

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