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  • An EPIC Battle Against Google

    The Google-DoubleClick deal draws more criticism. 04/26/2007

  • Sun Still Back on Track

    The company postsa $67M quarter. 04/26/2007

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    Sun Microsystems Rings Up 3Q Profit

    Sun Microsystems Inc. put together its first back-to-back profitable quarters since the dot-com bust, but its shares plunged on fears its core server business is slowing. 04/25/2007

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    Researchers Break Internet Speed Records

    A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has broken Internet speed records -- twice in two days. Operators of the high-speed Internet2 network announced Tuesday that the researchers on Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols. 04/25/2007

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    'Longhorn' Server Public Beta Arrives

    The next generation Windows Server took the biggest step yet on its long and winding road toward commercial availability when Microsoft announced the release of "Longhorn" Beta 3 Wednesday night. 04/25/2007

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    Vonage Injunction Stayed in Patent Case

    Internet phone carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. won relief Tuesday from a potentially crippling court order that would have barred it from signing up new customers as punishment for infringing on patents held by Verizon Communications Inc. 04/25/2007

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    Options Troubles Aren't Over for Apple

    Apple Inc., on a tear with its popular iPod players and Macintosh computers, is expected to report strong quarterly results Wednesday but will face lingering worries over the role its iconic CEO played in its stock options backdating troubles. 04/25/2007

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    Pre-Release Vista Versions To Expire in May

    If you're still using a pre-release version of Windows Vista, you have a little more than a month to upgrade to a commercial version before you start risking data loss. 04/25/2007

  • CrackBerry Software Can't Be Stopped

    RIM shares software with rivals. 04/25/2007

  • .NET .NOT .NEW?

    More legal troubles for Microsoft, this time over a possible .NET patent infringement. 04/25/2007

  • Windows Mobile With a BlackBerry Twist

    WM6 gets the BlackBerry treatment. 04/25/2007

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    Data Startup Wins GE, Reveals Hot Online Backup Market

    A 25-employee startup in Utah has snared a multimillion-dollar contract to provide massive General Electric Co. with software that automatically backs up files on office computers, jolting a market that appears to be getting hot. 04/24/2007

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    WM6 Devices To Gain 'Virtual BlackBerry' Support

    Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 platform got a boost on Monday when Research in Motion announced a new software suite that will provide phones running on WM6 with a "virtual" BlackBerry experience. 04/24/2007

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    BioPassword: Authentication Approach Going from Low-Key to Keystone?

    As keystroke dynamics-based authentication finally begins to gain market traction, one company is poised to make a successful run with it. 04/24/2007

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    Sophos Goes 100 Percent Channel

    Security vendor shelves the idea of selling from retail shelves. 04/24/2007

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    IAMCP Kicks Off 'Great Americas' Initiative

    The International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP) has launched an ambitious effort to expand its presence in Latin America. 04/24/2007

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    Setting the U.S. Partner Stage for FY '08

    Excerpts from a conversation with Microsoft's U.S. channel chief Robert Deshaies. 04/24/2007

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    Gold Club List

    AVICode, Kyocera among latest companies to achieve the gold standard. 04/24/2007

  • Unwinding the Ribbon

    ToolbarToggle might help ease those ribbon interface frustrations. 04/24/2007

  • Cheeseburger, Fries and a Large Google, Please

    Google brands its way to the top. 04/24/2007

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    BlackBerry Maker Announces Software for Rival Devices

    BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. is introducing a software application that can make Palm Treos and other Windows-based mobile devices made by rivals work like a BlackBerry 04/23/2007

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    Company Says .NET Violates Its Patent

    Fort Worth, Texas-based application system developer Vertical Computer Systems Inc. announced Friday that last week it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft. 04/23/2007

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    Microsoft's Carraro Gives Multitenant SaaS Demo at SaaScon

    Microsoft's director for SaaS architecture, Gianpaolo Carraro, wasn't talking miracles in his April SaaScon 2007 presentation, "Anatomy of a SaaS Application." 04/23/2007

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    Google-DoubleClick Deal Complaint Filed

    A consumer group asked the Federal Trade Commission Friday to investigate and block Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. unless the companies improve consumer privacy protections. 04/23/2007

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    Infragistics Ships WPF Tools

    Component vendor Infragistics on Monday, April 23 released NetAdvantage for WPF 2007 Volume 1, a set of tools that take advantage of the capabilities of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the graphical subsystem built into the .NET Framework 3.0. 04/23/2007

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    Microsoft Asks EU How Much To Charge Rivals

    Microsoft responded Monday to European Union allegations that it is overcharging rivals for information that would make their products work better with Windows. The software maker also repeated its request for more guidance on what regulators consider to be an acceptable price. 04/23/2007

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    SWsoft To Offer Entry-Level Virtualization Bundle

    Hoping to appeal to corporate IT shops looking to do their first implementation of virtualization technology, SWsoft on Wednesday will introduce an entry-level turnkey solution of its flagship product that will be priced below $1,200. 04/23/2007

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    Survey: Google Knocks Microsoft From Top Brand Perch

    Google is now the world's most valuable brand, followed closely by GE, Microsoft and Coca-Cola, according to Millward Brown Optimor's 2007 Brandz survey. 04/23/2007

  • Microsoft Scrambles To Fill DNS Hole

    A fix may come before the next Patch Tuesday. 04/23/2007

  • Google's Search for Profits Yields $1 Billion

    The company reports revenues of $3.6 billion in the last quarter. 04/23/2007

  • Intel Crushes AMD Groove

    AMD dropped $600 million last quarter. 04/23/2007

  • Dell XP Backtrack Not as Bad as It Seems

    Don't count Vista out yet. 04/23/2007

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    Dell Once Again Offers Windows XP

    Back by popular demand: Windows XP. PC maker Dell Inc. said on its Web site Thursday it will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp.'s older operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines. 04/20/2007

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    Microsoft Preps DNS Mega-Patch

    Don't look now, but Microsoft Corp. is prepping still another mega-patch, this time for the Windows DNS vulnerability it first disclosed last week. 04/20/2007

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    AMD Swings to First-Quarter Loss

    Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reported a greater-than-expected loss in the first quarter as the chip maker continued to struggle amid a fierce price competition with larger rival Intel Corp. 04/20/2007

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    Microsoft, Unisys Team Up To Offer Exchange 2007 Test Drive

    Those with a desire to see how well messaging runs on 64-bit power but without the infrastructure or money to put that kind of environment in place now have a way to take a free, week-long test drive. 04/20/2007

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    Google 1Q Profit Rises 69 Percent

    Just like its Internet-leading search engine has a knack for finding the information people ask for, Google Inc. keeps giving Wall Street what it wants -- scintillating earnings growth that eclipses analyst estimates quarter after quarter. 04/20/2007

  • Redmond Releases 'Orcas' Beta, Plans More Developer Tools

    A beta release of "Orcas," Microsoft's new integrated development environment is now available. 04/20/2007

  • Friday Feedback: Readers on Protecting IP, Microsoft Search and Vista, Vista, Vista

    And don't forget to meet RCP's editors (June 19 in Boston). 04/20/2007

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    Microsoft Settles Iowa Lawsuit

    Microsoft Corp. agreed Wednesday to pay Iowans up to $180 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company had a monopoly that cost the state's citizens millions of dollars extra for software products. 04/19/2007

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    Microsoft Finds Home for Barcode Technology

    Microsoft Corp. has finally found a taker for a colorful barcode technology the company shelved two years ago because it failed to catch on. 04/19/2007

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    Microsoft Delivers First Public Beta of 'Orcas' and .NET 3.5

    Visual Studio "Orcas" and the .NET 3.5 Framework are now in public beta. 04/19/2007

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    Samsung, Microsoft Strike Patent Deal

    Samsung Electronics Co. and Microsoft Corp. said Thursday they have entered into a patent licensing agreement focused on the technology companies' consumer electronics lines. 04/19/2007

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    Gates Visits China, Urges Tech Investment

    Greater investment in technology to improve health care and education would help ease global economic inequality, said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. 04/19/2007

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    State Department Got Mail -- and Hackers

    A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S. government's network. 04/19/2007

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    HP Keeps PC Market Lead Over Dell in 1Q

    Hewlett-Packard Co. maintained its lead over Dell Inc. in the worldwide personal-computer market as industry shipments continued to grow in the first quarter, according to reports released Wednesday by two top technology research firms. 04/19/2007

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    Microsoft Initiatives Target Next Billion Customers

    Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will build on existing efforts to bridge the digital divide worldwide and announced several new ventures, including a $3 software package for governments that subsidize student computers. 04/19/2007

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    Project 2007 Exam Beta Next Week

    Microsoft to put Project exam through paces with beta testers for two weeks starting Tuesday. 04/19/2007

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    Yahoo Disappointing 1Q Drags Down Stock

    Investors were falling in love with Yahoo Inc. again until the Internet icon's disheartening first-quarter results ruined the mood. 04/18/2007

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    Oracle Unveils Content Management Plans

    Oracle yesterday disclosed what it plans to do with Stellent, an enterprise content management (ECM) solution provider that Oracle acquired in December of last year for about $440 million in cash. 04/18/2007

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