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    Fore!

    As a group, you certainly enjoy the links. 10/24/2006

  • IE7 and Firefox: Not Your Older Brother’s Browser War

    An epic clashing of swords? Not this time. 10/24/2006

  • Security Vendor on Vista: So What’s The Problem?

    Sophos sees crocodile tears. 10/24/2006

  • Vista Vexes Vendors

    No matter what MS does, McAfee and Symantec just aren't ready to make nice yet. 10/24/2006

  • Jobs' Virus Is Bill's Fault

    Apple joins the Microsoft blame game. 10/24/2006

  • My Favorite E-Mail Done Died

    Where have all the good apps gone? 10/24/2006

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    IBM Sues Amazon over Web Patents

    Key aspects of Amazon.com Inc.'s retailing Web site are improperly built on technologies developed at IBM Corp., Big Blue alleged Monday in two lawsuits against Amazon. 10/23/2006

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    IT News: For IT Students, a $1,000 Reason To Stay in School

    Plus, developer population grows, new products. 10/23/2006

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    Google Unveils Tools for Search Engines

    In return for allowing Google to display site-related ad links, site can now customize Google searches. 10/23/2006

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    Gov't Issues Recall for Sony Batteries

    Recall, affecting wider swath of laptops, becomes official for U.S. consumers. 10/23/2006

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    GFI Augments Partner Program with Online Resources

    GFI Software is trying to raise the bar for what value-added resellers expect of smaller ISV partners when it comes to online resources for lead management, product training and marketing. 10/23/2006

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    Cisco Launching Virtual Meetings Tool

    Video conferencing has long been plagued by the detached feel of talking to a television set, often with awkward audio delays and jerky video. 10/23/2006

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    WSJ Reporter Told HP Leak Probe Details

    Investigators dug through a Wall Street Journal reporter's trash as part of a now-discredited boardroom leak probe that cost the chairmwoman of computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. her job and led to criminal charges. 10/20/2006

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    Microsoft Adds New Certification for Project Managers

    New track features two TS-level exams, one Professional level exam, all aimed squarely at Microsoft Office Project 2007 implementers. 10/20/2006

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    Plug Pulled on Eudora

    The Eudora e-mail software has been around nearly 20 years, long before the Internet became a household word. Now, with its glory days behind, its owner is calling it quits. 10/20/2006

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    Microsoft Partners Fuming Over Vista

    Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to antitrust skirmishes and complaints from competitors about unfair business practices. 10/20/2006

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    Like Windows Vista, Exam Almost Here (But Not Quite)

    Preliminary information on new Windows Vista exam numbered 70-620 appears on Pearson Vue testing site this week. 10/20/2006

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    Judge Won't Suspend Anti-Spam Group Name

    e360 Insight's request to have Spamhaus domain name suspended rejected by U.S. judge. 10/20/2006

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    Yahoo Profit Falls 38 Percent

    Yahoo Inc. shares fell Wednesday after reporting a drop in its third-quarter profit and saying it will end a disappointing year with a financial letdown in the fourth quarter. 10/19/2006

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    Sony Battery Recall to Hit 9.6 Million

    The number of laptop batteries Sony is recalling will total 9.6 million worldwide, the company said Thursday, shedding more light on the scope of a problem that has rattled confidence in the company's image. 10/19/2006

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    IE7 Off and Running, but Firefox 2.0 Close Behind

    While the big news is that Microsoft finally began shipping Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP on Wednesday, IE's main browser competitor hit a major milestone of its own just two days before. 10/19/2006

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    HP Passes Dell in World PC Shipments

    Hewlett-Packard Co. supplanted Dell Inc. as the world leader in personal computer shipments during the third quarter, returning the bragging rights to Silicon Valley for the first time in nearly three years, according to figures released Wednesday by two influential research firms. 10/19/2006

  • Break Out the Case Studies

    Yes, vendor-sponsored case studies and whitepapers are notorious for not-too-honest marketing take on projects. However, if you know how to use them to your advantage, they can become one of the best research tools for any interop project. 10/19/2006

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    IBM Posts 5 Percent Revenue Gain

    With its crucial computer services business coming up short again, IBM managed to wow investors with impressive third-quarter sales in its highly profitable hardware and software lines, including mainframes and Web applications. 10/19/2006

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    Apple Blames iPod Virus on Windows

    In another example of how mobile gadgets can carry malicious programs, Apple Computer Inc. said a fraction of its iPod players sold in the past month contained a virus that affects Windows systems. 10/19/2006

  • Office Gains Supply Chain Ties

    MS tries a new approach. 10/19/2006

  • Firefox 2

    Coming soon is the latest version of IE's biggest competition. 10/19/2006

  • SA Customers Get Free Tools

    Have some Softgrid on the house. 10/19/2006

  • IE7 Present and Ready for Download, Sir!

    The new and -- here's hoping -- improved IE. 10/19/2006

  • Firefox Cranks Up the Share

    The numbers are in. 10/19/2006

  • Firefox Gains While Apache Retreats

    The Mozilla tally keeps going higher. 10/19/2006

  • Vista Push Relies on ROI

    Can IT save money on this puppy? That's what MS says. 10/19/2006

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    McAfee Claims Foul on Vista Security Code

    Microsoft last week said it is cooperating with antivirus and security providers so that they can provide the same level as its own products, including OneCare Live. At least one big Microsoft partner and competitor, though, disputes those statements. 10/18/2006

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    Apple Profit Up 47 Percent

    Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 27 percent, well past analyst expectations, boosted by sizzling sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh computers. 10/18/2006

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    Microsoft, Intel Team for System Builder Road Shows

    Microsoft and Intel will start a joint 23-city road show later this month to give the system builder channel a brain dump on the combined benefits of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. 10/18/2006

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    Sun Unveils Portable Data Center

    Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and process raw data. 10/18/2006

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    Avnet Tapped to Help Partners Sell Oracle ERP on Windows

    Microsoft and enterprise computer distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions, unveiled a deal Wednesday to work together to help VARs sell Oracle ERP software with Microsoft platform technologies. 10/18/2006

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    Anti-Spam Group Appeals U.S. Judgment

    Anti-spam group facing possible loss of domain name plans to appeal $12M judgment. 10/18/2006

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    Yahoo Ships IE7 a Day Early

    Microsoft hasn’t yet officially announced final shipping code for Internet Explorer 7, but Yahoo says it already posted its customized version of the final code today. 10/18/2006

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    Capgemini Ramps up Microsoft Practice

    Microsoft announced an expanded relationship with one of its major global systems integrators on Wednesday. 10/18/2006

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    Report: Sharp Rise in China Patents

    Patent filings in China increased by more than six times in a decade, helping the Asian country make a dramatic leap in catching up to the world leaders in patent activity, the U.N. agency that oversees intellectual property said Monday. 10/18/2006

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    Microsoft, Capgemini Expand Alliance

    Microsoft and consultancy Capgemini Group announced Wednesday that they are expanding their existing relationship. Under the deal, Capgemini and Microsoft say they will invest in joint marketing, "demand generation" and partner solutions. 10/18/2006

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    Spamhaus Project To Appeal $12M Judgment

    An anti-spam group plans to appeal a federal court ruling that could jeopardize its domain name after ignoring a lawsuit earlier on jurisdictional grounds. 10/18/2006

  • News

    Microsoft Ships IE7 for XP

    Just hours after Yahoo posted the golden code for its customized version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP on the Web, Microsoft has announced that IE7 is immediately available for download. 10/18/2006

  • Virtual License Revamp a Gift for Developers

    Some aren't impressed. 10/18/2006

  • Loving Libyan Linux Laptops

    Here's a piece of news good enough to warrant the alliteration. 10/18/2006

  • Diluting Spam

    Spam goes on the warpath -- against spam. 10/18/2006

  • Vista Days Away

    Drumroll, please. 10/18/2006

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    Seattle Times: Vista To ‘RTM' Oct. 25

    In the countdown to Vista's release, there have been no reports of dumpster diving by enterprising reporters, but the largest circulation Seattle paper says it has seen a sign that points to the end of testing on Oct. 25th. 10/17/2006

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    Microsoft To Unveil Vista Changes

    Microsoft Corp.'s effort to get big businesses to buy the new version of its Windows operating system isn't just about selling security improvements, better search tools and improved graphics. 10/17/2006

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