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    Microsoft Unveils Windows Server Roadmap

    Windows Server 2008 general availability is still months away, but Microsoft already has plans for a Windows Server 2008 R2 release in 2009. 05/17/2007

  • Is SAP Making a Deal With "the Devil"?

    SAP apparently reacts to competition from Oracle by inking a database integration deal with Redmond. 05/17/2007

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    Next Gen of Wi-Fi Planned for Summer

    The next generation of wireless Internet products certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance is expected to hit shelves this summer, even though a final standard for the technology isn't due for another year, the industry group says. 05/16/2007

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    New Web Site Opens Technology to Women, Minority-Owned Businesses

    Women and minority-owned businesses have a new technical training partner: Biz Tech-Connect. 05/16/2007

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    Hewlett-Packard 2Q Profit Falls 7 Pct

    Hewlett-Packard Co.'s second-quarter profit fell 7 percent despite a dramatic rise in sales of personal computers and servers, narrowly beating Wall Street's forecast. 05/16/2007

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    Google's Search Engine Goes Universal

    In its latest technological leap, online search leader Google Inc. will begin showing videos on its main results page Wednesday along with photos, books and other content previously separated into different categories. 05/16/2007

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    IBM Loses Retirees' Personal Info

    IBM Corp., one of the world's leading providers of encryption and other data-management technologies, is in the uncomfortable position of trying to solve its own mystery involving missing computer tapes with sensitive information about employees and records of customer transactions. 05/16/2007

  • Gates: Vista Is Fastest-Selling OS Ever

    Microsoft's chairman debunks naysayers with sales figures. 05/16/2007

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    VoIP, Conferencing Added to Office Communication Server 2007 Beta

    Microsoft's unified communications picture is making one more push before seeing the light of day this summer in the form of deployable products. 05/15/2007

  • Doing Integration Right

    When it comes to tackling integration, you'd be hard-pressed to find a company that does it better than FileEngine. 05/15/2007

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    Gates Details Industry Support for Home Server, Unveils System Builder Edition

    Bill Gates unveiled a system builder-focused version of the forthcoming Windows Home Server and detailed industry support for WHS. 05/15/2007

  • Diving into the Virtual Pool

    The software development life cycle is enhanced by virtualization. An overview of what you should consider. 05/15/2007

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    CodeGear Readies C++ and Ruby on Rails IDEs

    Despite a tumultuous 15 months, Borland's developer tools subsidiary CodeGear is cranking out products. Spun off as a subsidiary in November, CodeGear expects to ship a major revision of its C++ Builder integrated development environment (IDE) next month. A commercial Ruby on Rails IDE for enterprise Web development is slated for the second half of this year. Both products were announced this week. 05/15/2007

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    Software Group: Piracy Losses Growing

    The rate of global software piracy has remained static for three years, but the cost to companies that make the programs is rising, the Business Software Alliance said Tuesday. 05/15/2007

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    It's Official: 'Longhorn' Is Now Windows Server 2008

    Bill Gates confirmed that the next version of Windows Server, formerly code-named "Longhorn," will be called "Windows Server 2008." 05/15/2007

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    Gates: 40 Million Vista Licenses in First 100 Days

    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said today that Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses for its Vista operating system in the first 100 days of release. 05/15/2007

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    UPDATED: Microsoft Claims Open Source Patent Infringements

    Microsoft says that the open source software community is infringing on its patents, and wants the community to pony up for what it considers theft of its intellectual property, in the form of royalties. 05/14/2007

  • More Flash for Flash Cards

    Microsoft and SanDisk team up to bring you better flash drives. 05/14/2007

  • New 'Net Names Near

    Internet agency set to approve new domain names for 2008. 05/14/2007

  • Longhorn Name Dropping

    A Longhorn by any other name...sounds really boring. 05/14/2007

  • Patent Storm Brewing

    Microsoft tells open source community: Pay up! 05/14/2007

  • Virtually Gone

    Microsoft pares down Viridian to get it out the door. 05/14/2007

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    Microsoft, SanDisk Partner on Flash Drives

    Microsoft Corp. and SanDisk Corp. recently announced that they are partnering on the next generation of USB's flash drives and memory cards. 05/11/2007

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    New Domain Names Could Come in Mid-2008

    New Internet addresses for general use could start appearing in the summer of 2008 under a timeline the Internet's key oversight agency announced Thursday. 05/11/2007

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    Apple Meeting Tackles Stock Options Scandal

    Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs defended the company's handling of its stock options-backdating scandal Thursday and suggested a former employee's accusations about his role in the matter were wrong. 05/11/2007

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    Products and Partnerships Rolled Out at JavaOne '07

    Sun Microsystems commanded the spotlight at its annual JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco last week. The company announced a new JavaFX product line and Java SE development kit, along with an Ericsson partnership (see this week's news for full stories). 05/11/2007

  • Steve Ballmer's Wiseguy Name and Other Reader Reactions

    Readers predict how Linux will gain market share and allude to flying office furniture. 05/11/2007

  • Microsoft: To Spend and Not To Spend

    There's a whiff of burning cash in the air as Redmond execs hint at next spending moves. Meanwhile, a reader sounds off on SaaS. 05/11/2007

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    Dell Donates Computer to Smithsonian

    Michael Dell never imagined his work would end up in a museum when he was sitting in his college dorm room in 1984, dreaming of building and selling his own personal computers. Now, one of his original computers is going to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. 05/10/2007

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    IBM Aims To Make Big Computing Greener

    In a sign that environmental sensibilities are informing business strategies, IBM Corp. is spending $1 billion to spread technologies and services that could make corporate computing centers more energy efficient. 05/10/2007

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    Cisco Warns of IOS Vulnerability

    Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday warned of multiple vulnerabilities in its IOS FTP server, an optional service that's disabled by default. 05/10/2007

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    Microsoft Buys Stake in CareerBuilder

    Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired a minority stake in job-listings partner CareerBuilder.com and will use that job-search engine on MSN sites overseas in a bid to capture more of the classified advertising money migrating to the Web. 05/10/2007

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    Microsoft Hits 'Delete' Key on Virtualization Features

    Windows Server virtualization, code-named "Viridian," is having some features stripped in order to meet its public beta shipping date in the second half of 2007 -- a ship date that recently slipped itself. 05/10/2007

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    Microsoft Web Site Calls Longhorn 'Windows Server 2008'

    Microsoft may have slipped up Thursday afternoon and inadvertently posted the official name of its next server operating system, currently code-named "Longhorn." 05/10/2007

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    Microsoft Website Calls Longhorn 'Windows Server 2008'

    Microsoft may have slipped up Thursday afternoon and inadvertently posted the official name of its next server operating system, currently codenamed 'Longhorn.' 05/10/2007

  • How Smart Is Business Intelligence?

    Recent acquisitions by Microsoft, SAP and Oracle suggest that the big players may know what they're doing in the business intelligence segment -- but do they? 05/10/2007

  • VMware on the Vista Bandwagon

    New product has added benefit of enabling companies to test Vista. 05/10/2007

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    SAP Plans To Buy OutlookSoft

    Business software maker SAP AG announced plans Tuesday to buy OutlookSoft Corp. and its line of technology products tailored for budgeting and financial forecasts, the latest development in SAP's duel with Oracle Corp. 05/09/2007

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    Microsoft Signs Web Video Deals

    Microsoft Corp. has signed deals with Volvo Car Corp. and whisky maker Chivas Brothers Ltd. to support two new Web-only video series from Reveille, the production company behind TV shows "The Office" and "Ugly Betty." 05/09/2007

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    VMware Launches Workstation 6, Includes Dev-Focused Features

    VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista. 05/09/2007

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    Amazon Settles Patent Suits With IBM

    Online retailer Amazon.com and IBM settled all their patent-infringement lawsuits and signed a long-term patent cross-license agreement, the companies said Tuesday. 05/09/2007

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    VMware Launches Workstation 6

    VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista. 05/09/2007

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    First-Timers: Big Discount on First MCP, Dynamics Exam

    If you're taking your first MCP or Microsoft Dynamics exam, you're eligible for a 40 percent discount on your very first exam. 05/09/2007

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    Next Version of SQL Server Slated for 2008

    Microsoft kicked off its first-ever Business Intelligence (BI) Conference in Seattle with a keynote speech by Business Division President Jeff Raikes, who spoke in general terms about Microsoft’s efforts to integrate existing products into businesses processes, without offering much in the way of specifics. 05/09/2007

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    Cisco 3Q Profit Surges 34 Percent

    Cisco Systems Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter profit surged 34 percent as widespread networking upgrades and consumers' thirst for more bandwidth continued to fuel the company's robust growth. 05/09/2007

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    RIM To Provide Visual Studio Plug-In for BlackBerry Apps

    Research in Motion this week announced it is developing a Visual Studio plug-in for developing apps for BlackBerry devices, a move that follows its late-April announcement of software that will provide Windows Mobile 6-based phones with a "virtual" BlackBerry experience. 05/08/2007

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    Silverlight To Gain Support for Opera Browser

    When Microsoft unveiled Silverlight at the MIX07 conference in Las Vegas last week, the new cross-platform browser plug-in for rich media content lacked support for the popular Opera Web browser. 05/08/2007

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    Sun Announces JavaFX

    Sun Microsystems today unveiled a new product line at its annual JavaOne conference, underway this week in San Francisco. Built on and around Java, JavaFX is aimed at the growing market for rich Internet applications (RIA). 05/08/2007

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    Hewlett Packard Hikes 2Q Outlook

    Computer and printer maker Hewlett Packard Co. lifted its second-quarter forecast on Tuesday, citing strong results in its personal computer and server businesses. 05/08/2007

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    Legacy Microsoft Products Get Security Support

    Shavlik Technologies is offering a free download of its network solution to detect security misconfigurations and missing critical updates in older installed Microsoft products. 05/08/2007

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