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  • Microsoft Staves Off EU Fines

    But Redmond may face $4 million-per-day fines if it delays. 03/27/2007

  • Microsoft: Everything's Fine With Vista -- Really

    But the "Wow" isn't "Now" for highly promoted OS. 03/27/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Vista Sells 20M Copies in Feb.

    Microsoft Corp. said it sold 20 million consumer copies of Windows Vista worldwide in February. 03/26/2007

  • News

    Neiman Marcus Joins MS in Suing Domain Name Companies

    Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is suing a pair of domain name companies, accusing them of improperly registering more than 40 Internet addresses that resemble the department store chain's trademarks. 03/26/2007

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    EU Extends Microsoft's Latest Deadline

    Microsoft Corp. now has until April 23 to respond to charges that it fails to offer rivals a fair deal on information that helps servers work with Windows, an EU spokesman said Monday. 03/26/2007

  • Oracle Booming

    Profits are up, up, up! 03/26/2007

  • An Hour After You Boot It, You Want To Boot It Again

    China's a long way to go for a cheap Dell PC. 03/26/2007

  • Open Source Feedback

    Readers second-guess Microsoft's open source initiatives. 03/26/2007

  • News

    FCC OKs Study of Internet Service

    The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it will study the business practices of high-speed Internet providers and consider adopting regulations to ensure all Web traffic is treated equally. 03/23/2007

  • News

    For PCs, Smaller Isn't Always Better

    Watching users fumble and nearly drop an early version of the FlipStart compact PC practically gave Robin Budd a heart attack. The culprit was the three-key sequence, Control-Alt-Delete, required to log off or reboot a Windows PC. 03/23/2007

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    Motorola Slashes Outlook, Replaces CFO

    Motorola Inc. replaced its chief financial officer Wednesday in a shake up of top management as it slashed its first-quarter sales forecast, blaming weaker-than-expected revenue from its cell-phone unit. 03/22/2007

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    Federal Agency Bans Microsoft Vista

    At least two federal government agencies are refusing to upgrade their computers with Microsoft's Windows Vista. 03/22/2007

  • News

    Court Upholds Ban on States Regulating VoIP

    A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a decision by the Federal Communications Commission that barred states, including Minnesota, from regulating Internet-based phone services. 03/22/2007

  • News

    Adobe Ships Cross-Platform Apollo Alpha

    Adobe announced it is shipping an alpha release of its "Apollo" cross-operating system Web applications platform, with commercial release scheduled for later this year. 03/22/2007

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    Microsoft Reorgs Search Unit

    In an attempt to pull its search efforts out of a slow spiral, Microsoft Wednesday formed a new group to focus on search and advertising, and named two executives to head it. 03/22/2007

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    Exchange Exams Get Their Turn in Beta Spotlight

    Exams for candidates who want to highlight their skills with Microsoft's messaging platform head onto the beta test onramp. 03/22/2007

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    Dell Debuts China-Specific Desktop PCs

    Dell Inc. has a new desktop computer targeting first-time and novice computer users in China. 03/22/2007

  • Is a Palm Deal at Hand?

    Rumors point at Nokia and Motorola as prospective buyers. 03/22/2007

  • Scoble Bites the Hand That Made Him

    Them's fightin' words! 03/22/2007

  • Fortran Father Passes

    John Backus was 82. 03/22/2007

  • News

    Speculation of Palm Buyout Rises

    Speculation of a buyout of Palm Inc. heightened Tuesday after an industry online publication reported a deal could occur this week. 03/21/2007

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    EU Considers RFID Privacy Rules

    Privacy and security need to be built into radio frequency identification tags before they become widespread, the European Commission said, announcing it would publish guidelines later this year. 03/21/2007

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    Dell Debuts China-Specific Desktop PCs

    Dell Inc. has a new desktop computer targeting first-time and novice computer users in China. 03/21/2007

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    IBM Wins Deal to Manage Firm's IT Unit

    IBM Corp. it has won a 10-year contract to manage the IT infrastructure of Indian mobile company Idea Cellular 03/21/2007

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    FullArmor Endpoint Policy Manager Ships

    FullArmor announced it is shipping FullArmor Endpoint Policy Manager (FullArmor EPM), a management tool that automates the delivery, enforcement, and auditing of critical security policies on mobile, disconnected and unmanaged endpoint devices, such as guest laptops. 03/21/2007

  • Express Yourself

    Little by little, the Expression line comes close to completion. 03/21/2007

  • Microsoft Comes Clean on AJAX

    The company promises to join the OpenAJAX alliance. 03/21/2007

  • No Hiding from AIM

    Too much information? Check! 03/21/2007

  • Big Brother Comes to BrainShare

    Is the Novell-Microsoft deal another "bad guy wins" scene from a movie we've seen before? 03/21/2007

  • News

    Expression Design Beta 2 Ships

    As Microsoft pushes to ready a suite of new design tools for offer under the Expression Studio brand, the company announced late last week that it is shipping the second beta release of the third of those tools. 03/20/2007

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    Computer Error Rocks Alaska's $38 Billion Oil Fund

    Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion. 03/20/2007

  • News

    Fortran Creator Backus Dies

    John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82. 03/20/2007

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    Gates Promotes PC Training in Colombia

    In his first trip to this violence-wracked country, Bill Gates said Microsoft Corp. was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training. 03/20/2007

  • News

    Domain Registration Privacy Moves Forward

    Many owners of Internet addresses face this quandary: Provide your real contact information when you register a domain name and subject yourself to junk or harassment. Or enter fake data and risk losing it outright. 03/20/2007

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    Hynix, Toshiba End Legal Battle

    Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea and Japan's Toshiba Corp. declared an end to their legal battles Tuesday, signing accords to share semiconductor patents and products. 03/20/2007

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    Oracle's 3Q Profit Rises 35 Percent

    Oracle Corp's fiscal third quarter profit climbed 35 percent, lifted by strong software sales that exceeded management's projections. The Redwood Shores-based business software maker said Tuesday that it earned $1.03 billion, or 20 cents per share, for the three months ended in February. That compared with net income of $765 million, or 14 cents per share, at the same time last year. 03/20/2007

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    Compute Cluster Pack SP1 Arrives

    Microsoft announced late last week it is shipping the first service pack for its Compute Cluster Pack. 03/20/2007

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    Microsoft Joins OpenAJAX Alliance

    In a move that promises to facilitate interoperability of AJAX-based applications developed with different tools and frameworks, Microsoft on Tuesday announced it has joined the OpenAJAX Alliance. 03/20/2007

  • Microsoft and Google Battle Over Phones?

    Why not? They battle over everything else. 03/20/2007

  • Oops, I Meant Microsoft

    An MS keynote gets a case of open-mouth-insert-foot. 03/20/2007

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    Degree Offered in Biometric Security

    Todd Fortier is banking on the day when ATMs will be required to confirm a user's face, voice or thumbprint before spitting out cash. 03/19/2007

  • News

    AOL Introduces Location Plug-In for IM

    AOL is offering users of its AIM instant messaging service new capabilities to see where people on their buddy lists are physically located. 03/19/2007

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    Most Computer Attacks Originate in U.S.

    The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country 03/19/2007

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    Convicted Japanese Dotcom Tycoon Defiant

    Disgraced dot-com tycoon Takafumi Horie slammed his conviction and harsh sentence for securities fraud on Sunday, insisting he had committed no crimes and that he had more than paid for any mistakes by losing his company. 03/19/2007

  • News

    Apple Offers To Amend Past Options

    In the wake of its backdated stock options troubles, Apple Inc. is offering affected employees the chance to amend their past options and receive cash payments to avoid related tax penalties, according a regulatory filing Friday. 03/19/2007

  • News

    Gates Promotes PC Training in Colombia

    Gates said Microsoft was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of job training. 03/19/2007

  • News

    Study: Most Computer Attacks Originate in U.S.

    The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report. 03/19/2007

  • IBM Reaches Out to 5.7 Million Developers

    Despite it being...IBM. 03/19/2007

  • Windows Apps Builders Get a New Tool

    The Expression Blend release candidate ships. 03/19/2007

  • Cisco and Microsoft Battle Over Web Conferencing

    WebEx and Live Meeting can now butt heads. 03/19/2007

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