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    Microsoft 4Q Profit Falls on Legal, R&D Expenses

    Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that fiscal fourth quarter earnings fell nearly 24 percent in part because of a one-time legal charge but beat Wall Street estimates. 07/20/2006

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    PC Market 'Healthy' Despite Weak Demand in Europe

    Personal computer shipments grew roughly 10 percent in the second quarter despite soft sales in Europe, two influential research firms reported Wednesday. 07/20/2006

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    Microsoft States 12 'Principles' of Fairness

    Microsoft this week published a list of 12 "voluntary principles" of fairness that it says it will live up to in developing future products and dealing with competitors, consumers and partners after the U.S. Justice Department's oversight expires. 07/20/2006

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    Google 2Q Earnings More Than Double

    Google's second-quarter profit more than doubled, maintaining the Internet search leader's penchant for topping analysts' high expectations and further underscoring the advantage the company has built over its chief rivals. 07/20/2006

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    Intel Shuffles Top Executives

    Intel Corp. is reassigning five top executives to new positions as part of a corporate restructuring designed to simplify the company's management, according to a memorandum circulated to employees late Wednesday. 07/20/2006

  • All of their Principles have Dollar Signs attached to Them

    If they're business principles, it just makes sense to make money. 07/20/2006

  • More on the Importance of Being Microsoft

    Despite EU troubles, the Redmond empire tops in brand recognition "over there." 07/20/2006

  • It's Earnings Day In Redmond

    Microsoft soft on profit, but solid on revenue. 07/20/2006

  • Microsoft Hands Down The 12 Tenets

    A.k.a., competitive business practices to follow that will keep the DOJ off your back. 07/20/2006

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    Microsoft and XenSource 'Cooperate' for Linux Support in Windows Server

    Microsoft announced this week it will cooperate with a leading Linux open source developer to provide interoperability between Windows Longhorn Server and Xen virtualization technology for Linux. 07/19/2006

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    Microsoft To License 3-D Image Technology

    Microsoft Corp. plans to license a technology for manipulating three-dimensional images as part of the company's efforts to make more money from its in-house research and development. 07/19/2006

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    Microsoft To Update Hosting Solution

    Microsoft will ship early next month an update to its Web hosting package that takes advantage of recently released products and technologies. 07/19/2006

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    Microsoft Acquires Winternals, Sysinternals

    Microsoft announced this week it has acquired Winternals Software LP, a well-known vendor of enterprise systems recovery and data protection solutions for Windows, along with the company's associated freeware site Sysinternals. 07/18/2006

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    Microsoft Is Hungrier Than a Sumo

    Ballmer tells partners to play ball and bat for Microsoft...or else. Elsewhere, IBM releases Notes for Linux, and Novell comes out with version 10 of its Suse Linux distro. 07/18/2006

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    Microsoft, Nortel Form Telecom Alliance

    Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. have formed a four-year alliance to develop and sell products that aim to give people more sophisticated ways to communicate with each other. 07/18/2006

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    Microsoft Pulls Private Folder Tool

    Microsoft has abruptly pulled from its Web site a free folder encryption tool it recently released, saying the program's removal came about due to complaints from IT shops. 07/18/2006

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    Microsoft Files 26 U.S. Piracy Lawsuits

    Microsoft Corp. has filed 26 lawsuits accusing U.S. companies of selling pirated software, the latest move in its ramped-up efforts to boost sales by cracking down on illegal copies. 07/17/2006

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    FBI Consultant Spared Jail in Password Case

    An FBI computer consultant who pleaded guilty to hacking the secret passwords of Director Robert Mueller and others will not serve any time in prison, a federal judge has ruled. 07/16/2006

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    Novell To Release Suse Linux 10

    Novell Inc. will start shipping Release 10 of its Suse Linux on Monday, marking the first full new release of Suse Linux since August 2004, according to the company's president and chief executive officer. 07/14/2006

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    McAfee Quietly Fixes Software Flaw

    A leading computer security company quietly fixed a dangerous design flaw months ago, but did not warn businesses and U.S. government agencies until Friday. 07/14/2006

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    Microsoft Penalized Over Servers

    At its core, the $357 million fine levied against Microsoft Corp. comes down to one simple contention: Microsoft's software for computer servers works faster and more efficiently with its ubiquitous Windows operating system than do rivals' offerings. 07/13/2006

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    Intel To Slash 1,000 Management Jobs

    Intel Corp. plans to cut 1,000 management jobs worldwide in an effort to reduce costs and make its operations more efficient, the world's largest computer chip maker said Thursday. 07/13/2006

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    Microsoft, Yahoo Test IM Partnership

    Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are beginning a limited test of plans to make their instant messaging systems work together. 07/13/2006

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    VMware Ships Free Virtualization Server

    VMware announced this week that it is now shipping the free version of its virtualization server platform. 07/13/2006

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    Dell Revamps Pricing Structure

    Dell Inc. outlined plans Thursday to simplify pricing and reduce the number of mail-in rebates for consumers and small business as part of the computer maker's recent $100 million initiative to improve customer service. 07/13/2006

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    Firefox 2 Beta 1 Bows

    The Mozilla Foundation began shipping Beta 1 of Firefox 2.0 this week, just days after a leading Web analytics firm reported the open source browser and its close relations have gained another 2 percentage points on Internet Explorer. 07/13/2006

  • Microsoft Sweetens the Security Pot

    Readers on Ballmer's strong-arm selling strategy; plus, what makes the Security Software Advisor program such a sweet deal 07/13/2006

  • Careless Whispers at the WWPC

    Europe is golden, the Dutch are Orange, and lunch, unlike revenge, is not best when served cold. 07/13/2006

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    Lotus Notes Arrives on Linux

    IBM announced this week it is shipping a Lotus Notes client that runs on top of Linux in a move one analyst says is primarily about reassuring Notes customers that their old standby collaboration platform continues to have a place in Big Blue's evolving Linux strategy. 07/12/2006

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    EU Warns That Vista May Mean More Fines for Microsoft

    European Union regulators fines Redmond and warns that the company needs to make sure it doesn't get into the same trouble again. 07/12/2006

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    Microsoft Introduces Virtualization Licensing Plan for Vista

    Microsoft on Wednesday at its Velocity 2006 partner conference in Boston debuted a desktop virtualization licensing plan for Windows Vista Enterprise in hopes of generating more interest in its Software Assurance program. 07/12/2006

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    N. Korea Cyberwarfare Unit Hacking S. Korea, U.S. DOD, Official Says

    North Korea has been operating a cyber warfare unit that seeks to hack into South Korea's military command communication network and destroy Internet servers, a South Korean intelligence official said Wednesday. 07/12/2006

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    U.S. State Department Suffers Widespread Computer Break-Ins

    The State Department is recovering from large-scale computer break-ins worldwide over the past several weeks that appeared to target its headquarters and offices dealing with China and North Korea, The Associated Press has learned. 07/12/2006

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    EU Fines Microsoft $357M, Threatens More

    The EU fined Microsoft Corp. $357 million and threatened more penalties, saying the company failed to obey a 2004 antitrust order to share technical information with rivals. 07/12/2006

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    Ballmer: Future Windows to Arrive Faster

    Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday. 07/12/2006

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    Microsoft Issues 7 Security Patches for July

    Microsoft Corp. issued seven patches to fix a variety of flaws, five of which the company has deemed "critical" -- its highest security rating. 07/11/2006

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    Gates: 80 Percent Chance Vista Will Make January Deadline

    Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said there was an 80 percent chance the company's next-generation operating system, Vista, would be ready in January. 07/11/2006

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    Vista Updated to Display Low-End Graphics Desktop

    Reacting to complaints from users, Microsoft has quietly decided to give Vista users who do not have the latest display technologies a somewhat "cooler" user interface than what has been seen in the beta copies so far. 07/11/2006

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    Firefox Use Rises as IE Falls

    While the stock market sits on pins and needles worried over any further delays in major Microsoft products, some users apparently are tired of waiting -- at least when it comes to browsers. 07/11/2006

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    Dynamics CRM Live Made Channel-Ready

    Ballmer takes wraps off hosted CRM app at partner confab. 07/11/2006

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    Ballmer Asks Partners to Bet on Microsoft in Security, Search, Unified Communications

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference keynote to give partners a choice. Ballmer also unveiled Microsoft CRM Live and launched Small Business Server 2003 R2. 07/11/2006

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    Intel Price Cuts Throw Fork in AMD Plans

    Intel Corp.'s attempt to stanch the loss of market share to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., its smaller rival in the computer microprocessor business, appears to be working and may allow it to gain lost ground over the next six months, analysts said Friday. 07/11/2006

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    Ballmer: Future Windows to Arrive Faster

    Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday. 07/11/2006

  • Eurofines become a Reality for Redmond

    Collectively, we're at the edge of the bed, tapping our toes, as we wait for the other shoe to drop. 07/11/2006

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    Adesso To Launch Partner Program

    Adesso Systems, Inc. will use Microsoft's WorldWide Partner Conference, which kicks off in Boston on Tuesday, to raise the curtains on its first partner program aimed at developers looking to create Web-based mobile and distributed applications. 07/10/2006

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    Microsoft Cuts Jobs, Fights the Law

    Microsoft streamlines its training and sales divisions and gets beat on by the EU and South Korea. Also, IE7 beta 3 ships and Office 2007 is delayed. 07/07/2006

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    Microsoft Announces Finalists, Winners of Partner Awards

    Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday the finalists and winners of its 2006 Microsoft Partner Program Awards. 07/07/2006

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    Microsoft Edges Closer to OpenDoc

    Microsoft said this week it has started an open-source project on the SourceForge collaborative software development management site to create free translators that can transform Office Open XML documents into OpenDocument format and vice versa. 07/06/2006

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    Microsoft Releases Folder Password Tool

    Microsoft is shipping a free downloadable tool to let users create a private folder where they can store sensitive files. 07/06/2006

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    EU To Levy More Fines Against Microsoft

    European Commission to levy more fines against Microsoft due to noncompliance with EU antitrust order to share information with rivals. 07/06/2006

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