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Stories by Elizabeth Montalbano

Article | 3/07/2009 Microsoft removes projectile-vomiting IE8 ad from Web

An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided t...

Article | 2/07/2009 Red Hat program certifies partners to put Linux on cloud

Red Hat has launched a new partner program to make sure its enterprise Linux and JBoss software are core components of a cloud-computing infrastructur...

Article | 1/07/2009 Adobe shuts down July 4th week to ride out recession

Adobe Systems has shut down its North American offices for a week for the second time this year as part of cost-cutting measures, forcing employees to...

Article | 18/06/2009 Blogger: Windows 7 UAC feature still vulnerable

The Microsoft blogger who first called attention to a security vulnerability in Windows 7's User Account Control (UAC) feature claims it still exists ...

Article | 17/06/2009 CIA's technology arm taps open source for enterprise search

The company in charge of providing technology to the U.S. intelligence community has invested in an open-source firm to provide enterprise-search tech...

Article | 16/06/2009 Microsoft user group demands Opera boycott over EU suit

A Microsoft enthusiast group is calling for the boycott of Opera Software's products due to the browser maker's part in the antitrust campaign against...

Article | 12/06/2009 Rivals level guns at IE in enterprise browser war

While Microsoft's Internet Explorer faces healthy competition with other browsers among consumers, in the enterprise it has long remained the de facto...

Article | 11/06/2009 Firefox 3.5 features new Javascript engine, built-in video

The next version of Firefox will include next-generation features Mozilla hopes will help the browser stand apart from competitors.

Article | 9/06/2009 Mozilla to let enterprises build custom Firefox browsers

Mozilla is readying a program that will allow companies to build their own customized browsers based on the next version of Firefox, which will be out...

Article | 4/06/2009 Verizon's public cloud aimed at enterprise

Verizon has rolled out its first cloud-computing service aimed at giving enterprise customers a secure way to host applications not only on virtual re...

Article | 5/06/2009 Forrester: Microsoft Office in no danger from competitors

Microsoft Office is still the most prevalent productivity suite among enterprise customers, but 2010 could see more adoption of competitive suites as ...

Article | 3/06/2009 Windows 7 will ship Oct. 22

Microsoft will ship Windows 7 to customers worldwide on Oct. 22, the company said Tuesday.

Article | 3/06/2009 Microsoft sued over dynamic Web page technology

A patent-holding company has sued Microsoft for patent infringement for technology used in dynamic Web pages.

Article | 2/06/2009 Amazon.com to ship Kindle DX ahead of schedule

Amazon.com's new large-screen Kindle DX e-reader will ship earlier than expected, the company said Monday.

Article | 2/06/2009 Microsoft buys software for Amalga e-health platform

Microsoft has purchased software from Merck & Co. to make its Amalga data-aggregation and management software more useful to life sciences and pharmac...