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Article | 7/10/2010 Most Windows 7 upgrades taking place in next 12 months
More than 10 per cent of enterprises have already completed Windows 7 migrations, and most others will at least begin the process this year or in 2011...
Article | 7/10/2010 Judge gives Apple temporary reprieve in $625M patent case
A federal judge yesterday postponed his final ruling in the patent infringement lawsuit a Yale professor won against Apple, giving the company more ti...
Article | 7/10/2010 HP confirms WebOS smartphones coming soon
To paraphrase American author Mark Twain, the rumors of the death of WebOS have been greatly exaggerated. An HP executive has confirmed that new WebOS...
Article | 6/10/2010 Why a Windows tablet is still a bad idea
Steve Ballmer is known for making big promises -- some bigger than the reality Microsoft can actually deliver. With the 2010 holiday shopping season r...
Article | 6/10/2010 Fring could beat Skype for low-cost Android calls
Skype may finally be available to all Android users after months of Verizon-only exclusivity, but so is FringOut, an alternative contender that offers...
Article | 6/10/2010 Microsoft IE browser share dips below 50%; Google Chrome rises
Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which has dominated the Web browser market since blowing by Netscape in the late 1990s, last month fell below the 50 pe...
Article | 5/10/2010 Microsoft making 'first mover' Windows Phone 7 apps developers a priority
Microsoft plans to phase in a limited number of Windows Phone 7 applications, starting with the formal unveiling of the first handsets next week. By s...
Article | 5/10/2010 Free desktop tools that aren't OpenOffice
Most everyone who's had some experience with free open source software has learned about the OpenOffice.org suite of productivity programs: a word pro...
Article | 5/10/2010 Apple fights multi-million dollar patent infringement verdict
Apple has asked a federal judge to postpone applying a multi-million dollar patent infringement verdict, citing a dispute over "triple dipping" made b...
Article | 5/10/2010 Call to carve up Microsoft 'silly,' says analyst
A call by financial firm Goldman Sachs for Microsoft to spin off its Xbox video game line doesn't make sense, an analyst countered today.
Article | 3/10/2010 5 reasons the Windows Phone 7 will fail
Microsoft will debut three new smartphones that carry its revamped Windows Phone 7 operating system on Oct. 11, offering them on wireless carrier AT&a...
Article | 2/10/2010 IE9 beta launch fails to slow Microsoft's browser slide
The quick start of Internet Explorer 9's beta last month wasn't enough to prevent Microsoft's browser from again losing share to rivals from Google an...
Article | 2/10/2010 Why did Stuxnet worm spread?
Stuxnet's inability to stay stealthy may be fall-out from a failure to hit its intended targets last year, security researchers said today.
Article | 1/10/2010 Microsoft releases Web-based suite of apps
Microsoft's Windows Live Essentials 2011, is ready for prime time. Microsoft announced Thursday it's consumer focused suite of free applications, has ...
Article | 1/10/2010 Stuxnet code hints at possible Israeli origin, researchers say
Security researchers today offered another tantalizing clue about the possible origins of the notorious Stuxnet worm, but cautioned against reading to...