WinInfo Short Takes: Week of September 8, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including the long-awaited back to school season, Microsoft's first Seinfeld/Gates ad, some EU insights, another Netbook improvement, Opera silliness, and much, much more
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Microsoft Finally Cuts Price of Xbox 360 in the US
After several months of increasingly dismal sales, Microsoft has finally cut the price of its Xbox 360 video game console in the United States. The price cuts not only make the console more affordable; they actually make the low-end Xbox 360 less
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Google's Browser Created Out of Fear of Microsoft
A deep fear of Microsoft drove Google to create its own Web browser, the company's cofounders implicitly admitted Tuesday, though each was careful never to mention the software giant by name. Instead, during a press conference, Google's leaders discussed
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Google to Launch its Own Web Browser ... Today
Prodded by the feature-list of the recently released Beta 2 version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) 8, Google has prematurely announced its own Web browser entry, which will appear today on Windows only. The browser, called Chrome, appears to offer
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Over-the-Air Puts Mobile Email Over-the-Top
Learn about the roots of today's wireless mobile services.
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of September 1, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including a very late short takes, screwy Microsoft patents, AT&T's competitors are smelling blood in the water, Nintendo keeps rocking and rolling, Dell, Steve Jobs not-so-RIP, and so much more
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Goes Public
Microsoft on Wednesday shipped the Beta 2 version of its upcoming Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Web browser. This version of the product, which will be made available free to Windows XP, Vista, 2003, and 2008 users, adds many functional advances and some new
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What You Need to Know About Microsoft Online Services
Learn how you might save by using Microsoft Online Services—a set of Microsoft server solutions that are offered as subscription services, hosted by Microsoft and sold through the company's partners.
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What You Need to Know About Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2
Get the facts on Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 and see how Microsoft has improved Internet Explorer security with domain highlighting, ActiveX controls, and data execution protection support.
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Paul's Picks
See how Mozilla Firefox 3.0 rates as an enterprise web browser; plus, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V arrived late but it's worth a look if you're interested in server virtualization.
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Microsoft Makes Anti-Piracy Changes to Windows XP
Microsoft late Tuesday made changes to its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Notifications anti-piracy service in Windows XP, a change that should begin appearing on users' desktops over the next few months. The company says it made the changes in order
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Microsoft Announces IE 8 Privacy Features
While the Beta 2 release of its next browser is still a few days away, Microsoft on Monday unveiled a few of the privacy-related features that will grace Internet Explorer (IE) 8. Due in final form by the end of the year or early 2009, IE 9 will build off
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Windows, Not Walls
Microsoft will soon debut the fruits of a $300 million marketing campaign for Windows Vista that will run under the moniker "Windows, Not Walls." The company hopes the campaign will change people's perceptions about the OS.
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Gartner: Cloud Computing is Reshaping IT
A recent report from the analysts at Gartner says that enterprise spending will outpace the economy in the coming years. But the big change is that enterprises are no longer investing in the in-house and self-managed hardware and software systems that
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of August 25, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including the return of Windows Weekly, a Seinfeldian set of Windows Vista ads, an amazing Microsoft photo synth service, Poland and the EU vs. Microsoft, Google search dominance, and so much more
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Palm Goes Pro with New Treo Smartphone
Struggling smart phone pioneer Palm on Wednesday announced the latest device in its Treo product line, a Treo Pro model that runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional instead of the company's own Palm OS. The Treo Pro will ship this fall and, unlike most smart
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Microsoft to Go it Alone in Web Search
At the Search Engines Strategies Conference and Expo in San Jose this week, Microsoft outlined its plans to compete with Google in Web search. Those plans presumably have changed a lot this year, given Microsoft's on-again, off-again romance with Yahoo!
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Microsoft Expands Novell Relationship
Microsoft and Novell on Wednesday announced an expansion of their interoperability relationship, with Microsoft agreeing to purchase another $100 million in certificates for supported installs of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Novell, in turn, will bolster
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Apple Racing to Fix Endemic iPhone 3G, MobileMe Problems
Apple on Tuesday issued what appeared to be a minor update to its iPhone 3G smart phone, noting in its terse support documentation only that the release "fixes bugs." But the size of the iPhone 2.0.2 update, as it's called--a massive 250 MB--belied
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Microsoft's Olympic Gold
With world records being broken at a dizzying pace, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing has drawn massive audiences from around the world, most watching the games via traditional TV coverage. But behind the scenes, a massive array of technology is
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