MacBook Announcement Proves Microsoft Is Right About 'Apple Tax'
On a day in which Apple released a long-overdue update to its notebook computer line but refused to lower prices on its expensive new hardware, Microsoft shared its thoughts about it calls "the Apple Tax." The idea, basically, is that Windows still offers
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Google, Yahoo! Seeking Settlement with DOJ to Avoid Antitrust Fight
In a bid to head off a looming antitrust suit, Google and Yahoo! have petitioned the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for a settlement. The companies are now negotiating with the DOJ and hope to come to an agreement that will allow them to consummate a
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Silverlight 2 Finalized
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has finalized its Silverlight 2 rich Internet application platform. A beta version of Silverlight 2 was used to great effect during the Summer Olympics in August, and Microsoft says that the Silverlight 2-based NBC
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Microsoft Makes Windows 7 Name Official
It's official: Microsoft's next Windows version, currently being developed under the codename Windows 7 will use that moniker as its official final name when it hits the market in early 2010. The news, delivered as is so often the case these days via a
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Windows Mobile: What Went Wrong?
Paul discusses the evolution of Windows Mobile and why he thinks the platform is probably doomed.
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Sun Offers High Performance, Low Power on New Servers
A year after splitting its stock in a bid to calm nervous investor once-high-flying tech giant Sun Microsystems this week is even worse off financially than it was then, with its stock trading in the $5 range. But the company at least has some new
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of October 13, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news...
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Microsoft Announces Upcoming Xbox 360 Milestones
Microsoft announced this morning that it will deliver a completely new user interface for the Xbox 360 on November 19, the New Xbox Experience, an update that will result in a "completely new Xbox 360." The company also revealed that it will be extending
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Perfect Storm? RIM Unveils Touch-Based Blackberry
Smart phone maker RIM this week unveiled its long-awaited touch screen-based Blackberry device. And if the initial reports are accurate, the device--called the Blackberry Storm--will offer viable competition to Apple's trend-setting and innovative
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To Continue Fight with Intel, AMD Splits in Two
Microprocessor maker AMD announced this morning that it will be splitting off its manufacturing operations in order to better compete with market leader Intel. AMD and Abu Dhabi-based Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) will form a new
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Living Virtually with Hyper-V, MDOP 2008 R2
These products mark a new generation of Microsoft's suddenly sophisticated and increasingly mature virtualization platform.
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Ballmer: Xbox 360 'an Unqualified Success'
It's a product line that has consumed tens of billions of dollars of R&D, money that can never be recouped. The most recent version of the product is so endemically buggy that it has suffered from an historic product recall whose value exceeds $1 billion
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Opposition Mounts to Google/Yahoo! Ad Deal
Google and Yahoo! have agreed to a "brief" delay in the planned start of a controversial search advertising deal. The delay was made at the request of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), which is investigating the antitrust implications of the deal
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of October 6, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including the arrival of Paul's new book, Steve Ballmer's leaky ship, Microsoft's search desperation, Red Hat's cheaper HPC solution, Amazon's cloud services, Xbox 360 sales in Japan and much more
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Microsoft Confirms 'Windows Cloud' OS
At its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) event later this month, Microsoft will publicly unveil its 'Windows Cloud' Internet-based operating system, the company confirmed. I've been told several times by Microsoft representatives in the recent past
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Microsoft Makes Virtualization Advances
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has finalized development of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, it's standalone, "bare metal" virtualization server. Additionally, the software giant revealed that it will finalize its Virtual Machine Manager 2008
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Microsoft Goes After Scareware Vendors
Microsoft and the attorney-general of Washington State on Monday announced that they are teaming up to curb the spread of so-called scareware pop-up advertisements.
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Microsoft Unveils Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4.0
On Monday, Microsoft announced branding and other information about its next-generation developer suite and development framework.
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TiVo Brings DVR Software to the PC
Working with PC digital media solutions maker Nero, TiVo will bring its lauded digital video recording (DVR) solution to Windows-based computers in mid-October. The solution, awkwardly named Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC, duplicates the functionality of
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Paul's Picks
See how Windows Home Server rates after Microsoft’s recent Power Pack update and why even iPhone users might want to avoid Apple’s MobileMe service for now.
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