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Article | 22/11/2006 Linux users to MS: What 'balance sheet liability'?
While Microsoft may cast the Nov. 2 patent cooperation agreement it pushed on new partner Novell as a way to protect corporate users of the SUSE Linux...
Article | 6/11/2006 IT savings at issue with upgrades to Vista
As Microsoft prepares to release Windows Vista to manufacturing next week and make it available to corporate users at the end of the month, the debate...
Article | 25/10/2006 Microsoft delays Windows XP update to 2008
Microsoft has let the planned shipment date for its Service Pack 3 update to Windows XP slip again, this time to the first half of 2008.
Article | 24/10/2006 LINUXWORLD - Suse Linux ThinkPad targets chip designers
Lenovo Group will immediately begin selling and supporting a high-end model of its ThinkPad laptop with Novell's latest desktop version of SUSE Linux ...
Article | 10/10/2006 Vista users to face new piracy tests
Microsoft last week confirmed that it is overhauling its antipiracy technology for Windows Vista in an effort to plug a potential software license sec...
Article | 24/08/2006 'The Office' visits Microsoft's office
A pair of faux Microsoft corporate training videos that star the makers of the British cult hit comedy series The Office and tweak founder Bill Gates ...
Article | 8/08/2006 IBM speech technology crosses language barriers
IBM is now testing speech technology that can verify speakers' identities over the telephone, even if they are not speaking their native languages.
Article | 7/08/2006 BLACK HAT - Users still wary of Vista security
Microsoft stepped into the lion's den this week when it sent some of its top engineers to the Black Hat USA hacker conference in Las Vegas.
Article | 4/08/2006 BLACK HAT - Hit spyware by punishing purveyors
With spyware a continuing plague for many computer users, some experts and IT workers are calling for stiffer penalties -- including jail time -- for ...
Article | 4/08/2006 BLACK HAT - Blog readers vulnerable to embedded malware
Reading blogs could cause your computer to catch a virtual cold, said a leading security expert Wednesday at the Black Hat USA conference.
Article | 31/07/2006 Google launches alternative to SourceForge
Google has begun testing a new service for hosting open-source projects that leverages its famed search engine to help developers find interesting sof...
Article | 25/07/2006 Microsoft defends WGA, plans similar tool for Office
Despite the criticism leveled at Microsoft after its recent rollout -- and partial rollback -- of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), that tool was just ...
Article | 24/07/2006 Microsoft defends WGA
Under fire for reports that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) misidentifies some genuine copies of Windows XP as pirated, Microsoft took the unusual ste...
Article | 20/07/2006 Will Microsoft muzzle the software that cries wolf?
Despite the criticism leveled at Microsoft after the recent rollout -- and rollback -- of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), experts say that effort was...
Article | 13/07/2006 Google backs OpenDocument format
Google has joined a U.S.-based lobbying group supporting the use of the OpenDocument file format (ODF).

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