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Article | 24/10/2008 Gmail activation problem in Apps finally solved
Google has finally solved a problem that kept recent subscribers to its Apps suite from accessing their new Gmail accounts.
Article | 24/10/2008 Office 2007 Service Pack 2 due early '09
Microsoft said via a company blog Wednesday that Service Pack 2 (SP2) of Office 2007 will ship between February and April of next year.
Article | 23/10/2008 Clues hint Windows 7 debut in 2009
Microsoft may release Windows 7 as early as next November, bloggers speculated Wednesday, pointing to postings on the company's own Web site and comme...
Article | 22/10/2008 Google patches Chrome 'carpet bomb' bug
Google has patched its Chrome browser to block a months-old bug that can be used to trick people into downloading and launching malicious code.
Article | 22/10/2008 Google releases Android source code
Google announced on Tuesday that the source code for its mobile operating system, Android, is now available for anyone to use free.
Article | 22/10/2008 OpenOffice.org 3.0 scores strong first week
OpenOffice.org 3.0 was downloaded 3 million times in its first week, with about 80 percent of the downloads by Windows users, an official with the gro...
Article | 22/10/2008 Pirates prefer Windows XP over Vista, says Microsoft
Software counterfeiters pass on Windows Vista and instead prefer to pirate Windows XP, a Microsoft attorney said Tuesday, outlining a practice that tr...
Article | 21/10/2008 Reports: Microsoft preps Vista SP2 beta
Microsoft will begin beta testing the next service pack update for Windows Vista within weeks, according to a Windows enthusiast Web site.
Article | 20/10/2008 Microsoft ships Silverlight 2.0
Thursday's release of version 2.0 of Silverlight, a cross-browser runtime for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), from Microsoft has new featu...
Article | 20/10/2008 Ballmer: Windows 7 is Vista, just 'a lot better'
Windows 7 will be like Windows Vista, but more so, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said today as he defended the first two years of Vista and claime...
Article | 17/10/2008 Mozilla offers alpha version of mobile browser for N810
Mozilla plans to release on Thursday an alpha version of its mobile browser today for Nokia's Internet tablets.
Article | 17/10/2008 Microsoft mulling 'Instant On' feature for Windows
Microsoft is considering giving its Windows client OS the capability to be turned on very rapidly by allowing users only limited access to the OS, a c...
Article | 16/10/2008 OpenOffice.org launches first native Mac OS X suite
OpenOffice.org Monday released the first version of its open-source application suite written for Mac OS X.
Article | 16/10/2008 MS: 'Vista Capable' lawyers trying to hijack Windows Update
Microsoft is objecting to a plan that would force the company to use its Windows Update service to notify potential members in the "Windows Vista Capa...
Article | 16/10/2008 Linux Standard Base boosts developer features
A beta version of Linux Standard Base (LSB) 4.0 released this week adds developer features to technology intended to reconcile differences between Lin...
Article | 16/10/2008 What's in a name? Microsoft defends 'Windows 7' moniker
After users disputed his count, a Microsoft executive explained how the company concluded that the upcoming Windows 7 is the seventh version of the op...
Article | 16/10/2008 Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1, the first preview meant for the general public, but disabled one of its most-touted improvements.
Article | 16/10/2008 Microsoft issues mega-patch to crush 20 bugs
Microsoft on Tuesday patched 20 vulnerabilities, more than half of them rated critical, in 11 separate security updates for Windows, Office, Internet ...
Article | 15/10/2008 Microsoft sticks with 'Windows 7' for next OS
Microsoft has announced that the code name for its next operating system, Windows 7, will be the product's official name.
Article | 14/10/2008 Microsoft woos developers under the Silverlight
As Microsoft releases its Silverlight 2.0 media player tomorrow, it is claiming strong momentum for its free, would-be Adobe Flash-killer.

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