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The search market created Microsoft's worst enemy

Throughout its history, Microsoft has earned a reputation for tenacity when entering markets created, and initially dominated, by innovative startups.

posted by ITworld staff | Analysis | Internet | 11/06/09 at 3:50 pm | Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, search engine


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An important Linux fix

It's not often that Linux needs to be fixed, but a recently discovered security problem does deserve your attention.

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Networking | Open Source | Operating systems | Security | Software | 11/06/09 at 2:43 pm | kernel, Linux, Novell, null, Red Hat


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Microsoft battles on in mobile, search and the cloud

As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company.

posted by ITworld staff | Analysis | Internet | Operating systems | SaaS | Software | Windows | 11/06/09 at 12:40 pm


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Has Microsoft placed its last mobile bet?

When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms.

posted by ITworld staff | Analysis | Operating systems | Personal tech | Software | Windows | 11/06/09 at 12:40 pm


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MS Office battles Google in the cloud

When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006.

posted by ITworld staff | Analysis | Internet | SaaS | Software | 11/06/09 at 12:40 pm


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Cisco, EMC, VMware partnership is a long shot

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Google Chrome: The fast browser with slow adoption

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"Always-on" benefits in debugging

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With Hyper-V R2, Microsoft sets its sights on VMware

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Why Windows security is awful

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Why Users Dumped Your Open Source App for Proprietary Software

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Microsoft says turn off Windows feature to protect Windows

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Fake virus infection Web pages are everywhere

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And the best free Anti-Virus program is...

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Time to look for an AVG replacement?

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Protecting Mom's PC

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An Abbreviated History of ACP, One of the Oldest Open Source Applications

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Don't need it? Don't install it.

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What's really the safest Web Browser?

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