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2 hrs ago | Macsimum News

'Macsimum Recommended Reading' for Oct. 13

"Why a new $800 Apple laptop had better be pretty: There is something vaguely timber-shivering about every new Apple announcement.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Apple, Computers, Apple Computer, Startups, Microsoft, Software

6 hrs ago | Microsoft Malware Protection Center

Email Scam Targets Microsoft Customers

Email scams are a common way to spread malware and/or steal personal information.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Startups, Spyware, Science / Technology, Computers, Microsoft Windows

10 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

U.S. Election-Year Reform Agenda Fuels Interest in CA Information Governance

Crystal King, 508-628-8575 crystal.king@ca.com CA, Inc.: News Facts -- CA, Inc. is seeing an increasing demand from government agencies for its Information Governance Suite related to anticipated inquiries and ...

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Related Topix: Retail, CA, Apparel, Startups, Microsoft, Software

16 hrs ago | The News Tribune

Q&A: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

PATRICK TEHAN/SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes questions during a meeting with reporters in September in San Jose, Calif.

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Related Topix: Startups, Microsoft, Software, Video Games, San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro

20 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Ballmer's Luck in Yahoo Failure Gives Microsoft `Nice Miss' as Stock Slips

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said he was disappointed Yahoo! Inc.

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Related Topix: Startups, Media, Yahoo!, Computers, Search Engines, Microsoft, Software, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Internet, Science / Technology

Sun Oct 12, 2008

PaidContent.org

Small Yahoo Investor Asks MSFT To Rebid At $22; Asking For Asia Spinoff

At the rate it is going, $15 per share might sound enticing to Yahoo after a while.

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Related Topix: Startups, Media, Yahoo!, Computers, Search Engines, Microsoft, Software

Microsoft MVP Community

Microsoft NEVER sends updates through e-mail

This just came through to my inbox. Fortunately, Small Business Server 2003's Exchange filtering snagged the executable but thought this is worth touching on.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Startups, Microsoft Windows, Science / Technology, Microsoft Office

ComputerWorld

Microsoft scales out SQL Server 2008, wants to 'democratize BI'

SAS Business and Analytics Zone No matter where your organization is on the path toward evolving your IT infrastructure, SAS can adapt to your situation to meet your long-term enterprise intelligence needs.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Startups

Sat Oct 11, 2008

Light Reading

Qwest Rings In Phone Portal

Today Qwest Communications International Inc. introduced Colorado customers to qHomeTM, the Integrated Message Manager, a new Web tool developed in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation that gives customers ...

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Related Topix: Telecom, Qwest Communications Intl, IT Services, QUALCOMM, Semiconductors, Electronics, Startups, Microsoft, Software, Computers

E-Commerce Times

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Vista's 'Unqualified Success'

Despite the negative attention it's been subjected to, Vista is a huge success in the eyes of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

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Related Topix: Startups, Microsoft, Software, Marketing, Computers, Video Games

Blogging Stocks

Are video games a defensive industry at this point?

There are some who say that video games will be just fine during the economic crisis.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Startups, Microsoft, Software, Sony, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

Fri Oct 10, 2008

SFGate

Please come back, Microsoft

Calling Steve Ballmer. Would you buy Yahoo now, pretty please? Investment fund Mithras Capital Partners, unhappy that its small stake in Yahoo is eroding in value, wants Microsoft to save the day and make ...

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Related Topix: Startups, Media, Yahoo!, Computers, Search Engines, Microsoft, Software

ZDNet

GeForce 8600M GT

Months after Dell and other notebook manufacturers came clean, Apple has admitted some culpability for failing Nvidia GPUs.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Apple, Computers, Microsoft, Software, Startups, Microsoft Windows

TechNewsWorld

Microsoft Aims to Spread BI Throughout the Enterprise

Microsoft is bolstering business intelligence functionality in SQL Server with the upcoming release of Kilimanjaro, its latest version of the database management system.

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Related Topix: Startups, Microsoft, Software, Internet, Science / Technology

The Inquirer

Microsoft could pick Blackberry

BLACKBERRY MAKER Research In Motion is in danger of being plucked by Microsoft as the firm's market value continues to slide due to the financial crisis and pressure on margins.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Software

Fabulous Adventures In Coding

Boring Metablogging, Part Two

I try to not blog about blogging. Metablogging is boring . The last time I blogged about blogging was on the subject of "Can I take your blog post and republish it?" My answer then was "yes... but". That is, ...

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Related Topix: Blog News, Internet, Science / Technology, Startups, Microsoft, Software

Hugh Hewitt

Google Gets Into the Game

Another day, another step forward in online-advertising domination for Google . The world's leading Web company took its popular marketing platform to the casual-gaming space last night, when it formally ...

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Related Topix: Software, Google, Startups, Marketing, Microsoft, Opinion

Thu Oct 09, 2008

TechNewsWorld

PC Makers Get Extension on XP Retrofit Option

Windows XP has been given yet another stay of execution of sorts. Hardware OEMs will now be permitted to keep tossing in copies of Windows XP with the PCs they make until July 31 of next year.

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Related Topix: Microsoft Windows, Science / Technology, PC, Startups, Microsoft, Software, Computers

ITworld

Why VARs must add SaaS options

October 8, 2008, 09:55 PM - ITworld - Software-as-a-Service is nothing new, but a greater penetration of broadband access and mobile computing -- combined with economic pressures -- has raised demand.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Software as a Service, Startups, Microsoft, Software

Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

Non-Profits Can Get Significant Discounts on Microsoft Office

Qualified 501 3 organizations can get significant discounts on Microsoft Office 2007 and other Microsoft software.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Microsoft Office, Startups, Microsoft, Software, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

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