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March 28, 2008

What Will Alibaba Mean in Microsoft's Yahoo Takeover?

China may or may not have surpassed the United States in the number of citizens online this year. It all depends, of course, as The Wall Street Journal's Carl Bialik explains, on how you count th... More >

March 26, 2008

XP Users Want Their SP3 Now

It seems doubtful that the reason Microsoft hasn't released the final SP3 for Windows XP this week is because it "wants the focus to remain on Vista SP1," as this Beta News piece says. Nevertheless... More >

March 24, 2008

Microsoft Contributes to Concentrated Research in Parallel Processing

The alarm has been sounding for quite a while that all the potential for innovation, invention and problem-solving that multicore processing holds will go to waste if we don't get started on progr... More >

March 19, 2008

Vista SP1 Brings More Bad News

During the last few weeks leading up to the release of Windows Vista SP1, said to be the hurdle many SMBs and enterprises wanted Microsoft to pass before they would consider rolling out the OS, calls... More >

March 13, 2008

Google-DoubleClick Bodes Well for Microsoft-Yahoo

Last week, I and others asked what a finalized Google-DoubleClick deal would mean for Microsoft now , almost a year after the acquisition process was begun. Now, we can begin to see the answers. An ... More >

March 7, 2008

What Will EU Google/DoubleClick Decision Mean Now?

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that, next week, European Union regulators will approve Google's acquisition of Web advertising firm DoubleClick for $3.1 billion. When Google made the ... More >

March 5, 2008

Despite Pressure, Microsoft Declares It Won't Split Divisions

CFO Chris Liddell says Microsoft is not thinking of splitting its divisions in any way, says InformationWeek . The synergy is there, says Liddell, even if the European Commission and other regulat... More >

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