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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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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