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Microsoft launches Web-based OS in India
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: The world’s largest software maker Microsoft made its cloud-based operating system commercially available for Indian users. | The computer power on Windows Azure, a cloud-based operating system hosted in Microsoft’s data centers, will be available at $0.12 on an hourly basis, ...
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Microsoft Gives Rival Browsers a Lift
The New York Times
| PARIS — Rivals of Microsoft’s market-leading Web browser have attracted a flurry of interest since the company, fulfilling a regulatory requirement, started making it easier for European users of its Windows operating system to switch. | Mozilla, whose Firefox browser is the strongest ...
Asia-Pacific Oil and Gas Pros Lead Industry in Workplace Adoption of Social Media, Reports Microsoft-Accenture Poll
redOrbit
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 07:00 CST | HOUSTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oil and gas industry professionals in Asia Pacific lead the industry in the use of social media and collaboration tools at work, reports recent Microsoft Cor...
Google widens assault on Microsoft's dominance of business softwear
The Times
| Google is to broaden its assault on Microsoft's dominance of the market for business software by launching on online marketplace for other companies' enterprise products. | The internet search giant wants to convert companies to using applications ...
Microsoft warns of new Internet Explorer vulnerability
Newsvine
| Microsoft has advised computer users to disable scripting in the browser window and enable the data execution prevention feature in Internet Explorer. | ...
Microsoft Bing Tops 11.5% in U.S. Search as Yahoo Continues Slide
Newsvine
| Microsoft Bing grabbed 11.5 percent of the U.S. search market in February, up from 11.3 percent in January, according to comScore. While Google grew slightly to 65.5 percent, Yahoo dropped from 17 percent through January to 16.8 percent in February...
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Google takes aim at Microsoft with acquisition
DNA India
| San Francisco: Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp's productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft use...
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Google buys DocVerse in latest shot at Microsoft
The Examiner
Comments SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Google Inc. has acquired a company called DocVerse to help the Internet search leader round out its online software programs and provide more a...
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Google takes aim at Microsoft with acquisition
Canada Dot Com
       | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp's productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that a...
Microsoft boffin scoops Turing Award
The Register
| A Microsoft researcher has received the Turing Award in recognition for his pioneering work in personal computing hardware and networking technology development. | Chuck Thacker, 67, received the computing industry's equivalent of a Nobel prize on ...
Microsoft must stand trial over Canadian pricing claims
National Post
| Bloomberg News  Network Canada.com Newspapers National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calgary Herald Regina Leader-Post Saskatoon StarPhoenix Windsor Star Ottawa Citizen The Gazette (Montreal) ...
Microsoft researcher wins coveted Turing Award
The Star
| SAN JOSE (California): A Microsoft Corp researcher won the US$250,000 (RM850.000) Turing Award — one of technology's most coveted prizes — for his work helping to design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer. | Whil...
Science
I took these photos on 8 March 2009 at the ceremonial start of the Iditarod sled dog race in Anchorage, Alaska. This was the 37th running of The Last Great Race. I get a thrill out of each race - the dogs were born to run and it is another thing that makes me proud to be an Alaskan!
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Being top dog at UW a steppingstone for future politicians
Seattle Times
| Sitting in the student activity center at the University of Washington, talking to Timothy Mensing, current student body president, I ask only slightly in jest, "What are you running for?" You know, after college. | The question is not as far-fetched as it might seem. | As president of the Associated Students of the University of Washington, Mens...
Technology
Laptop
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Wi-Fi finders can lead thieves to your laptop
Wtop
, wtop.com | WASHINGTON - Both babies and laptops need time to go to sleep. Closing the lid on your laptop may not immediately shut it down. Some computers take 30 minutes before they are truly in sleep mode. | Crooks are using inexpensive Wi-Fi finders to find and steal laptops owners have stowed in lockers and cars, even in the trunks of cars. | ...



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