Saturday, March 1, 2008

Microsoft is slashing the price of some retail versions of Windows Vista, effective when the SP1 version rolls out later this year.

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Some of Microsoft's own top executives had trouble getting Windows Vista to work in the weeks after its release, according to company e-mails unsealed today.
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Civil rights group coalition says U.S. Federal Communications Commission should let broadband providers to manage their networks and slow "bandwidth hogs." 29-Feb-2008

The Climate Savers Computing Initiative will play a major role at the German trade show, opening March 4. 29-Feb-2008

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Former CEO Bruce Chizen received $8.3 million in cash and exercised $29.6 million in stock options when he left Adobe. 29-Feb-2008

Apple's UK cellular partner O2 says the iPhone will launch in Ireland on March 14, 2008. 29-Feb-2008

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Innovative new games for the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS are big on creativity. 29-Feb-2008

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News about Google, Sprint, and Nortel scare off investors, as a slowdown in consumer spending looms. 29-Feb-2008

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EBay and MercExchange settled their patent dispute, the subject of an important Supreme Court ruling on intellectual property. 29-Feb-2008

Dell reported revenue up 10 percent from a year ago, but short of $16 billion estimate. 29-Feb-2008

Mozilla is in talks with mobile operators, plans versions of mobile Firefox for Linux and Windows Mobile by year end. 29-Feb-2008

Dell is launching more low-cost laptops in Asia, coy about a competitor to Asustek's Eee PC. 29-Feb-2008

Users and developers are relieved that JotSpot is still alive, but worried by lack of API for Google Sites. 29-Feb-2008

Take-Two is hearing from other suitors after the $2 billion bid from Electronic Arts, but no formal offers yet. 29-Feb-2008

Yahoo faces a second major lawsuit by Chinese dissidents claiming the company aided authorities. 29-Feb-2008

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Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing with several screenshots of what it will look like. 28-Feb-2008

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Microsoft's proposal is creating "uncertainty" that might negatively affect its business, Yahoo tells the SEC. 28-Feb-2008

Sprint Nextel bests rival U.S. mobile operators with its unlimited voice, data, and multimedia services plan. 28-Feb-2008

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