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Microsoft pledges aid for ageing PCs
News Microsoft also announced on Wednesday a new "buy now, pay later" financing promotion, under which business customers can get Windows Vista, Office 2007 and other products by paying $50 per month for six months and then spreading the rest of the... [13 Jul 2006]
Google squares up to Microsoft
News Desktop search has been earmarked a priority by all the major search engines, but among investors and analysts Microsoft has posed the biggest threat to Google's reign because of its dominance with the Windows operating system. [14 Oct 2004]
Microsoft unbowed in face of 'stop XP' lawsuit
News Intertrust alleges Microsoft violated seven of its patents with at least 50 separate infringements, covering .NET, Windows XP, Windows ME, Office XP, Windows Media Player, Microsoft Reader and Microsoft Digital Asset Server. [19 Oct 2001]
Microsoft presents XP plug-and-play
News Microsoft is to enable the retail version of its new XP operating system with plug-and-play gateways, allowing home users and SMEs to access peer-to-peer networks. It also allows retail customers to set up home and small office networks. [18 Jul 2001]
New Outlook to give spammers the boot
News We've taken a step backward, so to speak, by blocking external content when you preview email," Simon Marks, Office XP product manager, said this week. Microsoft is taking the fight against spam more seriously in the next version of its widely used... [01 Nov 2002]
Novell embraces open source
News Novell, once a pioneer in corporate networks, has steadily lost market share in its core operating system business to Microsoft's Windows server operating systems. Open source is gaining momentum in the market; customers want to leverage it," said... [16 Apr 2003]
Government ditches plans for standard e-procurement platform
News Whitehall procurement body the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) had initially planned to develop its own system that could be used as a model by other departments in an effort to prevent interoperability arising from a disparate collection of e... [18 Jun 2003]
Vista more popular with consumers than companies
News Microsoft announced a deal last month offering cheap upgrades to Vista and Office 2007 for consumers buying new Windows laptops and PCs this festive season. Find out more about Window's latest operating system with silicon.com's Vista Cheat Sheet. [29 Nov 2006]
Sun delivers all-in-one small-biz Linux package
News Sun's Small Office Solution (SOS), which launched in the UK last week, consists of the Sun LX50 entry level server, a dual 1.4GHz Intel processor-based box, with several third-party applications running on top of Sun's own Linux distribution. [17 Mar 2003]
Sun unveils free OpenOffice for Mac users
News Meanwhile, Microsoft has recently taken steps to make the price of its Mac Office suite more palatable, launching a $199 promotion that allows new Mac buyers to buy Office for half the price of a full copy. [15 Oct 2002]
Boxed Vista not as popular as XP - study
News NPD's report includes sales data from retailers such as Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Kmart, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples and Target. Businesses with volume license contracts have been able to get the new operating system since... [20 Feb 2007]
'Homeless hacker' on verge of surrendering to feds
News Lamo, 22, said his lawyer is talking with the US Attorney's office in New York City over unspecified allegations of criminal misconduct. The US Attorney's office in New York City did not immediately respond to a request for comment. [08 Sep 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08
Round-Up Office workers across the UK were urged to stay at home yesterday. And the rest of them got a bit lonely and were grateful to return to the warm embrace of silicon.com towers this morning, vowing never to leave the office again, or at least not... [16 May 2008]
Decide what you want websites to know about you...
News A spokesman for the Information Commissioner's Office, said: "As an organisation we would always promote these kinds of technological developments that make it easier for individuals to see what a site's policy on privacy is. [17 Apr 2002]
Siebel expands compatibility tools
News The product comprises 100 separate applications, each designed to link Siebel's vast set of sales, customer service and marketing programs with billing, inventory and other so-called back office programs. [15 Apr 2003]
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