Microsoft Reports Weak Windows Sales as Profits Plunge (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Sales of the Windows operating system fell 29 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter, Microsoft reported Thursday. The news sent the company's stock down nearly nine percent at noon Eastern time Friday.
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Palm re-enables iTunes sync in Pre software update (Reuters)
Reuters - Palm Inc has escalated its battle with rival Apple Inc, updating the software on its Pre smartphone so that it can again sync with Apple's iTunes media management software.
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Microsoft shares slip on disappointing results (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Microsoft Corp fell more than 10 percent on Friday, a day after the software maker's results disappointed investors, including a first-ever decline in annual sales of the Windows operating system.
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Collaboration Tools Can Cut Costs, Boost Productivity (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - At a time when enterprise software investments are trending town, companies may not be looking to invest in unified communications and collaboration tools.
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Palm Pre reconnects with estranged iTunes (AP)
AP - Palm Inc.'s Pre phone can again connect to Apple's iTunes software آ— just a week after Apple Inc. shut it out.
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Spring may be coming soon for Microsoft's Azure (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Java developers fond of the popular Spring Framework might gain an interesting deployment option -- the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform -- if an alliance can emerge between Spring proponents and Microsoft.
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Several Chinese Android Phones Due in Europe This Year (PC World)
PC World - At least three Chinese companies have put Google's Android operating system on mobile phones they say will launch in Europe this year.
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On the Call: Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell (AP)
AP - With businesses cutting back on technology spending and consumers favoring low-end notebooks, the average amount Microsoft Corp. brings in from selling a copy of its Windows software has fallen.
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Soft PC sales send Microsoft profit down 29 pct (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its profit in the last quarter plunged 29 percent because of weak computer sales, ending a fiscal year in which the software maker's revenue fell for the first time since the company went public in 1986.
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Microsoft, Intel Design Windows 7 to Be Speedy (PC World)
PC World - Collaboration with Microsoft could allow the software giant's upcoming Windows 7 OS to take advantage of multithreaded and multicore Intel chips for faster application performance, according to an Intel official.
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CA 2Q profit nearly flat, but outlook lifts shares (AP)
AP - Business management software company CA Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit was nearly flat as revenue edged lower. But the company forecast fiscal 2010 sales at the high end of its prior outlook, sending shares up nearly 5 percent in after-hours trading.
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Android's Next Stop: High-Tech Remotes For Your Home (PC World)
PC World - Get ready for more Google in your life. A slew of household gadgets based on the company's Android operating system will debut within the next five months, a new report says, including several high-tech remote controls for your home.
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Oracle Buys Data-integration Specialist (PC World)
PC World - Oracle on Thursday said it is buying GoldenGate Software, a San Francisco maker of data integration tools, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is expected to close later this year.
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Apple Drops Threats Against iTunes Jailbreaking (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple has backed down from threatening legal action against BluWiki, a hosting Web site that discussed how users could circumvent Apple's iTunes software. Apple and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit public-interest group based in San Francisco, have stopped legal proceedings.
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Windows 7 RTM Doesn't Cure Upgrade Woes (PC World)
PC World - It is hard--make that impossible--to recommend that Windows XP users upgrade to Windows 7. Especially when the new OS really wants a clean installation, goodbye apps, goodbye drivers, goodbye hours of people's time. RTM or not, Win7 isn't any closer to many users' PCs, including most of mine.
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Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companies (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete.
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Dear Vista: It's Time to Part Ways (PC World)
PC World - Vista, I have to tell you something, and I thought it would be easier to say in a letter. Microsoft's newest operating system is on its way; Windows 7 will be here on October 22. So, I know this is kind of awkward, Vista, but I'm going to have to ask you to get your things ready and start packing up.
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Windows 7 released to computer makers (AFP)
AFP - Software giant Microsoft has declared its next-generation Windows 7 operating system ready for delivery to computer makers.
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Video game group files lawsuit over CTA ad rule (AP)
AP - A trade group that represents software and video game publishers sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, saying a rule barring ads on trains and buses for "mature" and "adults only" games violates the right to freedom of speech.
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Microsoft releases Windows 7 code to PC makers (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it is releasing the code for Windows 7 to PC manufacturers, keeping the software company on track to have machines running its new operating system in the stores by late October.
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