Microsoft to buy SourceGear assets (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Monday it will buy some assets of SourceGear LLC that will bolster its software design products.
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Microsoft buys bridge between Java and .Net developers (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft plans to acquire technology that has enabled Microsoft's TFS (Team Foundation Server) software to be an ALM (application lifecycle management) server for different software development platforms.
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Crazy tech support stories (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - I'm one of the people who answers your call or e-mail when you have a computer or software problem.
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Android Smartphone Pioneer Hits Turbulence in Q3 (PC World)
PC World - High Tech Computer (HTC), which developed the first smartphone based on Google's Android mobile operating system, saw revenue decline in the third quarter due to increased competition and weak sales in Europe.
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Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court (AP)
AP - With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.
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Windows 7: Putting Early Sales Figures in Perspective (PC World)
PC World - Initial sales numbers for Windows 7 are in and it seems that the operating system is delivering the redemption for Windows Vista that Microsoft was hoping for. Lower revenue and lower PC hardware sales figures related to Windows 7 hint at issues, but those figures have to be put in perspective.
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Google Strives to Balance Commercial, Community With Android (PC World)
PC World - Onlookers say that Google is in charge of Android development, despite pitching the software as a community project. But experts say that could be the only way Google can ensure that the software is actually released.
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Louvre plays home to Apple's first French store (Reuters)
Reuters - Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software.
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Microsoft Battles on in Mobile, Search and the Cloud (PC World)
PC World - As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company.
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Has Microsoft Placed Its Last Mobile Bet? (PC World)
PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms.
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Best Buy Will Help You Go Google Mobile (PC World)
PC World - It appears Best Buy will take sides again in the software wars, this time partnering with Google to help install the Google Mobile app on new phones.
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Windows 7 Tops Vista's Rollout as Patch Tuesday Looms (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Score one for Windows 7. The initial sales of the latest version of Microsoft's flagship operating system surpassed Vista's performance during its first few days on the U.S. market, according to the NPD Group.
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Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war (AFP)
AFP - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.
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Windows 7 debut a hit: NPD (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group.
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Are Heavy Discounts Behind Window 7's Success? (PC World)
PC World - The early sales numbers for Windows 7 are indeed impressive. According to market researcher NPD Group, U.S. sales of Windows 7 boxed software were a whopping 234 percent higher than Vista's first several days of sales. And as my colleague Brennon Slattery pointed out earlier today, a mixture of media hype and mostly upbeat Windows 7 reviews are working in Microsoft's favor.
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Microsoft Will Eliminate 800 More Jobs Worldwide (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Software giant Microsoft said Thursday it will cut 800 positions worldwide. The latest round is part of Microsoft's previously announced move to eliminate 5,000 jobs or five percent of its workforce.
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IBM Announces Cloud Software-development Betas (PC World)
PC World - IBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds.
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Microsoft raises cloud computing concerns (AFP)
AFP - Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."
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Microsoft Rivals, Trade Groups Want Browser Offer Changed (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday.
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JDA Software to buy i2 for about $434 million (AP)
AP - JDA Software Group Inc., which makes inventory management software for retailers, said Thursday it has agreed to buy rival i2 Technologies Inc. for about $434 million.
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