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'$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft has joined forces with the developers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows available on the machines.

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Microsoft Boasts 10 Million Xbox 360s Sold in US

Video Games – Historically, it looks like the Xbox 360 might be winning the console war thanks to its head start on the PS3 and Wii and its extensive gaming library. But don't count Nintendo out yet.

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Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave

Money – Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion,…

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Icahn Moves to Oust the Yahoo! Board

Gadgets & Tech – Carl Icahn has been buying up Yahoo! stock, apparently planning a proxy fight designed to replace the Yahoo! Board of Directors with a set of nominees that will move forward toward a possible merger with Microsoft.…

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Financier Carl Icahn to begin a Yahoo proxy battle.

News – After the Microsoft merger was unsuccessful, Ichan is starting a proxy battle for Yahoo's board to get the offer back on the table.

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Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope will light your fuse

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft wants you to boldly go where you have never gone before right from your PC desktop. The vehicle is the WorldWide Telescope, a breathtaking educational resource that turns your Windows computer into a virtual…

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Billionaire Investor To Lead Fight Against Yahoo Board

News – Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly has decided to lead a mutiny against Yahoo Inc.'s board in an attempt to pressure the directors into reviving negotiations to sell Yahoo to Microsoft Corp.

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Microsoft TouchWall

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft's multitouch Surface table looked like an improved iPhone display last year.

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Report: Investor to lead fight against Yahoo board

Money – Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly has decided to lead a mutiny against Yahoo board in an attempt to pressure the directors into reviving negotiations to sell Yahoo to Microsoft.

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Intermedia offers first free download of Microsoft Entourage…

Gadgets & Tech – Entourage 2008 is now available as a free download for Intermedia s customers, so they can easily access Exchange email on a Mac

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Microsoft Excel Training UK

Gadgets & Tech – FSI training has recently extended our coverage for the provision of Microsoft Excel traning and other MS training course packages. We now extend our training course availability into Newcastle, Durham, Sunderland,…

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Microsoft telescope puts universe on your desktop

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is software that lets both amateur and professional stargazers explore the universe from their PCs

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iTWire - Microsoft Windows Mobile to face strong LiMo challenge

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft is expecting that 40 percent of smartphones sold in 2012 will be based on its Windows Mobile operating system. No doubt it won't be resting on its laurels if it gets there, but open source-based platforms,…

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"Gay" Player Name Banned By Xbox Live

Gay & Lesbian – An interesting Consumerist discussion on use of the term "gay" on XBox live forums, and the homophobia felt by gamers

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TouchWall Seemingly Brings the "Minority Report" UI to Life

Gadgets & Tech – Remember Minority Report? The Tom Cruise movie, based on a Philip K. Dick short story, with one of the cool things being able to interface with a computer using gestures only? Microsoft's Surface seems to be a tabletop…

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If Gates is right, how much longer for keyboards & mice?

Gadgets & Tech – It wasn't exactly `Minority Report' but Bill Gates's technology demonstration at the company's CEO Summit earlier today may be remembered years from now as a harbinger of the end for the keyboard and mouse era.…

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GM still uses XP, and is considering "bypassing Vista"

Gadgets & Tech – General Motors (GM), the world's fourth largest company in terms of revenue, might be going down a path that would make Microsoft very unhappy. According to an interview between BusinessWeek and GM's Chief Systems…

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Will Windows XP live longer?

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft hints at delaying the June 30 phaseout as vendors "downgrade" new PCs to XP.

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Microsoft To Extend Windows Xp Life

Gadgets & Tech – they should shutdown vista instead of xp there was nothing wrong with xp why change it for

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Microsoft going 'independent' after failed Yahoo bid

News – Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the company isn't pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo.

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Microsoft Unveils 'Google Earth' for Space

Science – pace, the final frontier, is about to be inundated with sightseers. Microsoft has unveiled a new website which brings the outer reaches of the universe to the fingertips of anyone with internet access and a computer.

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Gates to Show off Vertical Surface at CEO Summit

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to show off new technology on Wednesday that is designed for the board room and is a spin-off of Microsoft's Surface computer.

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PDF Ripper 2.01

Gadgets & Tech – PDF Ripper is efficient software to extract image, text, chart, formula, vector drawings from Adobe PDF files.

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First look: Peeking through Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope

Gadgets & Tech – Yesterday saw the first public beta release of Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope, the skyward companion to Microsoft Virtual Earth. After looking at Google's equivalent offering - Google Sky - few months back, I spent…

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Microsoft boosts XP on budget PCs

Gadgets & Tech – The price cuts will only be available for ultra-portable laptops that meet a strict set of specifications. The move is widely seen as an attempt by Microsoft to bolster its market share in one of the PC industry…

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