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  • September 2008

    • New Firefox's Speed Will Smoke Chrome, Mozilla Says

      TechCrunch  |  Sep 4, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      New Firefox's Speed Will Smoke Chrome, Mozilla Says

      (Newser) - The next version of Firefox will be faster than Google's Chrome, the fastest browser out there, Mozilla said today, according to TechCrunch. Chrome is 28% slower on XP and 16% slower on Vista than Firefox 3.1, which releases this year, Mozilla claims. By using the new engine TraceMonkey, one coder says, the browser will "easily eclipse even the fastest instance of Chrome." More »

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      Google  • Firefox  • Windows  • Mozilla  • Windows XP  • Google Chrome

  • June 2008

    • Microsoft Without Bill Gates? His Final Week Begins

      Newsweek  |  Jun 23, 08 10:41 AM CDT

      Microsoft Without Bill Gates? His Final Week Begins

      (Newser) - This will be Bill Gates’ last Monday at Microsoft, the company that the 52-year-old founded with business partner Paul Allen as a teenager. He’s retiring Friday from Microsoft’s day-to-day business and beginning full-time work with his $37.3 billion philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He's been planning this week for 4 years, and Newsweek takes a look at the bizarre notion of a Gates-less Microsoft . More »

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      Microsoft  • Bill Gates  • retirement  • Windows  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    • Dissed by Vista, Businesses Return the Favor

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 11, 08 12:45 PM CDT

      Dissed by Vista, Businesses Return the Favor

      (Newser) - Microsoft's strategy of marketing Vista to consumers has turned off its other core constituency, the Wall Street Journal reports: business. Certainly, technical issues and a fat price tag have decimated the number of companies planning to install it: Just 26% of IT departments say they expect to install Vista by 2010, down from 68% last year. More »

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      Microsoft  • marketing  • Bill Gates  • Microsoft Vista  • Windows

  • January 2008

    • Stop Waiting for Windows to Load

      MIT Technology Review  |  Jan 16, 08 3:54 PM CST

      Stop Waiting for Windows to Load

      (Newser) - Starting up a Windows machine is normally an exercise in patience, but that could be changing, thanks to several companies working to do away with the eternal boot-up. One startup, for example, has introduced Splashtop, a tiny, simple operating system you can boot instead of Windows. Boot time? About 5 seconds, Technology Review reports. More »

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      software  • Windows  • PCs

  • November 2007

    • Macs 'Cheaper' Than PCs

      Machinist  |  Nov 7, 07 3:17 AM CST

      Macs 'Cheaper' Than PCs

      (Newser) - If you don't have an Apple yet, Salon is pretty sure it's because you think Macs are more expensive than PCs. With Apple's fortunes rising on the waves of iPods, iPhones and the dazzling new Leopard operating system, price remains for many the last obstacle to switching to a Mac. But Macs are actually cheaper after you do all the math, says Salon's Machinist columnist Farhad Manjoo. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • iPod  • Microsoft Windows  • Windows  • Leopard  • Mac OS X Leopard

  • September 2007

    • EU Court Upholds Record Microsoft Fine

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 07 7:05 AM CDT

      EU Court Upholds Record Microsoft Fine

      (Newser) - A European Union court today rejected Microsoft's appeal of  the $613-million anti-trust fine handed down in 2004--the largest fine ever imposed by EU regulators. Microsoft will also have to share communication code with rivals and start selling copies of Windows without its Media Player program. Microsoft is expected to appeal the decision to the European Court of Justice, the AP reports. More »

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      Microsoft  • European Union  • antitrust  • appeal  • Windows

    • Apple Takes a Bite Out of the Competition

      PC World  |  Sep 7, 07 3:10 PM CDT

      Apple Takes a Bite Out of the Competition

      (Newser) - Apple has replaced Microsoft as the tech industry’s “biggest bully,” according to PC World . The iPod dynamo has shed its rebel rep and assumed Microsoft’s former mantle as a monopolist, copycat, and bully. “Bundling,” a tactic Microsoft used to tie together Windows and Internet Explorer and thwart competition, is Apple’s game plan with the iPod and iTunes. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • technology  • iPod  • Steve Jobs  • Bill Gates  • iTunes  • Windows  • Internet Explorer  • monopoly  • Mac OS X

    • Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      Associated Press  |  Sep 2, 07 5:56 PM CDT

      Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      (Newser) - A prankster who wrote the first computer virus 25 years ago says only, “It was some dumb little practical joke.” Yet Richard Skrenta’s desire to infiltrate other Apple II’s with a poem (“It will get on all your disks; it will infiltrate your chips”) marked the beginning of a worldwide virus craze that spawned a $38 billion security industry and 150 to 175 new pieces of malware every day. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • software  • Windows  • computer virus  • spyware  • hardware  • virus protection  • Elk Cloner

  • August 2007

    • File-sharing Felon Forced to Use Windows

      ZDNet  |  Aug 24, 07 6:36 PM CDT

      File-sharing Felon Forced to Use Windows

      (Newser) - An individual convicted of operating an illegal BitTorrent site shut down by the FBI will be forced to either make the switch from Linux to Windows or give up his computer altogether, ZDNet reports. Scott McCausland had previously been a user of the Ubuntu OS, a popular open-source Linux variant, with which his probation-mandated monitoring software isn't compatible. More »

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      file sharing  • Windows  • BitTorrent  • Linux  • felon

    • Skype Blames Crash on Windows

      PC World  |  Aug 20, 07 12:49 PM CDT

      Skype Blames Crash on Windows

      (Newser) - Skype's mysterious failure last week was caused by a routine Windows update, the company says. Millions of users downloaded the new software, rebooted their computers, and tried to log into Skype at the same time, crashing the net phone service, PC World reports. It's still unclear why previous Windows updates didn't do the same thing, however. More »

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      Internet  • Microsoft  • communication  • Skype  • Windows  • Internet phone  • VoIP

    • Judge Declines to Dismiss Vista Lawsuit

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Aug 8, 07 6:00 PM CDT

      Judge Declines to Dismiss Vista Lawsuit

      (Newser) - A federal judge has denied Microsoft's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its "Vista Capable" campaign misled consumers, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Although PCs bearing "Vista Capable" stickers run the new OS, many can handle only the bare-bones Vista Home Basic system, which lacks highly touted features included in premium versions. More »

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      Microsoft  • lawsuit  • technology  • computer  • Bill Gates  • Microsoft Vista  • Windows

  • July 2007

    • Vista Proves Profitable, Problematic

      Reuters  |  Jul 20, 07 4:51 PM CDT

      Vista Proves Profitable, Problematic

      (Newser) - Microsoft has reported quarterly revenues of $13.4 billion, crediting strong sales of its new Vista operating system, which offers new networking and security features as well as an overhauled interface. But many users are still reluctant to switch after tepid reviews and anecdotal complaints, instead seeking out the 6-year-old Windows XP. More »

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      Microsoft  • computer  • Microsoft Vista  • Dell  • Microsoft Windows  • Windows

  • June 2007

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