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Week in review: Yahoo merges with...Icahn
July 25, 2008
Activist investor agrees to join the Internet company's board, though Microsoft appears ready to move on. Also: An Apple a day.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Jerry Yang
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Forrester Research Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
Week in review: Microsoft and Google get touchy
May 30, 2008
Microsoft shows off plans for new Windows interface, while Google shows off Android capabilities. Also: future in the stream.
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Rupert Murdoch
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Google Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
Week in review: Reading Redmond
February 18, 2005
Just when you think you have Bill Gates' next move figured out, he goes and does the opposite.
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RSA Security Inc.
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Symantec Corp.
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Week in review: Vista furor
October 20, 2006
Microsoft's Vista is still months away from formal release, but the next version of Windows is already raising the hackles of many consumers.
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Firefox
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operating system
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Microsoft Windows
Week in review: Microsoft's cloudy future
July 13, 2007
Microsoft is planning an ambitious makeover to its Internet services, the E3 game confab focuses more on entertainment, and what lays ahead in Apple's iFuture is anyone's guess.
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Week in review: Vista release on the horizon
November 10, 2006
After five years of development and many delays, Microsoft says the update to Windows is ready to be released to consumers.
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Week in review: Vista off in the distance
March 24, 2006
Microsoft grabbed headlines this week after announcing it will push back the Windows Vista launch until January.
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Week in review: Glitches, gadgets rule
January 6, 2006
A Windows flaw dispels the holiday cheer, but CES is a nonstop fiesta of tech.
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Week in review: Microsoft the magnanimous?
February 22, 2008
Microsoft says it wants to be more open with other software makers, while Toshiba closes down HD DVD. Also: Gates wants Yahoo for the people.
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Week in review: Try to read Microsoft's hips
June 22, 2007
On the eve of announcing a change in Vista that people have clamored for, the company reverses course and then clams up.
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Apple Macintosh
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Microsoft Corp.
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CEO
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Yahoo! Inc.
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security
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operating system
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Microsoft Windows
Week in review: Origami unwrapped
March 10, 2006
After weeks of rumors, conjecture and suspense, we finally get to see what Microsoft has been tinkering on with its Origami project.
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Week in review: Redmond's product posturing
October 21, 2005
Microsoft touts a big year ahead, while rival Apple continues to roll out the goods.
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
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Week in review: Windows woes
February 29, 2008
The EU slaps Microsoft with a record penalty, but will a Vista price cut help pay the fine? Also: Pakistan hijacks YouTube, and game publishers square off for market domination.
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Week in review: Pirates and pupils
May 6, 2005
Microsoft is trying to lure users of bogus copies of Windows with an enticing offer. Also: Viruses, phishes and flubs--oh my!
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Websense Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
Week in review: Vista, virtualization, vendettas
September 14, 2007
Microsoft promises Vista changes in response to Google complaints. Also: Virtualization gets real, and iPhone reaches a milestone.
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Google Apps
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Capgemini
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Google Inc.
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Automatic Update
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Apple iPhone
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response
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
Week in review: Cursing Windows' cursor flaw
April 6, 2007
Vista's security gets a black eye, and tech worker visas are snapped up quickly.
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Week in review: Gates on his way
June 16, 2006
Microsoft's co-founder and public face for three decades plans to step away from daily work at the company.
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Week in review: Big boys get busy
May 26, 2006
Microsoft showed us more of its vision of Vista, while Google, Dell, Yahoo and eBay continued jockeying for advantage.
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WinHEC
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reader
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string
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Google Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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eBay Inc.
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vision
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Corp.
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Dell
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server
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Microsoft Office
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photograph
Week in review: Morphing Microsoft
October 28, 2005
In the shadow of Microsoft's reorganization announcement last month, many may be surprised to learn that the software giant is looking admiringly at Apple Computer's success.
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Ray Ozzie
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Week in review
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple Computer
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server
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Microsoft Office
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database
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e-mail
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Microsoft Windows
Week in review: Worm wallops Windows
August 19, 2005
It seemed harmless at first, but mutant versions of Zotob turned out nasty. Are warring hackers to blame?
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Week in review
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CNN
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FTP
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Microsoft Windows 2000
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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