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Year in review: On Web, innovation meets hard times
December 22, 2008
A lot of progress took place this year in Web start-ups and online technology, before the dark clouds of recession and layoffs swept in.
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innovation
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layoff
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Twitter
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Facebook
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Web 2.0
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standards
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start-up
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open source
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Mozilla Corp.
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Google Inc.
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Web browser
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Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft gives U.K. start-ups a helping hand
October 1, 2007
CEO Steve Ballmer announces a program that aims to help U.K. software upstarts meet their potential.
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Steve Ballmer
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potential
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U.K.
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London
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start-up
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Microsoft Corp.
Start-up taps Microsoft's labs to boost mobile Net
March 27, 2007
ZenZui turns a cell phone screen into multiple tiles, hoping to solve usability issues and find revenue in the process. Photo: ZenZui's zoomable mobile interface
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Inrix
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Hertz Corp.
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tile
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CTIA
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lab
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start-up
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real estate
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trial
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mobile phone
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Microsoft Corp.
Start-up merges cell phone and PC into a handheld
December 16, 2005
Almost everyone has a cell phone and a notebook, but cPC says they will sell one box that does it all.
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DualCor Technologies
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smart phone
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cell phone
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handheld
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VIA Technologies Inc.
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battery
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start-up
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notebook computer
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PC
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operating system
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft licensing push shifts to start-ups
May 4, 2005
Software maker has previously focused much of its intellectual-property licensing efforts on larger companies.
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intellectual property
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start-up
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entrepreneur
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IBM Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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software company
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IP
Microsoft to acquire search start-up Medstory
February 26, 2007
Acquisition of company specializing in health-related searches will become part of Microsoft's nascent Health Solutions Group.
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health care
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health
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acquisition
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Microsoft Corp.
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start-up
Microsoft acquires Net-calling start-up
November 3, 2005
Purchase of Swiss firm should bolster Microsoft's corporate instant messaging push.
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Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
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communications server
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VoIP
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agent
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Microsoft Corp.
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IM
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Microsoft Office
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IP
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Start-up offers Web conferencing on the cheap
February 14, 2005
Convoq takes aim at WebEx and other rivals with low-cost virtual meetings--and wins some big clients.
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Convoq
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Web conferencing
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WebEx Communications Inc.
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participant
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start-up
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Microsoft Corp.
Chinese firms get hold of Microsoft tech
October 31, 2006
Software giant exports its licensing push to China, putting three mobile phone technologies in the hands of two start-ups.
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Chinese firm
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China
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intellectual property
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Microsoft Corp.
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software company
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start-up
Insiders share tips for partnering with Microsoft
November 29, 2005
Microsoft executives repeat their investment mantra to entrepreneurs: Don't count on our cash.
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insider
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entrepreneur
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vice president
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Microsoft Corp.
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software company
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start-up
Microsoft licenses new way to make friends
April 26, 2006
Start-up hopes to use technology developed by Microsoft's research unit to take on sites like Friendster and MySpace.com.
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Karl Jacob
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Inrix
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Friendster Inc.
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entrepreneur
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Silicon Valley
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MySpace
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Microsoft Corp.
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CEO
Microsoft opens research lab for licensing
April 11, 2005
Software maker says commercializing its own research is still job one, but it sees some opportunity in sharing tech with start-ups.
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Inrix
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lab
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Microsoft Corp.
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idea
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Microsoft Windows
Perens joins start-up SourceLabs
June 8, 2005
Open-source advocate to lead developer relations at start-up founded last year by former Microsoft and BEA employees.
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Bruce Perens
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developer relations
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open source
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BEA Systems Inc.
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open-source software
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start-up
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Microsoft Corp.
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server
Fighting fraud, plugging leaks
January 24, 2005
Microsoft missed a loophole in its last patch, security firm warns. Also: Start-up takes aim at the threat from within.
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fraud
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start-up
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Symantec Corp.
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security
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virus
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e-mail
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
The many faces of Web search
December 8, 2005
Heavyweights such as Google and Microsoft look well beyond basic text search, while start-ups look for their own angle. Also: An offbeat site gets artsy with search terms.
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Internet search
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angle
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Microsoft Windows Live
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Google Inc.
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start-up
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
The do-it-yourself Web emerges
July 31, 2006
New services from fledging start-ups enable people to build Web applications themselves, which pundits say will unleash creativity.
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mashup
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Wiki
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application development
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Web application
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collaboration
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blog
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Web browser
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idea
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Microsoft Corp.
Virtualization start-ups hit reset button
April 3, 2006
Virtual Iron and XenSource, two contenders in a hot market, will tell LinuxWorld faithful their new ways to take on VMware.
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Virtual Iron
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XenSource Inc.
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VMware
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Xen
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virtual server
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LinuxWorld
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AMD
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leader
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server
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Intel
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Linux
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Microsoft Corp.
KVM steals virtualization spotlight
February 26, 2007
A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.
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KVM
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virtualization
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Xen
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Linux
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Novell Inc.
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open source
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chief technology officer
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virtual machine
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Red Hat Inc.
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project
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start-up
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Microsoft Corp.
'Office 2.0' start-ups knock on business doors
October 9, 2006
Start-ups try to chip away at the Microsoft Office franchise via lower costs and Web-based collaboration.
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Onyx Software
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Web 2.0
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Microsoft Office
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collaboration
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start-up
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spreadsheet
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decision
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president
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Microsoft Corp.
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e-mail
Making connections with VoIP
March 28, 2006
The Net telephony field continues to draw new players, from start-up Jajah to the xMax wireless technology.
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IP telephony
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telephony
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VoIP
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Skype
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wireless technology
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Microsoft Corp.
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