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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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Forrester Research Inc.
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Microsoft Windows XP
Week in review: Visions of Vista? Buyer beware
February 2, 2007
Microsoft's release of the consumer version of its new operating system raises the ultimate question: Was it worth the wait?
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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: 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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Terry Semel
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Apple Macintosh
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CEO
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
Week in review: See Vista in your future?
February 16, 2007
Consumer version of Vista generated relatively slow sales during first week on store shelves, but PC sales got a boost.
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Week in review: Vista on the horizon
January 26, 2007
Operating-system debut might not spark "midnight madness," but Microsoft has a couple of things going for it.
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AMD
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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, 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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Apple iPhone
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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: 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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Week in review: On Microsoft's mind
May 2, 2008
Tech world waits for word on Yahoo, while Microsoft grapples with software challenges. Also: Net music on the court docket, and how green is our Valley?
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Microsoft Corp.
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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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Intel
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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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eBay Inc.
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Windows Media
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Dell
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Microsoft Office
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Week in review: Battening down Microsoft's hatches
December 7, 2007
The rate of piracy on Windows Vista is lower than its predecessor, and Congress moves to ramp up copyright infringement penalties. Also: Peeling Apple.
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Mozilla Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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reader
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Microsoft Corp.
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Week in review: Snuffing out OS bugs
November 16, 2007
Microsoft and Apple release dueling OS updates, while Oracle looks to the past and future. Also: Going green in the garage.
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Oracle Corp.
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BEA Systems Inc.
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bug
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Microsoft Windows Live
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reader
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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operating system
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Apple Macintosh
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Apple Computer
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Apple Mac OS X
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Apple Mac OS
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Microsoft Corp.
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: HP's Big Brotherly way
September 8, 2006
Probe into its own board of directors included accessing their personal phone records and those of several journalists.
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T-Mobile
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Week in review: Software wars
June 9, 2006
While Microsoft sets eyes Vista, Google opens new front in battle for greater piece of software titan's territory.
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CSV
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Google Inc.
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reader
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Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Corp.
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server
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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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Apple Power Mac
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Google Inc.
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security
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operating system
Week in review: Can Google keep a secret?
March 17, 2006
Google hasn't had much luck keeping secrets lately, and now it looks like feds will pry loose more info.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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