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On the face of it, Microsoft’s purchase of Skype seems insane. Skype’s had a For Sale sign on its windscreen for ages, and both Facebook and Google had been spotted peering at the mileage, kicking the tyres and looking for dents. It seems that Microsoft saw them, decided it wasn’t […]
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Sensing a greater need in big-data analysis tools, IBM will invest US$100 million to research advanced large-scale analytics, the company announced Friday. IBM also said it will have 20 new service offerings to help customers quickly analyze petabytes of data. “We think it’s a good time from a research perspective […]
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Do you need email reminders before important events? Google Calendar may not be the service for you. Google’s calendar service for home users and businesses has been plagued with missed email reminders for years, and Google is still struggling the fix the problem, according to support forums. Best […]
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The deal is done: Yahoo Search is soon to be Bing. Yahoo cuts costs by ditching search technology, both companies share ad revenue, but most importantly, Microsoft now controls a bit less than 1/3 of the search engine market. All of this money, deal-making, and reinvention is designed for one […]
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CA Technologies is parting ways with its antivirus business, after it brokered a deal late last week to sell its Internet Security Business Unit off to private equity firm Updata Partners . Financial terms of the deal, expected to close in June, were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, CA’s Internet […]
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First, Microsoft submitted source code to the Linux kernel. Then, one of its executives claimed “We love open source.” And just last night, Microsoft said it is now adding interoperability support for CentOS Linux so it can be run on Hyper-V, the virtualization platform that comes with Windows Server. […]
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Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes. Microsoft has downplayed the risk because the hole requires a physical connection to the wired LAN. Juniper says it has delayed […]
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As part of its monthly Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft issued a critical patch, MS11-035, that fixes a rare hole affecting all versions of Windows Server, even Server Core. The vulnerability is in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS). It could allow remote code execution if a user received an evil […]
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The same Citrix technology that lets users access Windows applications from the iPad is coming to Chrome OS laptops built by Google. Citrix Receiver, a front end for Citrix’s desktop and application virtualization software, will be released for Chrome OS this summer, says Citrix desktop vice president Gordon Payne. […]
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Phone Awards 2011: 5 Dell Venue Pros and 5 HTC 7 Pros up for grabs To celebrate the launch of the TechRadar Phone Awards 2011, we have teamed up with Microsoft to offer 10 lucky readers the chance to win one of 10 stunning Windows Phone 7 handsets. We have […]