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Amazon has unveiled the Mac Downloads Store, a direct competitor to Apple’s Mac App Store. The new Mac Downloads Store is essentially a marketplace for buying and downloading Mac applications. Amazon has sold software downloads for years, but now it those software downloads have been organized into a one-stop shop. Best Microsoft MCTS Training,…
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Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) is reportedly set to show off next week a version of the Windows operating system with a touch-screen interface designed for tablet computers. Demonstration of such a product would be a major milestone for Microsoft, which has been absent from the fast-growing tablet computer arena that’s dominated by Apple’s iPad. It would also…
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The Microsoft/Google rivalry is one of the tech industry’s fiercest, but it produces a few lighthearted moments now and then. Google’s love of inside jokes was on display this month at the Google I/O conference, where a demo of Google’s new “Chromebook” computers used the login name “Tom Rizzo.” Rizzo is the senior director of…
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Microsoft kicks off E3 2011 week this year, hosting the first of the major press conferences at 9am Pacific Time (5pm BST) on Monday 6 June. The Xbox 360 fun and games show kicks off in grand style at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, followed later the same day by Sony’s E3 conference (5pm…
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If you’re currently an MCSE on Windows Server 2003 and like to keep up-to-date on your certification you should look at the NEW certifications available from Microsoft. If you’re already an MCSE 2003 you only need to take this exam: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. If you’re an MCSA…
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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 going to be outbid, and…
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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 to double down on how…
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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 Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft…
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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 purpose: to take down Google.…
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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 Security Business Unit, which incorporates…