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Microsoft Zune: Not There Yet

Given some of its new features, I?m giving Zune and its ZunePass subscription service another try (I?m not paying, as it?s comp?d by the company). Gotta say, it?s fairly frustrating. Selection feels limited, and there?s too much going on. Too
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Microsoft Adds Download Sweetener to Its ZunePass

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 20 Just when it was starting to look really dire for music subscriptions, Microsoft is making some really smart tweaks to its ZunePass offering that just might get more people to give this model a shot. Starting
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Cisco Under Scrutiny for Its Role in Saudi Surveillance

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 19 I recently finished writing a story on Net , as part of a larger package on Ciscos ambitions in the worlds emerging markets. Throughout the process, my editor Peter Elstrom and I struggled with how to explain the
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Cost Cutting Helps Dell Profit Exceed Forecasts

Dell, one of the worlds largest makers of personal computers, reported better-than-expected earnings on Thursday as the companys cost-cutting efforts - including the elimination of 8,300 jobs over the last year - blunted the pain from falling revenues in
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Video: The future of... Paper

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Researchers find new vulnerability in Windows Vista

An Austrian security vendor has found a vulnerability in Windows Vista that it says could possibly allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on a PC. The problem is rooted in the Device IO Control, which handles internal device communication.
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Will the future be programmer-free?

A few years ago, self-proclaimed nondeveloper Kevin Smith worked for a software company that tried to build a project tracking tool using Microsoft .Net. Some 15 developers spent a year with little success. 'After burning though a million dollars and
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UK 'ahead in digital TV uptake'

Whitehaven in Cumbria was the first UK town to switch to digital in 2007 Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany, Italy and Japan, according to UK communications regulator Ofcom. Research suggests that
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New privacy group to shape policy

By Maggie Shiels Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley Lawmakers have held several hearings examining online privacy protection Privacy experts have banded together to influence policy in the new Obama administration and set best practices for
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Hands On: BlackBerry Storm

First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone
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Microsoft Adds Free Download Sweetener to its ZunePass Music Subscription Service

Just when it was starting to look really dire for music subscriptions, Microsoft is making some really smart tweaks to its ZunePass offering that just might get more people to give this model a shot. Starting today, Zune customers who fork over the $15 a
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Teenagers Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing

Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to a new study by the MacArthur Foundation. It may look as though kids are wasting a lot of time hanging out with new media,
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Cisco Needs To Step Up To Reduce Net Censorship, Says Net Freedom Advocate

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 19 I recently finished writing a story on Net censorship in Saudi Arabia, as part of a larger package on Ciscos ambitions in the worlds emerging markets. Throughout the process, my editor Peter Elstrom and I struggled
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Study Finds Teenagers Internet Socializing Isnt Such a Bad Thing

Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to a new study by the MacArthur Foundation. It may look as though kids are wasting a lot of time hanging out with new media,
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Yahoo Bid Is Over, Microsoft Says

Steven A. Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, told shareholders on Wednesday that the company was no longer interested in acquiring Yahoo, setting off a 21 percent decline in Yahoos share price. Weve moved on, Mr. Ballmer said. He reiterated that a
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Microsoft to Stop Charging For Home PC Security

Posted by: Aaron Ricadela on November 19 Two years after jumping into the PC security software market, Microsoft is scaling back its ambitions there. The company said Nov. 18 its discontinuing its $50-a-year OneCare software in favor of a give-away
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A Digital Library of Europe, Dominated by France

BRUSSELS - France has never been shy about promoting its culture, so few were surprised when it took a close interest in a new digital library intended to showcase Europes history, literature, arts and science. But when the new site, called Europeana,
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Lessons from Intel's Trade-Secret Case

Allegations of trade-secret theft by an employee of chipmaker Intel (INTC) shed light on the surprising vulnerability of one of the world's biggest and most sophisticated technology companies. Biswamohan Pani, a low-level engineer at Intel, made off with
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Five top spending priorities for hard times

No company is immune from the economy's ebb and flow. So it's no surprise that, in the face of a fearsome downturn, IT shops are scrambling to figure out where they should cut. The big three analyst firms -- Forrester, Gartner, and IDC -- are busily
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Microsoft replaces OneCare with freebie 'Morro'

Microsoft today announced plans to kill its Windows Live OneCare PC care and security suite and replace it with a free anti-malware utility. The new product, code-named Morro, will be architected for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing
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Mary Jo Foley: Why would Microsoft make this change?

My ZDNet blogging colleague Ryan Naraine has a post explaining how/when/why Microsoft is discontinuing its paid Windows Live OneCare subscription security service. Microsoft is touting a new, free security service, codenamed Morro, and due in the second
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Now Comes the Hard Part as Yahoo Wrestles With a Question of Direction

SAN FRANCISCO ? There?s a new parlor game in Silicon Valley: guessing who will replace Jerry Yang at the helm of the troubled Internet giant Yahoo. Jerry Yang, Yahoo Chief, Steps Down(November 18, 2008) Mr. Yang, a Yahoo co-founder, said on Monday
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Intel China Forum's Next-Gen Chip Talk

Intel's new family of Penryn processors based on the 45-nanometer manufacturing process will speed up enterprise and multimedia computing, company officials tout. Speaking on Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) held here, Pat Gelsinger, Intel's
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Lessons from Intel's Trade-Secret Case

Allegations of trade-secret theft by an employee of chipmaker Intel (INTC) shed light on the surprising vulnerability of one of the world's biggest and most sophisticated technology companies. Biswamohan Pani, a low-level engineer at Intel, made off with
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Jerry Yang to Step Down As Yahoo CEO; Will Microsoft Return?

Posted by: Rob Hof on November 17 Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang will step down as CEO as soon as a successor is found, the embattled Internet company just announced. The release (quoted in full after the jump, along with Yangs memo to the troops)
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Updated: Codename tracker

Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:57 pm Categories: Housekeeping, Code names, Utility/cloud computing, Azure Tags: Update, Codename, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley, E-mail, Productivity, Online Communications I?ve mentioned before that I keep a running list
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'Vista-Capable' lessons for Win 7 netbooks?

As the , I cant help but wonder whether Microsoft will apply some of the lessons it (hopefully) learned about working with OEMs to Windows 7 especially in the netbook space. The original suit, filed in March 2007, claimed Microsoft engaged in bait and
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The Future of Tech: Cisco

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Review: redesigned MacBook a winner

(CNET) Both models feature a 'unibody' aluminum chassis, a buttonless (or more accurately, all-button) trackpad, and edge-to-edge glass on the LED backlit display. So aside from 2 inches of display space, what advantages does the MacBook Pro offer
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Intel and Dell Launch Mass Animation on Facebook

Animation is getting democratized. After years of watching consumer-generated shorts sprout up on Google's (GOOG) YouTube, NewsCorp.'s (NWS) MySpace, and elsewhere, a Hollywood veteran wants to tap these amateur animators for help on projects that could
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