October
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The video game sector is recession-proof?
News With strong sales in recent weeks, and a perceived truism that people want inexpensive entertainment in tough times, some think video games could stay strong.
Tags: Gamer, Sales/revenue, Video Game, Video, Stock, Sales, Video Game Industry, Van Baker, Electronic Arts Inc., NPD Group Inc.
Zap unwanted formatting in Word
Techguide You can spend a lot of time formatting content in a Word document and then even more time trying to get rid of it!
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office, Customization Tool, Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel 2010, Excel 2010, October Sale, C, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Microsoft Excel 2007
Microsoft controlling Australian govt 2.0 funds
News Government 2.0 Taskforce has released a draft contract for fund recipients, which revealed that any funding agreements will be between successful bidders and Microsoft, not the Commonwealth.
Tags: Web 2.0, Government, Microsoft Corp., partnership, Taskforce, Microsoft Australia, Training, intellectual property, Web 2.0, blog
Google, Bing continue gains at Yahoo's expense
News Over last several months fewer and fewer searches have been performed on Yahoo's sites, with market leader Google and upstart Microsoft seeing the benefits.
Tags: Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S., Internet search, Asia-Pacific, ComScore Networks Inc., Yahoo Search, barrier
EC drops Qualcomm antitrust probe
News European regulators have dropped their investigation into Qualcomm's 3G licensing, after Ericsson and other companies that lodged a complaint withdrew.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Regulations, Commission, NEC Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Broadcom Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., European Commission, Panasonic, antitrust
Microsoft to offer cheap Windows 7 for students
News U.S. college students will get the software for US$30, while those in the United Kingdom can get it for 30 pounds. Learners elsewhere are also said to be in line for a discount.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Australia, Microsoft Windows, college student, Web Site, France
Mozilla: Firefox 3.6 won't be late
News The first beta of Firefox 3.6 may have crossed the finish line weeks late, but Mozilla says the final version should still be done this year.
Tags: Web browsers, Open Source, Wiki, Web Browser, motivation, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, proprietary software
Users start to get final Windows 7 this week
News Although the general public has to wait until October 22, the new operating system will be made available to some developers and businesses by this week.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Small Business, Microsoft TechNet, release candidate, Microsoft Developer Network, volume-license, Microsoft Windows, U.S.
News Corp.'s talks with Microsoft: A flawed deal?
News Confining content from The Wall Street Journal and other News Corp. publications to Microsoft's Bing will do more to hurt Rupert Murdoch than Google.
Tags: Search, Web browsers, Social Networking, Google Inc., MySpace, Arianna Huffington, Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Wall Street Journal
Windows 7 to come in 'Steve Ballmer' edition
News The "signature edition" of Windows 7 Ultimate is going to those hosting house parties. It bears a resemblance to the Bill Gates version of Vista.
Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, CompUSA Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
Adobe acquires Business Catalyst, GoodBarry
News Adobe Systems has agreed to acquire Business Catalyst, maker of e-commerce software suite GoodBarry.
Tags: Business applications, E-commerce, E-business, Adobe Systems Inc., Tool, business analytics, Cisco Catalyst, Programming, brand, Web
Microsoft finalizes Windows 7 'XP Mode'
News Software maker says it has wrapped up work on an add-on to Windows 7 that lets users run a virtualized copy of the older operating system.
Tags: Windows 7, Windows XP, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack
Dell: Order a Vista PC and get it with Windows 7
News Customers can order a Vista machine now but elect to have Dell upgrade the PC to Windows 7 before it ships the computer.
Tags: Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Computer, Windows 7, PC Company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7
Report: Google considering book settlement tweaks
News Under fire from critics and the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice, Google is reportedly considering modifications to its book search settlement with book authors and publishers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bloomberg L.P., Settlement, copyright law, Judge, Eric Schmidt, Web 2.0, Data Management
Amazon paces holiday tech discount drive
News Deep, early price cuts on tech gadgets by electronics makers and retailers may be good for consumers and bad for profits.
Tags: Web sites, Unit Sale, Amazon.com Inc., Web sites, TV, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronics, Price, E-book Reader, flat panel
