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Microsoft says Windows 7 Service Pack 1 due in first half 2011
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | July 20, 2010, 12:01pm PDT Many of the Microsoft watchers and customers I know have been expecting Microsoft to ship the first service ...
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Microsoft gives Adobe Reader a Protected Mode
Ars Technica
By Emil Protalinski | Last updated July 20, 2010 5:19 PM Microsoft has been helping Adobe develop a sandbox similar to the Protected View in Office 2010. ...
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Microsoft Announces Beta of Next Microsoft Security Essentials
PC Magazine
Microsoft said Tuesday that it had begun making available the first beta of the next version of Microsoft Security Essentials, its free security service. ...
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Microsoft, Yahoo begin testing search alliance
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Microsoft and Yahoo are beginning to test their combined search-advertising platform as the companies prepare to migrate Yahoo advertisers over to ...
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Microsoft's Kin -- and Google's Nexus One -- officially dead
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Now that the Kin program is dead, Verizon Wireless has stopped selling the two Microsoft social phones, as well. Microsoft pulled plug on Kin after just ...
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Yahoo Search starts testing listings from Microsoft
ZDNet (blog)
While Yahoo executives and analysts were on a conference call to discuss the company's second quarter earnings, the folks working to integrate Microsoft's ...
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PREVIEW-High hopes for Microsoft, but stock still adrift
Reuters
By Bill Rigby NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - Signs point to strong results for Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) as companies get around to buying computers after a ...
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Apple, Microsoft in tight earnings race this week
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
It's earnings week for Apple and Microsoft, perhaps the two most-watched high-tech names in the stock market right now. Apple will announce announced killer ...
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Asus Tablet: Hello Android, Bye Windows?
PC World
While Microsoft is fighting to keep its Windows Embedded mobile OS relevant in the 21 st century--the company recently announced a new version for ...
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