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<title><![CDATA[Quebec Gov Sued For Ignoring Free Software@Slashdot]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mathieu Lutfy writes "The CBC is reporting that "Quebec's open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company's products rather than using free alternatives. "...Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options available, but Facil said that loophole is being abused and goes against other legal requirements to buy locally.". The group also has a press release in English."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:07:11 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's newest browser may block ads@Boston Globe -- Technology stories]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/08/27/microsofts_newest_browser_may_block_ads?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Technology+stories]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace. Companies that sell advertisements online -- including Microsoft -- can electronically gather tidbits about Web surfers' habits, and then use that information to help decide what kinds of ads to show. However, in the newest "beta" test version of ...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:06:54 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Gaming Is Good For Business@Slashdot]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Economist is running a story about how gaming is on the rise in corporate environments, and how games are also becoming a popular tool for advertising. From internally developed games to commercial offerings to simply creating a framework in which employees can interact, game-based competitions and community building are leading to increased productivity, even for Fortune 500 companies. Quoting: "Take Microsoft's own experience. Before it releases a new version of its Windows operating system, it asks staff to help debug the software by installing and running the system. In the past, project managers had to spend a great deal of time and effort persuading busy Microsoftees to help them with this boring task. So for Windows Vista, the system's latest incarnation, Microsoft created a game that awarded points for bug-testing and prizes such as wristbands for achieving certain goals. Participation quadrupled."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:08:49 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cloned code finder offered for Visual Studio 
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<description><![CDATA[InfoWorld - An open-source technology has been launched to help developers using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 find duplicated code in their software projects.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:53 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's newest browser may block ads 
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<description><![CDATA[AP - The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:53:32 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is Here@eWeek - RSS Feeds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft released on Aug. 27 a second test version of Internet Explorer 8, delivering a feature-complete upgrade to the world's most widely used Web browser. The world's largest software maker said the latest version -- beta 2 -- of Internet Explorer, which has a market share of about 75 percent, comes with new features to enhance privacy, ease-of-use, and security. Microsoft first released a test -- or beta 1 -- version of IE 8 in March, but that was aimed at letting Web developers take a first look at the new browser. This latest version is aimed at a broader consumer audience.   -  
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp released on Wednesday a second
test version of Internet Explorer 8, delivering a feature-complete
upgrade to the world's most widely used Web browser.
The world's largest software maker said the latest version -- beta 2
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:14:39 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2: Can It Outfox Firefox?@PC World Latest Technology News]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New features give IE 8 a better look, better security, and better conformance to Web standards, but the revised browser is still playing catch-up with Firefox.
  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:10:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bits: Why a New Browser From Microsoft Matters@NYT > Technology]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IE 8 is Microsoft?s answer to the renewed browser challenge. Firefox is now a credible competitor to IE, with its share of the browser market having climbed to 19 percent.    
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:53:16 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft releases beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8 
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@Yahoo! News: Technology News]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Microsoft Corp released on Wednesday a 
second test version of Internet Explorer 8, delivering a 
feature-complete upgrade to the world's most widely used Web 
browser.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:12:33 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enterprises Likely To Turn Off IE8 'Porn Mode' 
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@Yahoo! News: Technology News]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NewsFactor - Anyone perusing porn sites at home will appreciate Microsoft's latest efforts at browser privacy, but it's not clear it will do much for the enterprise. Internet Explorer product manager Andrew Ziegler discussed the new privacy features of IE8, currently in its second beta, in an extensive blog post Monday. Users of the new software will be able to turn on Microsoft's InPrivate Browsing and Blocking features.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:04:48 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The New Treos@eWeek - RSS Feeds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[With its latest two devices #8211;the Treo 800w for the Sprint network and the unlocked, 3G Treo Pro for GSM providers #8211;Palm has rejoined the modern smart phone community, packing in features such as 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity and integrated GPS found in most current-generation smart phones. Palm is aiming both devices at corporate customers #8211;both run Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and will work out of the box with Microsoft #8217;s back-end mobile management systems #8211;but the Palm Treo in particular, with its surprisingly sleek and attractive form factor, could be a big hit with consumers as well.   -  Read Andrew Garcia's review of the Treo 800w.
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Both devices feature a 320-by-320-pixel TFT touch screen. The screen is recessed on the Treo 800w, but flush with the bezel on the Treo Pro.
  
The Treo Pro (0.53 inches, 4.69 ounces) is noticeably thinner and lighter than the T...

      
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:34 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Immersion and Microsoft End  Six-Year Court Battle 
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@Yahoo! News: Technology News]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NewsFactor - After more than six years of disputes and battles between Immersion and Microsoft, the companies are waving white flags. After suing Microsoft for patent infringement on Xbox controller technology and winning, and then suing again for breach of a confidentiality agreement, Immersion will now pay Microsoft $20.75 million of the $26 million it received in a previous settlement.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:44:28 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cisco Buys PostPath to Compete with Microsoft Exchange@eWeek - RSS Feeds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cisco Systems acquired PostPath, a Microsoft Exchange e-mail storage competitor, and heads down the path of a big-time  co-opetition  to handle enterprise e-mail against a longtime partner, Microsoft. PostPath uses augmented open-source software and an optional appliance that plugs directly into a data center to offer a lower-cost, in-the-cloud e-mail server alternative to Microsoft Exchange. Exchange has long been known as one of the most complicated business software packages that IT personnel handle.   -  Cisco Systems is heading into a big-time  quot;co-opetition quot; to handle enterprise e-mail against a longtime partner, Microsoft, thanks to the Aug. 27 acquisition of privately held PostPath. 

Cisco will pay a total of $215 million for PostPath and expects to close the deal in Cisco's first qu...

      
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:27:33 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Microsoft  Vs. Google, Again @ Forbes.com: Technology News ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chief executive Steve Ballmer's latest attempt at toppling Google is subtle and crafty. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bits: Apple Imperfect@NYT > Technology]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[For Apple Computer these are the best of times and the worst of times. It?s stealing market share from Microsoft and its stock has outpaced Google?s. But there have also been dramatic stumbles.    
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:53:17 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Private Browsing and the Enterprise@eWeek - RSS Feeds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In an enterprise, privacy is good in moderation. But new hyperprivacy features need IT's control.   -  The rumors were right: Internet Explorer 8 will have new privacy features akin to those in Apple Safari. What role should they play in the enterprise?

InPrivate Browsing ( quot;Private Browsing quot; was already taken by Apple) lets the user control whether or not IE saves potentially privacy-rel...

      
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:34:33 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft reveals IE8 Beta 2@Latest from Computerworld]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft today launched the second beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser, but declined to offer up  a ship date for the final version.

   
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can JavaFX make a play for rich Internet apps? 
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@Yahoo! News: Technology News]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[InfoWorld - With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java's ubiquitous presence on devices to make a strong run in a race it has entered very late -- and where Adobe Systems and Microsoft have a huge head start.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Immersion to pay Microsoft $20.75M of Sony's money@Boston Globe -- Technology stories]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/08/26/immersion_to_pay_microsoft_2075m_of_sonys_money?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Technology+stories]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Immersion Corp. has agreed to pay Microsoft Corp. $20.75 million to settle a legal tangle that started with a suit against Microsoft over the "rumble" feature of its Xbox game console controllers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:06:56 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Tweaks Anti-piracy Check for Windows XP 
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@Yahoo! News: Technology News]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:40:14 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Immersion settles suit with Microsoft 
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<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Immersion Corp , which develops and 
licenses touch feedback technology, said it will pay $20.75 
million to software maker Microsoft Corp  as part of 
the settlement of a litigation.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:47:51 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[JumpTap Banks $26M to Combat Google, Yahoo in Mobile Search, Advertising@eWeek - RSS Feeds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[JumpTap, which looks to challenge, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others in mobile search and mobile advertising, earns $26 million from AllianceBernstein L.P., WPP and others. The cash infusion will enable JumpTap to build out its white-label mobile search engine for operators such as AT T and provide more ammunition to support its mobile advertising customers, which include NBC Universal. Mobile advertising is considered a green field for Web service providers looking to make more money from the mobile and wireless space.   -  If you didn't believe Google and Yahoo management when they cited mobile search and advertising as one of the fertile, green fields for making money from mobile Web use, you might want to rethink that position.

JumpTap, which has built a unique, two-headed business model by offering white-label m...]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:37:38 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Ratchet & Clank' leads wave of fresh PSN games 
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<description><![CDATA[AP - Of the three video-game console manufacturers, Microsoft was the first to embrace online gaming, and its Xbox Live has become essential to anyone who wants to play against faraway competitors. Sony and Nintendo are trying to catch up with, respectively, the PlayStation Network and the Virtual Console.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:53:42 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Adds Privacy Tools to Internet Explorer 8@NYT > Technology]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft spelled out new privacy tools in Internet Explorer 8 that some have dubbed ?porn mode? in a nod to the most-obvious use of a browser privacy mode.    
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:07:05 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Plans Native Privacy Features for IE8 
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<description><![CDATA[NewsFactor - Microsoft on Monday revealed some new privacy features for Internet Explorer 8, the next version of its market-leading Web browser. The features address the concerns of consumers and privacy advocates, who called the plans a positive step.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft invests in Move Networks@Latest from Computerworld]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft invested an undisclosed sum in Move Networks, a provider of online video streaming technology.

   
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Memory and Performance: The Bottom Line@Extremetech Reviews]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A tantalizing look at how RAM frequency, DDR level, and capacity affect Windows Vista performance.

    
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:07:24 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Monkey On Microsoft's Back @ Forbes.com: Technology News ]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/08/25/firefox-mozilla-ie6-personal-tech-cx_bc_0826firefox.html?feed=rss_technology ]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even as Microsoft hustles to update Internet Explorer, a threat from Mozilla looms. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IE8 Will Contain an Accidental Ad Blocker@Slashdot]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[JagsLive sends in a Washington Post blog post reflecting on one privacy-enhancing feature of the upcoming Internet Explorer 8, the so-called "InPrivate Blocking" that has privacy advocates quietly cheering, and advertisers seriously worrying. Here is Microsoft's description of the feature. From the Post: "The advertising industry is bracing for trouble from the next version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, details of which were announced today, because it will offer a feature that blocks some ads and other content from third-parties that shows up on Web pages. A Microsoft spokesman said that the feature, to be known as 'InPrivate Blocking,' was never designed to be an ad blocker, though 'there may be ads that get blocked.' Instead, it was designed to stop tracking 'pixels' or pieces of code that could allow third-party sites to track users as they move around the Web."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:10:39 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet socializing keeps time with the music scene 
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@Yahoo! News: Technology News]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AFP - As music lovers mobbed an outdoor stage, vying for views of Radiohead, Beck and other rockers, Keith McPhail enjoyed a prime view of the show from a couch in an Internet "living room."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:44:17 +0200]]></pubDate>
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