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Microsoft may delay Windows Vista again — Gartner — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.'s long- awaited release of the upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system will likely be delayed again by at least three months, research group Gartner Inc. said on Tuesday.
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Michael A. Silver / gartner.com:
Windows Vista Unlikely to Ship Before 2Q07 — Microsoft's track record is clear; it consistently misses target dates for major operating system releases. We don't expect broad availability of Windows Vista until at least 2Q07, which is nine to 12 months after Beta 2. — Price: US$195.00
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:Gartner says Vista to ship in 2007
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New York Times:
Microsoft and Google Set to Wage Arms Race — Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, described Google in an interview late last year as a worthy adversary, a company to test Microsoft's mettle. "This is hypercompetition, make no mistake," Mr. Gates observed.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:Google Worried About Microsoft's Browser Advantage? What Advantage?
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:Google's Double Standard
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Gwen Hinze / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Blogging WIPO: The Broadcasting/ Webcasting Treaty Hits the Fast Track - SCCR 14, Day 1 — The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Committee meets this week to discuss the latest redraft of the contentious new Broadcasting Treaty.
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Seth Schiesel / New York Times:
Entropia Universe Players Can Cash Their Online Earnings at the A.T.M. — When you put your card into an automated teller machine, view your balance on the screen and then receive money from the dispenser, you probably understand that a merely electronic notion — your bank account …
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mozilla.com:
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.3 — Firefox 1.5.0.3 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. — Security fix for denial of service vulnerability.
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CNET News.com:
Net neutrality missing from sweeping telecom bill — update The U.S. Senate took the first serious step on Monday toward rewriting the nation's telecommunications laws, a move that raises politically sensitive questions about digital copyright and Net neutrality and that could take years to complete.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Intel to Offer Its Own Plan for Global Internet Access — SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 — Aiming to help close the so-called digital divide, the Intel Corporation plans to announce a design for a sub-$400 educational laptop and a five-year, $1 billion program to train teachers and to extend wireless digital Internet access worldwide.
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Mike / Techdirt:
Senate Telecom Bill More About Granting Favors Than Improving Telecom? — from the so-they-say dept — While the House has been fighting over its version of a telecom reform bill, it's time for the Senate to step in with their draft. Everyone's favorite Senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens …
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Jenstar / JenSense:
MySpace.com and Yahoo Publisher Network apparently don't mix — MySpace has long been a marketing tool and a great way to drive traffic to other sites or advertising. But if you happen to be monetizing with MySpace and using Yahoo Publisher Network, you may get your account suspended …
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Sphere Blog Search is a Contender — TechCrunch demonstrates the cool features in Sphere, a brand new blog search engine that opened widely to the public today. Sphere includes a number of nice features and tools: — * custom range histogram; — * a "sphere it" bookmarklet
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
A New Look at Personalized News — Israeli startup Spotback, which I've been tracking for a while, will launch tonight (Monday) at 10 PM PST. Spotback is a personalized news portal that learns from user behavior over time to deliver the news that's just right for them.
Leander Kahney / Wired News:
The Genius of Apple's Stores — Apple Computer is firing on all cylinders these days, but of all the things contributing to its success, hardly anyone mentions its chain of retail stores. — The stores are as important to Apple as the iPod or OS X when it comes to driving …
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Tony Smith / The Register:
First 'Super 3G' phones coming July? — BenQ Mobile has brought forward the release of its first mobile phone to support the HSDPA data speed boosting extension to 3G technology. According to online reports, BenQ's EF91 will ship in Europe in July courtesy of a deal struck with T-Mobile.
www-306.ibm.com:
IBM acquires BuildForge — Organizations are increasingly under pressure to deliver enterprise products and services faster. Development organizations are hard pressed to manage complex applications, coordinate globally distributed development and production teams while maintaining high software quality.
