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Business software market likely to stay flat this year

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research firm Gartner Inc. said Monday the market for software sold to businesses is likely to grow only 0.3 percent this year compared to 2008, a downward revision from the firm's previous forecast of 6.6 percent growth.


Amazon might grow market for used games

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Investors in GameStop Corp. may have panicked earlier this month on the news that Amazon.com was entering into the used video game space, but a new study suggests that the slumping economy may help make room for plenty of ...





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Yahoo! and Microsoft launched a joint offensive against Google in July

Microsoft's Bing increases US search share

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of modest gains, according to online tracking firm comScore.


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Microsoft search engine makes steady progress

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, is making steady if unspectacular progress in its bid to wrest a bigger share of the lucrative US search and advertising market away from Google.


Taking the hard work out of software

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Developing software is a complicated and laborious process. A new European platform automates much of the tricky building and testing phases of programming.


EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.


Oracle, Sun link up for new product; HP snubbed

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- With the fate of its proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. uncertain amid antitrust scrutiny, Oracle Corp. is moving ahead with a new product incorporating both companies' technology, and snubbing ...


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'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.


The Windows 7 launch also gave a bump to personal computer (PC) sales

Windows 7 debut a hit: NPD

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group.


Apple Senior Vice President of OSX Software Bertrand Serlet talks about the new Snow Leopard operating system

Apple to unleash Snow Leopard on August 28

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Apple announced on Monday that its next-generation Snow Leopard operating system tailored for the California company's Macintosh computers will be unleashed on the market on Friday.


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Microsoft's monthly security fixes spare Windows 7

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft's newest computer operating system has survived its first few weeks on the market without needing any security fixes.


Intel Atom Processor Developer Program for Mobile Devices to Spur New Wave of Applications

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To encourage the creation of innovative applications for Intel Atom processor-based products, Intel Corporation today launched the Intel Atom Developer Program for independent software vendors (ISVs) and developers.



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