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If I Were Steve Ballmer

Its that time of year. Microsoft midyear reviews are over. Summer vacations are winding down. And Microsoft execs are dreaming big. Perfect time for a...

From Melissa to Zotob: 10 Years of Windows Worms

The names roll of the tongue like characters in an episode of "American Gladiators." Klez. Blaster. Slammer. Sasser. Zotob. Computer viruses and worms, all...

Analysts: Googles Talk Move May Shake the Market

Google Wednesday launched Google Talk, the companys open standard-based instant messaging and VOIP server and client package. Analysts and vendors were upbeat about its...

Industry Survey Shows SMBs Lack Minimal Security

Sean Stenovich often sees his small and midsize business clients pick and choose their security solutions based on what they think they need and...

A Decade Later: Windows 95 Keeps Going … and Going

Microsoft Corp. officials have admitted one of their biggest challenges in continuing to grow the companys Windows business is the impression among some of...

Google, Skype Race Toward Next IM Frontier

This week may well be the pivotal point in the emergence of instant messaging as a tool for the enterprise, as well as for...

Intel Prescribes Health IT

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. became the latest giant IT company to step boldly into health care. At the Tuesday afternoon keynote here, gloomy music played...

Sun, Oracle Team Up on Database Packs

Sun Microsystems and Oracle on Wednesday announced a set of pre-configured infrastructure bundles for SMBs. Called Database Packs, they incorporate Oracle Database 10g with Sun...

Intel Preps Mac OS X Developer Tools

Intel Corp. will port its software developer tools to Mac OS X and will ship its first beta later this year, the chip maker...

Bluetooth Ads Discover Listeners

A UK advertising firm says it has carried out the biggest Bluetooth advertising campaign to date, reaching 15,000 Londoners directly via their cell phones. The...