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    Microsoft has acquired Canadian asset-tracking company AssetMetrix as part of a continued expansion of its management software.

  • Canada weighs in on Oracle's takeover bid

    Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft is currently under review by Canadian antitrust regulators, adding yet another antitrust hurdle for the database-software maker to jump.

  • Microsoft-Lindows spat heads into Canada

    Microsoft has expanded its legal battle against Linux seller Lindows, suing the software maker for trademark infringement in Canada.

  • Visto sues Microsoft for patent infringement

    Mobile e-mail developer Visto said on Thursday that it has sued technology giant Microsoft for infringing on several of its patents.

  • AOL: You've got VoIP

    America Online is expected to launch an Internet-phone service in the United States next month, leapfrogging rivals in a fast-growing market as it seeks to evolve from an also-ran provider of dial-up Internet access to a broadband services powerhouse.

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    Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

  • Office XP price cuts omit Australia

    Microsoft's recent move to reduce the cost of Microsoft Office XP Professional and Standard editions excludes Australia but this could change in the third quarter.

  • Firefox fortune hunters

    The Mozilla Foundation's browser may be free, but that doesn't keep insiders from cashing in.

  • Lessons to be learnt from Sasser

    We had the tools to stop the worm dead in its tracks, but it still exacted a high toll in lost productivity, and in the case of the sailors at sea around the coast of England, created a real risk to life.

  • Microsoft-SCO: Fact and fiction

    Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.

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  • Sun sets US$76 price tag on Office rival

    Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 will go on sale May 21 with a price of US$75.95 in a more concerted effort by the server specialist to take on Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant Office.

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