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Microsoft and other technology makers struggling to define new Web services business models have another obstacle: consumer distrust of online authentication systems.
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With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.
Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.
After five years without a major update to Windows, Microsoft will find plenty of willing buyers for Longhorn next year. Or will it?
What happens when two storage specialists get an opportunity to joust? Mark Latchford of IBM and Steve Redman from EMC go head-to-head.
Corporate spending on software may be down, but portal software appears to be bucking the trend, allowing companies to streamline business systems access.
Starting Oct. 1, Microsoft will move many of its most popular enterprise packages--including Office--to a new subscription system that could raise the price 33 to 107 percent.
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