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    Businesses are moving to Windows Vista less quickly than expected due to problems with application compatibility and clarity around the date of Service Pack 1, according to analysts Forrester.

  • Small businesses pull the shutters on Vista

    Small business users, like larger enterprises, are in no rush to adopt Microsoft Windows Vista with hardware requirements, a lack of interoperability with business applications and cost of the new operating system the major stumbling blocks.

  • Symantec to help with Vista security?

    Symantec is thinking up ways to take the pain out of a security feature in Windows Vista.

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    Windows XP may be necessary for 64-bit computing in the future, but do you need it now? Analysts discuss when enterprises should upgrade, at what pace, and what the alternatives are.

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  • Not laptop, not PDA: Should you buy a tweener?

    There's a new generation of machines out there that split the difference between laptop PCs and handheld PDAs--call them "tweeners." Question is, what are they good for?

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