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  • Live Search tweaked for Windows BlackBerry

    Lost BlackBerry users will soon be able to say "show me the way" to their devices thanks to Microsoft's plans to enrich Live Search for Windows Mobile.

  • Microsoft safe from Google in apps: Gartner

    Microsoft shouldn't be worried about Google's move into the enterprise applications space but Microsoft is shaping up to be more of a challenger to Google's online ads business, according to Gartner.

  • Google Street View cars collect 3D data

    Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, but says data currently remains "experimental".

  • Do-gooders doing Google Earth

    The mapping app has become a powerful tool for nonprofits with global messages about saving forests--and lives.

  • Yahoo updates mobile search tool

    Yahoo is aggressively moving into the mobile search market with updated software and expanded deals to preload its software onto millions of handsets.

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  • Microsoft: We're in 'fighting shape'

    In a rare joint interview, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discuss ad-supported software, the battles against Sony and Google, and what's so great about the upcoming Vista.

  • Gates talks about the future before farewell

    For years, Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. In this interview before his farewell speech, Gates talks about competitors, the future of DVD, and why all of those seamless connections between digital devices exist only in keynote speeches.

  • Salesforce.com CEO: Microsoft is still a dinosaur

    For years, CEO of Salesforce.com Marc Benioff appeared in public wearing an "End of Software" button on his lapel -- just to rankle Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, or any other software mugwump making a killing on selling packaged applications.

  • Who's afraid of the $200 Linux PC?

    Cheap PCs with a Linux operating system seem to have hit the users' sweet spots, with taking the plunge into the alternate OS not nearly as hard as users had thought.

  • Mobile: Skype hungry for next frontier

    Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.

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  • Photos: Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone

    During his keynote address at Macworld 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the long-rumoured iPhone.

  • Intel names mobile chip family

    Intel has announced a new brand name for its next-generation mobile processor technology: Centrino.

  • The Age of Automation

    The '60s and '70s were the decades of the mainframe. The '80s made up the decade of client-server computing. The '90s were the Internet years. Now we're entering the decade of the electronic butler.

  • Microsoft wants to lead technology march

    Commentary: Bill Gates is beating the drum for tablets, Smart Display, and Web services - purchased with his US$5bn research budget. The question is: do we want to follow, and can we afford to?

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