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“As we set our course for future versions, we are working closely with customers and will also expand our staff to ensure that Office for Mac remains the most powerful and compatible productivity suite for Mac customers.”

Microsoft Corp.'s Macintosh Business Unit today announced details about the success of Office 2008 for Mac and reaffirms its commitment to future products for the Mac. via MacTech

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“I was expecting to see a more extreme reaction”

Yahoo Inc.'s stock took a beating Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion takeover bid, but the punishment wasn't as severe as many analysts anticipated because investors suspect the rivals ... via KOMO

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Oracle Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to acquire AdminServer Inc. , a provider of insurance policy administration software. via Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Jo...

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Shares of CryptoLogic Ltd. are treading lower after the internet gaming software company posted first-quarter earnings this morning substantially below the consensus estimate on Wall Street. via All Stories

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“Users can see the X-ray view of the sky, zoom into bright radiation clouds, and then cross-fade into the visible light view and discover the cloud remnants of a supernova explosion from a thousand years ago”

A view of space from Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope Microsoft is ready to boldly take Web surfers where no man has gone before. via CNET News.com

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“We're looking forward to seeing even more of our players at this year's BlizzCon and delivering another entertaining and informative event for them.”

Blizzard confirms a return to the Anaheim Convention Center. Blizzard Entertainment today announced that this year's BlizzCon gaming convention will once again be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in ... via PC Gameworld

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We knew earlier this year that Jeff Raikes, currently president of Microsoft's Business Division, was leaving Microsoft this September. via One Microsoft Way

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“We've done a lot of work to get clear strategy and focus”

Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a ... via The Press-Enterprise

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“Our Netrac Studio is going to make network management a lot easier, especially among NGN operators who need high flexibility and ability to react quickly and introduce new services and technologies faster than ever”

' TTI Team Telecom International Ltd. , a global supplier of Operations Support Systems to communications service providers, announced today the launch of their Netrac Studio 3, giving network operators a ... via Total Telecom

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CryptoLogic Ltd., the Dublin producer of Internet-gambling software, reported first-quarter net income fell 59% on 1.3% lower revenue. via Market Watch

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“The motion sensing capability of the Wii Remote, combined with Epicenter's intuitive fire technology, equips anyone to step into the role of rookie firefighter”

Conspiracy Entertainment, a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software in North America and Western Europe, announced today that it has entered into a publishing agreement with ... via IGN complete

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Battlefield: Bad Company You've been drafted to 'B' Company! DICE, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. via Team XBox

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JAKARTA, Indonesia Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo!, Chairman Bill Gates said Friday. via IndyStar.com

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“In terms of next year's revenues, we expect about 24 to 26 percent growth”

From correspondents in Middle East, 06:02 PM IST Leading Indian software company Satyam Computer Services has registered over 100 percent growth in revenue, pushing it to 102.76 million dirhams , from the ... via India eNews

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“For competitive reasons we're not going to talk about it today, but we're very bullish on the kind of innovation it will bring, and it won't be your father's Tony Hawk.”

Posted in Games , Xbox 360 by Zan Toplisek on May 9th, 2008 at 20:30 In a recent earnings conference call, which swiftly followed the announcement of strong fiscal year and Q4 financial results, Activision was ... via Xboxic

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In this April 29, 2008 file photo, a customer pays cash to purchase the game Grand Theft Auto IV at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif.. Grand Theft Auto IV raked in more than $500 million in its first ... via Toledo Blade

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Electronic Arts, the largest video-game publisher said it arranged $1 billion in loans to help pay for its $2 billion offer to buy Take-Two Interactive Software, publisher of the "Grand Theft" titles. via SiliconValley.com

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“We're happy to report we have successfully fixed the bug that slightly delayed our newest feature update for the Photoshop Express beta”

Adobe Systems on Friday confirmed that it has fixed a bug that plagued an update of Adobe Photoshop Express first expected earlier this week. via PC World

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“There is a real danger that the world's poor will be virtually excluded from the emerging knowledge-based global economy, with dire consequences to global peace and security”

The yawning divide between the haves and the have-nots of the digital revolution is a "threat to national unity" and even world security, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday. via The Age

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“This is taking data that's very complex, gathered over many years from many telescopes, and making it accessible”

Microsoft will launch Worldwide Telescope, a tool for exploring images of the night sky, by the end of May, free to anyone who wants to use it, Microsoft's chairman said Friday. via PC World

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“The bottom line is that shareholders need some new representation”

Yahoo investors who wanted to accept a Microsoft buyout are not seen as likely to try to oust the board, and instead seem to be channeling their ire through lawsuits and a campaign to turn July's annual meeting ... via Reuters

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Listed in: News Tags: Atari , NASDAQ , Infogrames O 4 Atari has been duly warned by NASDAQ to raise their stock value to above the US$ 15 million until March 20 or face delisting. via PSP Sony PlayStation Portable

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“Gore is an avid video gamer and true fan of BioShock . That was extremely important to us in deciding to move forward with this project”

The movie will be made by Universal Pictures, a unit of NBC Universal owned by General Electric, and John Logan, writer of Gladiator and Sweeney Todd , was in talks to pen the screenplay, Take-Two said. via USA Today

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“Microsoft today filed to the (European Union) Court of First Instance an application to annul the European Commission decision of February 27”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates [File photo]. Microsoft is appealing against a record $1.47 billion fine imposed by the European Commission for using high prices to discourage software competition. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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“It looked pretty bad at first glance, but we always give it a shot.”

In this photo provided by Kroll Ontrack Inc., a data drive that fell from the space shuttle Columbia when it was destroyed in 2003 is shown. via Boston Globe

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The first beta-test version of the OpenOffice.org 3.0 productivity suite was released on Wednesday, adding significant features such as improved Mac OS X support and support for the OpenDocument 1.2 standard. via BuilderAU.com.au

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“The rewards aren't monetary, but it's a reward knowing that they're safe and happy”

If a stay-at-home mom could be compensated in dollars rather than personal satisfaction and unconditional love, she'd rake in a nifty sum of nearly $117,000 a year. via Sun-Journal

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Interview with CEO David DeWalt via ClipSyndicate

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RealNetworks' games business grew revenues 33 percent since the first quarter of 2007. via ValleyWag

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“More importantly, the guidance, which some investors had worried about, is above consensus expectations, which is bullish.”

Activision Inc. swung to a profit for its fourth fiscal quarter as video game sales nearly doubled during the period, blowing away Wall Street's estimates. via MarketWatch

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“We see a lot of opportunity to push the envelope there.”

Microsoft hopes to back up its refrain that it has a plan to catch Google by showing off some improvements to its Live Search product at a company-sponsored advertising conference later this month. via CNET News.com

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“REALVIZ's technology bridges 2D and 3D, linking the virtual and real worlds. 3D models can be created from simple 2D images, and virtual environments can be built from conventional photographs”

Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of REALVIZ S.A., the privately held developer of image-based content creation software. via Freshnews

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“We're overwhelmed by the positive response to the Photoshop Express beta and all the people who are actively editing and showing off their photos”

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced a major update to Adobe Photoshop Express beta , including integration with Flickr and a "Save As" functionality, two of the most requested features by early adopters. via Cameratown.com Digital Imaging News

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“It's hand-to-hand combat, like the days of client-server computing”

Salesforce.com on Wednesday said it has launched a new tool, Visualforce , that enables its customers to build custom user interfaces for applications running on the company's hosted infrastructure. via CNET News.com

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Id Software has announced that Doom 4 has begun production as of today. According to the press release, the studio is now hiring for the project. via Joystiq

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“This will give us the resources to be even more aggressive and focused on our core products and markets.”

CodeGear, the development tools unit of Borland Software, has been acquired by Embarcadero Technologies. via The Industry Standard

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“OpenOffice 3.0 promises to bash Office.”

A beta version of OpenOffice.org 3.0 has been released for evaluation by the public. via Infoworld

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“Cincom's additional business connectors (APIs) have been designed to address some very specific needs for complex manufacturers”

New Delhi, May 7 : Worldwide software provider, Cincom Systems , announces that its Cincom Socrates version 8.3 has added deeper integration with SAP solutions for companies that provide complex products and ... via Daily India

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Microsoft is giving the automatic web release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 another go today, after an eleventh hour muck-up ruined its scheduled availability last week. via The Register

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Puget Sound Business Journal Microsoft Corp. said its Zune entertainment division has signed deals to provide downloads of TV shows from NBC, Comedy Central, MTV and Turner Broadcasting. via Puget Sound Business Journal

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The publisher of "Grand Theft Auto" says the Chicago Transit Authority interfered with its free-speech rights by allegedly removing ads for the latest version of the hugely popular video game. via ABC News

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May 6, 2008 - Moldflow Corporation today announced results from its continuing operations for the third quarter and first nine months of its 2008 fiscal year. via MCADCafe

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“This trend is a wild and willie one”

Sales & Marketing Management 's online exclusive of ISM's Top 15 CRM Awards winners and 2008 Trends Report. via Incentive

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“What specific features you see will be tailored toward the types of vehicles they go into”

Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automakers Hyundai and Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice commands to control personal music players and telephones. via The Age

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Microsoft Corp said it will start offering television shows for its Zune portable media device, more than two years after Apple Inc introduced the feature for its iPod player. via Reuters

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Disk drives are extraordinarily resilient. I've seen one that had been run over, dropped in a toilet and then thrown out of the window of a seven-storey office block. via The Register

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The publisher of the controversial "Grand Theft Auto 4" video game sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Monday, accusing it of pulling ads promoting the blockbuster without explanation. via Scientific American

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“Kris' deep experience and successful track record in software are a great fit for Corel. The board is confident he will provide strong leadership for the company while we conduct a search for a permanent chief executive.”

Kris Hagerman, Corel Corel Corporation Monday proclaimed Kris Hagerman, formerly a senior adviser at the company trying to buy Corel, as its interim chief executive officer, effective May 8. "During the ... via Ottawa Business Journal

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“We are pleased to continue our strategic relationship with RedPrairie”

Appcelerator ICEsoft Kaazing Nexaweb Sun KEYNOTES: News Desk May. 5, 2008 09:45 AM RedPrairie announced a new E²e Business Process Platform to orchestrate cross-application business processes. via SOA World Magazine

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“I wish more schools did what we do and treated independent reading as vital to the curriculum, especially for boys, who seem to be sharing very few books”

Children have welcomed the "Harry Potter" books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the United States will reveal today that none of J.K. ... via The Modesto Bee

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“That is a key initiative for Yahoo in 2008.”

Adam Smith was 12 when Microsoft introduced its desktop e-mail program, Outlook. via Boston Globe

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German-speaking technophiles can soon download the Beta-1 version of Internet Explorer 8 in their native language. via Bangkok Post

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Google's biggest challenge today is mobile advertising. Although the company will continue to make money on standard online advertising, mobile advertising is expected to be more effective and possibly more ... via MacNewsWorld

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