pcadvisor.co.uk - 12/2/2008
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Microsoft's share of the operating system market dipped below 90 percent for the first time during November with Windows accounting for 89.6 percent of computers accessing the web, according to Net Applications. The research firm, which monitors 40,000 websites to establish market share and ...
blog.wired.com - 12/2/2008
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Apple doesn't want you to believe what it
says, even though the company claims it's not lying.
That's the gist of the Cupertino company's legal response to a lawsuit regarding allegedly misleading advertising for the iPhone 3G. The ...
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Apple: Our Ads Don't Lie, But You're a Fool if You ...
news.cnet.com - 12/3/2008
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Updated 7:45 p.m. PST with expert comment, at
7:20 p.m. PST with context on previous coverage, and
at 7:08 p.m. PST with background. Apple removed an old item from its support site late Tuesday that urged Mac customers to use multiple ...
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Apple deletes Mac antivirus suggestion
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/1/2008
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Windows Market Share Drops Below 90%
The Raw Feed —
The Windows Vista diaspora continues, with Windows' market share now dropping to below 90% for the first time. A Net Applications survey found that only 89.6 percent of all computers accessing the the Web are running some version of Microsoft Windows.
Windows Falls!! ... To Slightly Under 90% Share...
Homotron.net —
... It looks like the fiasco that is Windows Vista and the Marketing Prowess of Apple are showing even more predominantly now. According to research firm Net Applications, Windows fell below the 90% market share threshold it's held for... well, for just about as long as people have been measuring market share for computer operating systems. Mac's OS X was up to a modest yet growing 8.9%, which does tend to point to people leaving Windows for OS X. ...
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cultofmac.com 12/2/2008 —
Apple wrestled more computer users from the grasp of Microsoft, according to a November survey of Web users released Monday. Macs comprise nearly 9 percent of computers online, Net Applications announced.
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venturebeat.com 2/18/2009 — This is set up almost too perfectly. We’re in the midst of the work economic downturn since the Great Depression, retail sales are plummeting, consumer spending is way down and so what does Microsoft want to do? Open retail stores . But ...
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