Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Thanks Microsoft, Hello Google
dondodge.typepad.com 22 days ago — Thanks to all the fine people at Microsoft. It was an interesting ride. Four years, 11 months, and 20 days, and I enjoyed every one of them. Well, except for the last few days, that was not fun at all. I hope I played a small part in making Microsoft ...

The 50 Best (and Worst) Moments in Windows History
maximumpc.com 10/20/2009 — In just a few days, Microsoft at long last will officially release Windows 7 to an eager public ready to put the Vista saga behind them. It's a been a long wait, particularly for those who opted to stick with XP until something better came ...

Four Possible Reasons Why L.A. Chose Google Over Microsoft
informationweek.com 11/3/2009 — The Los Angeles City Council has chosen Google over Microsoft for 30,000 city employees' email accounts. What better place than Tinseltown for this tech industry drama to play out, with one councilman even delivering a choice line about whether cloud ...

Microsoft Reports First
finance.yahoo.com 10/23/2009 — challenges to Microsoft's business model; intense competition in all of Microsoft's markets; Microsoft's continued ability to protect its intellectual property rights; claims that Microsoft has infringed the intellectual property rights of others; the ...

L.A. confidential: Microsoft vs. Google and the cloud
blog.seattlepi.com 9/28/2009 — It seems that the time is right to finally write about this: Microsoft and Google are locked in yet another battle, this time over the Los Angeles city government's interest in moving its e-mail and office operations to the cloud with Google Apps.

Microsoft Opens Up the PST Format
community.winsupersite.com 10/26/2009 — From Microsoft: As more and more information is stored and shared in digital formats, the ability for people to reuse their data across various applications and platforms has become increasing important. As part of an ongoing effort to enable this ...

Los Angeles opts for Google over Microsoft
blog.seattlepi.com 10/28/2009 — In a major milestone for the tech industry, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to adopt Web-based Google Apps as the replacement for the city government's aging e-mail and Internet services.

EU has change of heart toward Microsoft
blog.seattlepi.com 10/7/2009 — "I trust Microsoft," the European Union's antitrust boss, Neelie Kroes, said Wednesday in Brussels.

Online news company makes ad deal with Microsoft
blog.seattlepi.com 8/19/2009 — The owner of more than a dozen newspaper Web sites has signed a deal with Microsoft to sell local Web advertisements on the Microsoft advertising network, the companies announced Monday.

Microsoft's First Store Opening "Imminent"
modmyi.com 10/17/2009 — Image via Gearlive.com Microsoft 's first store is ready to open and it could as early as Monday according to multiple published reports. Phoenix will play host to the first store as the software maker ups the ante in its competitive posturing with Apple. As Reuters reported this ...

Google: The open-source savior we deserve — CNET News - Business Tech 11/2/2009
For years, open-source advocates have been praying for someone to free us from Microsoft's proprietary grasp. We've prayed in vain as Linux, OpenOffice, and other open-source software programs have failed to dent Microsoft's dominance. Until now. ...

Microsoft's SQL Server gets appliance of iron — The Register 11/3/2009
Test code challenges Oracle Near-final code for Microsoft's next SQL Server database is due today, wrapping in hardware from partners to help counter Oracle's proprietary Exadata appliance.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Google Picasa 3.5 — Latest from Computerworld 11/3/2009
When it comes to organizing, editing, and sharing photos, most Mac users know iPhoto. But what happens when you don't feel like plunking down $79 for the latest iLife iteration just to get the snazzy Faces and Places features? Google offers an answer ...

XP To Windows 7: Workaround Fixes Install Fail — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 11/3/2009
Windows XP users attempting upgrades to Microsoft's new OS are getting hit with an error message—here's the fix.

Microsoft 'neutered' UAC in Windows 7, says researcher — Latest from Computerworld 11/4/2009
A Sophos security official said that Microsoft went too far in cutting the security messages delivered in Windows 7 by "neutering" the User Account Control (UAC) feature.