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KELLNER: Microsoft’s Bing offers new search
Washington Times
By Mark A. Kellner | Monday, June 1, 2009 The buzz was about Bing on Thursday as Microsoft Corp.’s Steve Ballmer took center stage at the D: All Things Digital conference near San Diego to announce the next step for the Live Search technology.
Microsoft Bing No Sure Thing Wall Street Journal
Magid: Don’t count Microsoft out in search San Jose Mercury News
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Palm Pre Finds New BFF — Apple’s iTunes
DailyTech
The Palm Pre will be the first non-Apple phone to feature firmware-supported syncing with iTunes. The great mystery is whether Apple will try to sue Palm to block this feature.
Sprint CEO looks ahead to upcoming Palm Pre, 4G Atlanta Journal Constitution
Will the Palm Pre Overtake RIM’s BlackBerry in the Enterprise? eWeek
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Microsoft Makes Windows 7 Even More Attractive to Netbook Users
eWeek
Microsoft has freed up its Windows 7 Starter operating system to enable users to do more with the software than the company initially allowed, such as run more than three applications simultaneously.
Windows 7 Vs. Linux: OS Face-Off InformationWeek
Windows 7 Starter discards three-app limit TechSpot
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Microsoft Bing No Sure Thing
Wall Street Journal
By NICK WINGFIELD and JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Microsoft Corp. hasn’t had much success competing head-on with Google Inc. in the Internet search market.
Cybersecurity, Microsoft’s Bing, Google’s Wave Computerworld
Microsoft Relaunching Search Service as Bing PC World
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Microsoft Ditches Windows 7 Starter App Limit
PC World
Windows 7 Starter Edition took some criticism with its three-application limit. Today, however, Microsoft announced on its WIndows Team Blog that it would be removing the three-application limit on Windows 7 Starter, and that it will be available …
Microsoft kills 3-application limit for Windows 7 Starter Ars Technica
Microsoft Will Drop Restriction in Windows 7 Starter Wall Street Journal
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Microsoft’s Search for a Name Ends With a Bing
New York Times
By MIGUEL HELFT A year from now, if you hear someone say that - and actually understand what it means - Bill Gates will be a happy billionaire.
Microsoft unveils Bing, its new search engine Los Angeles Times
Microsoft Bing: Much better than expected CNET News
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Microsoft Warns of DirectShow Vulnerability
PC Magazine
by Larry Seltzer The attacks are being perpetrated using malicious QuickTime media files in what Microsoft calls “limited, active attacks.
Get Must-Have Fix for New Microsoft DirectShow Flaw PC World
Microsoft Warns Of ‘Browse-And-Get-Owned’ DirectX Flaw InformationWeek
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Google Says HTML 5 Tools Leave Microsoft In the Dust
ChannelWeb
Google led off its Google I/O 2009 developer conference in San Francisco by declaring “the Web has won” — that is, the Internet and Web browsers, not a computer’s operating system, are the future of application development.
Google: Web as programming model ‘has won’ Computerworld
Google CEO touts always-on computing [video] ZDNet
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Early glimpse at Zune HD: “better” than iPod touch
Apple Insider
By Aidan Malley Just a day after it was introduced, the Zune HD has been demonstrated live and is already generating buzz from at least one major blog that it could provide an experience superior to Apple’s iPod touch.
zunehd caught on video CNET News
Zune HD: Microsoft Comes Out Swinging PC Magazine
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