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Google spurned offer to join Microsoft and Apple in bid for "bogus patents"
To many people out there, the name Brad Smith might not be too familiar. He'sMicrosoft's general counsel and most of the time anyone would have come across his name in the past would probably have been in defending the software giant against anti-mon... Opinion
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Jargon buster is a good idea but it misses the real target
Earlier in the week, IT support company Barton Technology released a "jargon buster" designed to help small businesses and SMEs decipher some of the jargon in hardware, networking, software and licensing, backup, server applications and sec... Opinion
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Cloud computing is a lot of hot air (and it can heat your house)
There's an intriguing paper published by Microsoft in which the authors argue that it could be possible to send servers used in cloud computing data centres to houses and office buildings and use them as a primary heat source. The Data Furnace: H... Opinion
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Is there more to Microsoft than Windows?
Only the churlish would seek to dismiss a company reporting record revenue and profits, especially when that company is Microsoft, the biggest software business in the world. As I'm not churlish by disposition, I won't, although quite a few others ha... Opinion
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Currency fluctuations can be good for your business, ask IBM
Here's an interesting snippet of information: IBM's second quarter revenues were positively affected by currency fluctuations to the tune of 7% or around $1.6bn. In other words, without positive foreign exchange rates, IBM's revenues would have been ... Opinion
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Jobs boom in IT channel, featuring Mind Candy, mobile startups, cloud computing outfits and Certero
We keep coming across companies that are short of staff and too busy to go recruiting. Mind Candy, for example, is arguably one of the best companies to work for in Britain. This is the games developer that created Moshi Monsters, a kids social netwo... Opinion
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Memo to Turner: You can run Windows 7 on an iMac. It's not a big deal
Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner was in combative mood at the vendor's Worldwide Partner Conference last week, taking jabs at all manner of rivals, including Google, IBM, Oracle, salesforce.com, VMware and Apple. On the latter, he m... Opinion
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Recyclebank nicked my idea for making recycling fun and profitable by turning it into a game
I'm livid! Nearly a decade ago, I devised an idea that would make recycling fun. The scheme would boost recycling rates, save money for the councils (possibly even the taxpayer!) and give people the chance to win prizes. It would turn rubbish from a... Opinion
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Hardware sales distract attention from Oracle's software
Oracle has taken an interesting stance with its decision to walk away from loss-making hardware deals. Explaining why the company's hardware revenues were 6% down in the fourth quarter, president and CFO Safra Catz said it had decided to avoid unpro... Opinion
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Would Oracle have dropped Itanium support if it hadn't bought Sun?
The bust up between Oracle and HP over Oracle's decision to drop support for Itanium-based servers is intriguing. To my mind, once you get past the claims and counter-claims, the only question that needs to be asked is this: would Oracle have dropped... Opinion