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Bill Gates weighs in

By Admin | Published: January 27, 2010
Global thinking on global issues is the theme of The Gates Notes, a new website set up by Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. Bank on nuclear energy and tap into solar chemical – converting energy from sunlight into, say, hydrogen or some other liquid fuel, was one of his strong message to policy makers. The [...]
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Mozilla blocks Microsoft Firefox plugin

By Admin | Published: October 22, 2009
Mozilla developers have blocked a Firefox plugin by Microsoft, saying that it poses a security risk, PC World reported. According to the technology website, Microsoft shipped the Firefox add-on as part of a .Net software update last February. But some Firefox users were unhappy about it. They said the software was sneaked onto their system without [...]
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Bootleg Windows 7 Sold in China

By Admin | Published: October 21, 2009
At shops in the bustling Xinyang market in Shanghai, fake Apple iPhones and Bose speakers were displayed alongside bootleg copies of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, a week before it was to go on sale offcially. “Which version do you want? Ultimate? Normal? English or Chinese?” one shopkeeper asked, proudly pointing out her ample supply of [...]
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Slight drop in global PC shipments

By Admin | Published: October 5, 2009
Research firm Gartner said that global PC shipments will suffer only a 2 percent decline from last year, which is more optimistic than its June forecast which anticipated a 6 percent drop. As the world economy moves out of the financial crisis, PC shipments are returning to stronger growth. In Asia-Pacific, PC shipments in total will [...]
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