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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 9:59pm CET
Two projects recently revealed by Microsoft are helping government officials figure out which way is up and what was said about it.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 9:10pm CET
In yet another sign that it's getting harder to gain -- and keep -- "business method" patents, a pair of inventors lost an appeals court bid this week to patent an energy-related risk management system.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 9:01pm CET
With the debut of Windows 7, Office 14 and its Web counterpart, along with a completely new Windows "operating system" for the cloud called Azure, PDC 2008 was a week that didn't let up. For those who didn't catch all of the news, here's a quick recap of our coverage.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 7:33pm CET
All in the same week, AOL opened up user access to outside social networks, while starting to shut down user access to its own AOL Pictures, Xdrive and Bluestring services.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 6:15pm CET
The United States Department of Justice has conditionally approved Verizon's acquisition of Alltel, provided Verizon divests from 100 markets.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 6:00pm CET
In a New York Times interview this week, Opera's Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner said Opera Mini has been ported to the iPhone, but cannot be released.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 4:04pm CET
A voluntary recall has been issued for another 100,000 Sony batteries that power notebooks from HP, Toshiba, and Dell.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 9:14am CET
Although reportedly now in legal mediation talks with Apple, Mac clonemaker Psystar this week introduced Blu-ray -- a technology not yet supported by Apple -- in an optional drive for its Mac desktop PCs.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 8:50am CET
On Wednesday at PDC, research took center stage, as the company took time to show off its virtual telescope and its experimental engineering projects. But one of these projects is something that applies to big business, not just laboratories.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 7:48am CET
An open source project to make a common language runtime for Linux, Mac, and iPhone that's .NET-compatible, has ended up succeeding in an area no one may have expected at first: as an artificial intelligence provider for gaming engines.
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 6:23am CET
The research and resources that Microsoft has invested in its Surface project will soon pay off for everyday Windows users, with new multitouch functionality being added to Windows 7. But how soon will Windows apps feel the change?
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Publié: octobre 31, 2008, 5:30am CET
Google's announcement of testing on a new API for OpenID identity providers drew cheers from some quarters. But a few observers seethed at a perceived breach of orthodoxy.