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LifeHacker's Five Best Windows Maintenance Tools
lifehacker.com — You download, create, delete, and move around countless files and endless piles of data on your PC every day. While your PC would ideally handle all of this data for you, it doesn't take long before you end up with a disorganized, cluttered PC.More… (Microsoft)
mklopez
It's not the Gates, it's the bars
news.bbc.co.uk — To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers.More… (Microsoft)
acidandspatter
Microsoft's Plan B for Search
businessweek.com — Moving past the Yahoo saga, the software giant is buying semantic search engine Powerset as a way of closing the gap with Google More… (Microsoft)
zaibatsuAre You Ready to Subscribe to Microsoft Office?
tgdaily.com — It is one of these products and service you may not look forward to, but knew it was coming: A subscription model to Microsoft Office. Microsoft envisions that more and more users will not own a copy of Microsoft Office in the future anymore, but rent it and provide the company with recurring revenue stream every year, instead a onetime fee.More… (Microsoft)
diggleague
June 30: Goodbye, XP! Hello, Midori?!
blogs.zdnet.com — June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It’s also a good day (thanks to a recent New York Times opinion piece) to start looking ahead to what comes next — after Windows. That answer could be Softie Eric Rudder’s mMore… (Microsoft)
SirPopperWindows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air
nytimes.com — Painfully visible are the inherent design deficiencies of a foundation that was never intended to support such weight. Windows seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it.More… (Microsoft)
MookiBlaylock
Bill Gates: top ten greatest hits (and misses)
engadget.com — Damn, Bill, you have come a LONG way. Look at you there back in '82, you handsome devil. As part of our tribute, let's take a quick look back at the top ten greatest (and not so great) products created on Bill-time, shall we? Don't worry, it'll only sting a little.More… (Microsoft)
amdou
Things No One Gives Microsoft Credit For (But Should)
gizmodo.com — Microsoft gets more crap than any other company in tech. That's partly because it's given us garbage like Clippy, Microsoft BOB and Windows Vista. And it's partly because it's arguably the most important company in personal computing.More… (Microsoft)
irfanmpBill Gates Bids A Teary Farewell To Microsoft
reuters.com — "There won't be a day in my life when I won't be thinking about Microsoft, the great things that we're doing and wanting to help," said Gates, who wiped away tears as the group of employees rose to give him a standing ovation.More… (Microsoft)
mdrudge
Bill Gates Retires Today
engadget.com — June 27th 2008 marks the day that Bill Gates steps out of his role as nerd-baron and into the shoes of full-blown immortal philanthropist. Thank You!More… (Microsoft)
Sarawanan
Bill Gates and the Greatest Tech Hack Ever
dashes.com — Bill Gates has pulled off one of the greatest hacks in technology and business history, by turning Microsoft's success into a force for social responsibility.More… (Microsoft)
DigiDave
Ten Reasons Why Vista Isn't That Bad
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]gizmodo.com — Of all the ware Microsoft churns out from its sweatshop of "lightning bolt, lightning bolt" nerds, Windows is the one most inexorably tied to the public image of the company. Although we agree that Vista could have used a bit more time shoved back into the silicon womb for some feature buffing and bug fixing, it's not nearly as bad as people say.More… (Microsoft)
diskopo
15 Ways Microsoft Can Reinvent Itself for the Post-Gates Era
pcworld.com — Its cofounder is retiring, its latest big product has been vilified, and potential partners are spurning its advances. So what does Microsoft do to remain relevant? Here are 15 ideas.eas.More… (Microsoft)
warrior007Is Ballmer The Right Man For Microsoft -For Another 10 Years
computerworld.com — George Colony, CEO of Forrester Research Inc., sees a subtle slippage in Microsoft's standing vs. rivals such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. as Gates has disengaged himself from the company — and implies that the slippage could accelerate once Gates is even more out of the picture.More… (Microsoft)
optimusprime01
Why I Still Use Windows Despite the Peer Pressure
gizmodo.com — There are over a dozen people working at our fair Gizmodo, but as a Windows user, I'm in a definite minority. I still rock XP, and I'm pretty happy with that. Why haven't I switched to Macs? Plenty of reasons, not least of which being that I'm just too smart to switch to a Mac.That's right, I'm too smart for Macs. More… (Microsoft)
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