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April 27, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Windows 7 gets virtual 'XP mode'
2. Leaked Windows 7 Release Candidate hits the Web
3. Microsoft earnings drop, revenue off 6%
4. Microsoft sets May 5 date for Windows 7 RC public release
5. IT Blogwatch: Microsoft's worst third quarter ever
6. Oracle snags Sun, Microsoft earnings dip
7. Netbooks hammer Windows revenues for second straight quarter
8. Mark Everett Hall: Microsoft is doomed! (Again.)
9. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The fall of Microsoft
10. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Running Windows 7 RC on a netbook
11. Preston Gralla: Will Apple and Google go to war over netbooks?
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Windows 7 gets virtual 'XP mode'
Microsoft will unveil an add-on to Windows 7 that lets users run Windows XP
applications in a virtual machine -- the first time the company has relied on
virtualization to provide backward compatibility.
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Leaked Windows 7 Release Candidate hits the Web
Pirated copies of the Windows 7 Release Candidate have already leaked to
file-sharing sites, according to several reports on the Internet and searches of
BitTorrent trackers.
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Microsoft earnings drop, revenue off 6%
Microsoft missed analyst expectations for its third quarter, stumbling under the
weight of the faltering economy.
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Microsoft sets May 5 date for Windows 7 RC public release
Microsoft confirmed late Friday that it will make Windows 7 Release Candidate
(RC) available to the general public on May 5, a date that had leaked last
weekend when a company site briefly published details about the upcoming
milestone.
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IT Blogwatch: Microsoft's worst third quarter ever
In Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Microsoft suffer its first ever
drop in revenue. Not to mention fun with auto-tuning...
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Oracle snags Sun, Microsoft earnings dip
Oracle kicked off a busy week in IT news, announcing plans to buy Sun
Microsystems for US$7.4 billion. We'd quip that Oracle will put Sun out of its
misery, but it's a good guess that the misery for some Sun employees is still to
come given Oracle's penchant for big layoffs after big acquisitions. Speaking of
misery, Microsoft's revenue was down from a year ago, which had until now been
unheard of. The week also brought cloud news, netbook slamming and changes at
MySpace and Facebook, among other things.
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Netbooks hammer Windows revenues for second straight quarter
Netbooks, the small, cheap laptops that are gaining popularity, hurt Microsoft
Corp.'s Windows revenues for the second quarter in a row, company executives
said today.
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Mark Everett Hall: Microsoft is doomed! (Again.)
Once again the doomsayers are declaring Microsoft is all but dead. When will the
company finally listen?
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The fall of Microsoft
Believe it Microsoft fan-boys. Microsoft's decline is starting to look like a
dive.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Running Windows 7 RC on a netbook
How does Microsoft's latest Windows 7 leak, Build 7100 run on a netbook, the
Dell Mini 9 in specific? Here's what I found.
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Preston Gralla: Will Apple and Google go to war over netbooks?
With a Google Android notebook already spotted in the wild and rumors heating up
about an Apple netbook, Microsoft's two biggest competitors may soon go head to
head with one another in the increasingly crowded netbook market. The winner?
Consumers, who can expect lower prices, more features, and greater choice.
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