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Microsoft Prepping Vista Ad Campaign

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:00 MST

A year and a half after it first started selling Windows Vista, Microsoft is prepping a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at dispensing lingering doubts about the operating system. The campaign will tackle inaccuracies flaunted by Apple's infamous

Apple Sells 2.5 Million Macs in Quarter

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:00 MST

Maybe Apple should have left the word 'Computer' in its name after all: The Cupertino consumer electronics firm sells lots of iPods and iPhones, but once again the Macintosh computer line bolstered Apple's bottom line. Apple sold 2.5 million Macs in the

Windows Home Server PowerPack 1 Ships

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 MST

Microsoft will announce on Monday the immediate availability of Windows Home Server (WHS) Power Pack 1 (PP1), a major functional update to the company's home server product. PP1 adds new functionality and fixes a long-time data corruption bug that

Yahoo Settles with Icahn

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 MST

In a surprise deal, Internet giant Yahoo has settled with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, preventing what could have been a hostile takeover of the company's board of directors during an August 1 shareholders meeting. Under terms of the deal, Yahoo is

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of July 21, 2008

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:00:00 MST

An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including an iPhone 3G defeat, 180 million copies of Windows Vista in the wild, Microsoft earnings some more Yahoo silliness, Wii vs. Xbox 360, EU vs. Intel, AMD ousts its CEO, and so much more