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Microsoft: Research Helps Protect Our Future
REDMOND—The reason Microsoft Research exists is so that Microsoft will still be here in 15 years time, Rick Rashid, the senior vice president of research, said here on Sept. 26. “I hope that fifteen years from now there will still be the same vibrant environment we have now, where we have been able to build…
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Intel: Quad-Core Is Just the Beginning
SAN FRANCISCO—Quad-core processors are only the beginning of what a revitalized Intel has to offer, the company’s top executives said here Sept. 26. The chip maker will deliver in November its first quad-core processors—chips that incorporate four processors each—for both desktops and servers, said CEO Paul Otellini here, in an opening keynote speech at the…
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Workers Dissatisfied with Workplace Communication
Only 33 percent of employees are satisfied with the quantity and quality of communications from their employers, according to a study released Sept. 25 by New York-based Jack Morton Worldwide, a global experimental marketing agency. “The best way to build a business is from the inside out,” said Josh McCall, CEO of Jack Morton. “Companies…
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W3C Sets Road Map for Web App Accessibility
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced a road map for making rich Internet applications more accessible. The Cambridge, Mass., organization introduced Sept. 26 a set of documents aimed at making it easier for Web site developers to build accessible Web content with technologies such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and DHTML. The W3C…
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Vendors Plug Thin Client as Security Elixir
The U.S. Commerce Department released a statement on Sept. 21 admitting that more than 1,100 of its laptop computers were either lost or stolen over the last five years, with at least 249 of those machines confirmed to have held sensitive data. With the litany of security issues facing Windows-based desktops and laptops, and other…
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Prep for Windows Vista Now
Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division, has sent an open letter to developers citing the “tremendous opportunity” that Windows Vista gives them, adding that the time is now to get ready for the operating system. “If you want to ride the wave we’re creating with Windows Vista, the best way is to…
