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IBM Computer Hardware Sales Drop Sharply
IBM (NYSE:IBM) posted lower revenues and net income for its fiscal Q1, with services and software sales showing less of a decline than hardware sales. IBM reported net income of $2.3 billion in Q1, down 1 percent from the same quarter last year. Revenues dropped to $21.7 billion, an 11 percent drop from the same…
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Shipping Version of Presto Linux Makes Netbook Users Long for the Beta
Xandros has officially launched Presto, a Linux distribution targeted at users who want instant booting, ease of use and speed. Xandros originally envisioned Presto as a secondary operating system that users would install on their systems alongside Windows. The idea was to allow a user to quickly boot their system for a minor task or…
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Microsoft’s Ballmer ‘Very Surprised’ by Oracle-Sun Deal
MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) – Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) chief executive said on Monday he was ‘very surprised’ by Oracle Corp’s (ORCL.O) plans to buy Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA.O). "I just learnt it … I need to think about it. I am very surprised," Steve Ballmer told Reuters in Moscow. Click here to read what Oracle says…
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Windows 7 Starter Edition: Right or Wrong Choice for Microsoft’s Netbook Play?
In an attempt to maintain market share and not lose out on the swelling netbook market, Microsoft is planning to offer a stripped-down version of Windows 7, called Starter Edition. Windows 7 Starter Edition will be a crippled version of Windows 7 that will only be able to run three concurrent applications and will lack…
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Microsoft Backtracks on Office 2010 Beta
Contradicting its statements earlier this week, Microsoft now says it will offer at least one public beta of Office 2010, though the software giant did not disclose a firm date. A Microsoft spokesperson was quoted as saying that its assertion to the contrary gave "the wrong impression." "Although we are not disclosing a date for…
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IBM Is Just Not That into a Deal with Sun
Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) reseller channel partners briefly enjoyed a few moments of hope on news yesterday that Sun had asked former suitor IBM (NYSE:IBM) back to the bargaining table to talk about a potential acquisition. Breaking News: Oracle to buy Sun Microsystems But yesterday CNBC reported that IBM told Sun it was uninterested in resuming…