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6 Freeware Tools You Need To Know About
By Frank J. Ohlhorst When it comes to the best examples of freeware on the market, free is indeed a good thing and in some cases, better than commercial applications. If you are shopping for utilities to make your Windows experience more enjoyable and safer, there are six freeware utilities you need to…
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Tight Credit Market Shoots Software Financing Growth into the Stratosphere
IBM Global Financing’s software leasing business skyrocketed in the first quarter, up 90 percent year over year, in part due to recent shock wave sent across credit markets by the mortgage market meltdown. "I knew it was growing at a good clip, but I was surprised to see how big it was in the first…
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Don’t Ignore Existing Customers
I have a deadline to meet today. Today is the final day that I can sign a new service agreement with my home heating oil service provider, and the price tag isn’t small. My annual heating oil bill came to about $2,700 last year. Expensive? Well, it ain’t cheap, even after I locked into…
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Bill Gates Bids Teary Farewell to Microsoft
REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) – Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world’s most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home. He leaves Microsoft, which he co-founded with childhood friend Paul Allen in…
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Microsoft Changing Channels?
For the 400,000 resellers whose businesses depend on Microsoft’s partner programs, the past year has been spent watching Bill Gates wean himself from the company he built and wondering what the future holds for the world’s biggest technology partner ecosystem. Microsoft’s 400,000 worldwide partners drive about 95 percent of Microsoft’s revenue, according to Michael Speyer,…
