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Ballmer Details Microsoft Changes for Employees
In an e-mail to employees Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spelled out his plans for the company’s reorganization into three new divisions. Under the subject heading of "Organizational Changes for Next Wave of Growth & Innovation," Ballmer said, "Today, we are announcing the creation of three new business divisions—Microsoft Platform Products & Services Division, which…
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Sparkle Vs. Flash
Flash has been spreading across the Internet like animated kudzu in recent years, powering dynamic applications in everything from traditionally staid banking sites to digital photo tools. Earlier this year, Adobe made a big stir by acquiring Macromedia, and it has been argued that the purchase was so that Adobe could acquire Macromedia’s Flash. Flash,…
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Airgo’s Router Chipset Promises 240-Mbit Speeds
Airgo Networks said Wednesday that the company is sampling its third-generation router chip at speeds that surpass a typical wired Ethernet connection. Airgo’s third MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) chipset is sampling now to router manufacturers, who are expected to have products on the market by the fourth quarter, Airgo said. Enhancements to the core…
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Cisco’s MIMO Router — Ten Times Faster Than Rivals?
Cisco Systems’ Linksys division Tuesday announced a powerful new 802.11G home/small business wireless broadband router for local area Internet networks that is expected to deliver data speeds “a magnitude” faster than current G-level routers, an industry analyst told eWEEK.com. Linksys’ newest Wireless-G (802.11g) Broadband Router uses MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) and so-called smart radio…
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Microsoft Previews Key Platform Technology
LOS ANGELES—While Microsoft delivered a peek at some of its key upcoming technologies at its Professional Developers Conference, including Windows Vista and Office 12, the software giant also showed some new platform technologies aimed at enriching the overall Microsoft platform. During a keynote address at the Microsoft PDC here, Jim Allchin, group vice president of…
