Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft's Windows 7 arrived in late 2009 and kicked off a PC upgrade cycle that's expected to last a few years. Windows 7 got Microsoft back in the game among consumers and the enterprise upgrade cycle is expected to arrive in the second half of 2010 and carry through 2011.
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Line-of-business application developers -- including those working at Microsoft -- have two possible paths to follow to make their Metro-style apps Windows 8 compatible.
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How might Microsoft deliver the four Office 15 apps that the company is promising to "include" with Windows 8 on ARM tablets and PCs? Here are my best guesses as to how it could happen.
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The joint venture created by Microsoft and GE Healthcare late last year, now known officially as Caradigm, is moving forward with products and plans.
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Whatever happened to all those Microsoft incubators, the research-product group mash-ups known as the Labs?
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