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Microsoft’s Future: What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

What if iPads keep whacking away at consumer PC sales, and Windows 8 changes nothing, and businesses finally realize they're paying too much for Office? It's a slippery slope for Redmond if things go south.

How Would We Know if a Cyber War Started?

Physical wars are easy to determine, but not virtual ones. The Defense Department is now struggling with the odd question of how to tell when a war starts.

Microsoft to CIOs: Google Cares About Ads Not You

A new Microsoft company blog post offers a warning to IT groups: Google will choose ad revenue over your business needs. But with Google Apps adoption growing steadily, is Microsoft starting to sound desperate?

New Online Piracy Bill Could Wreck the Web

A flawed anti-piracy bill backed by the big shots of the movie, music and pharmaceutical industries could damage the culture of innovation and free speech at the heart of the Internet.

Is Microsoft Too Big to Fail?

Is Microsoft Too Big to Fail?

As long as Microsoft keeps bringing home the bacon from its business software and investing in the right markets (cloud, phones, tablets) its victories will edge out its screw-ups.

Firefox 8 Upgrade: Mostly Ho Hum

Mozilla keeps cranking out new versions of its browser. Firefox 8 won't knock your socks off, but it has a few new features that make it worth the upgrade.

Google+ Pages: 5 Things You Need to Know Before Signing Up

Business and brands are flocking to Google+ after the announcement of Google+ Pages. Here's what you and your business should know about the new feature, and how to remedy problems you may have already encountered.

Google+ Brand Pages Open for Business, But Will Users Come?

Google+ opens the doors to businesses and adds a new search feature that makes it easier to find brand pages. But as Google's new social network expands its product offering, will it be enough to win back users who have already left?

Google Search Just Got Fresher and Faster

Need an instant jolt of information? 'Google has added a new feature that updates its index of the Web faster than ever, and will speed up more than one-third of all searches

The Future of Human Computer Interfaces

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group are prototyping new, novel and more natural ways for people to interact with computers and access and store information. Their innovations have been designed to improve and enrich our per