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New Thin Solar Cells Allow Greater Flexibility Of Use

The New York Times | Henry Fountain | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green


Photovoltaic cells, the basic building blocks of solar panels, are more efficient and less costly than ever. But manipulating cells (which are usually...

iPhone Has Companies Clamoring To Integrate Touch Tech

The New York Times | Michael Fitzgerald | Posted 08.24.2008 | Business


Breakthroughs often beget other breakthroughs, and Apple's slick use of touch technology on its iPhone has set touch-screen makers to salivating. An i...

Another Microsoft Reorganization, Circling The Wagons 'Round Windows

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business


The head of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Business (which includes the online business), Kevin Johnson, is headed to Juniper Networks. Microsoft...

Vista Or Bust: The End Of Windows XP

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business


For PC users, the countdown to Windows 7, Microsoft's next operating system, starts now. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant today is discontinui...

Users Plead Microsoft To Save Windows XP

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business


SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software m...

Windows Server 2008 Official Launches To Much Fanfare

Ars Technica | Peter Bright | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business


Windows Server 2008, which was released earlier this month, was officially launched today. Windows Server 2008 brings many eagerly anticipated admin-p...

Microsoft Helps Nab $900M Piracy Ring

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 02.08.2008 | Business


SEATTLE — Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more ...

Xmas Sales Of Xbox Could Turn Microsoft Into Growth Story Again

24/7 Wall Street | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 10.24.2007 | Business


Christmas may come early to Microsoft (MSFT) investors. Just a year ago, it was hard to imagine that the world's largest software company would ever ...