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Future of Wireless Communications: Blimps?

Bob Jones has a lofty idea for improving communications around the world: Strategically float robotic airships above the Earth as an alternative to unsightly telecom towers on the ground and expensive satellites in space.

UPDATE: Microsoft Disputes PowerPoint Flaw Claim

Microsoft is disputing claims of a zero-day flaw in its PowerPoint application that could allow remote code execution.

Microsoft Ups Stock Buyback Plan After Tepid Response

Dutch auction brings in only $3.8 billion, far short of $20 billion the company was hoping to repurchase.

Dell: Sony to Keep Supplying Batteries

World's top computer seller still places faith in Sony batteries.

Dell Earnings Slump Amid SEC Probe

Dell Inc. on Thursday posted disappointing second-quarter earnings amid a regulatory probe.

Microsoft Sues Testing Materials Vendor

Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against testing materials vendor TestKing, alleging that the company is illegally selling the actual answers to its certification exams.

AMD Gains on Intel with More Dell Business

Dell's newest line of servers and desktops will expand its use of the Intel CPU alternative.

Brocade 3Q Earnings Beat the Street

Storage vendor cites strong demand in China among reasons in beating Wall Street estimates.

Ex-CEO Gets Some Credit for HP Surge

Although Carly Fiorina was sacked in one of the most humbling ousters in corporate America, her initial moves to reinvigorate Hewlett-Packard Co. are now paying off in HP's healthy profit and recent stock surge.

Scripting Basics for Virtual Server 2005 R2

Simplify administration of your virtual machines through scripting.

Microsoft Hires Former McAfee Anti-Virus Exec

Microsoft confirmed this week that it has hired a well-known security and anti-virus executive.

Preview of ADO.NET vNext Ships

Microsoft is shipping the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of its next generation data access libraries for the .NET programming framework.

Uninstall Your Junk

Prepare for Longhorn's arrival by cleaning out unnecessary software and services.

IBM Open Source Roadmap: Beyond Linux

IBM executives Tuesday rolled out a roadmap for the company's investment in new open source areas beyond Linux, in a continuing but quiet assault on Microsoft's territory: the desktop.

Windows Mobile 5.0 Exams in Development

Scant details available for two new exams for mobile and embedded device developers.

New-Generation Exchange 2007 Exams Coming Soon

Microsoft hints at structure of Exchange Admin track of exams, currently in development phase.

Dell Recall a Boon for Sony Rivals

Dell Inc.'s recall of 4.1 million laptop computer batteries came as embarrassing news to Sony, which supplied the problem batteries, but proved to be good news for rival Japanese electronics companies Sanyo and Matsushita, pushing the struggling company's shares higher Wednesday.

Poor Man’s SRM

Here’s a script that can locate unauthorized files in a user’s home folder.

Microsoft Begins Beta of Blog Editor

Microsoft has released the first beta test version of its coming entry into the realm of blog publishing tools based on a familiar theme: "What you see is what you get" or WYSIWYG.

Dell Recalls Fire-Risk Laptop Batteries

World's biggest PC seller to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can burst into flames.

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