Meet the new Microsoft; OpenOffice.org forsakes Oracle; Microsoft confirms Office for Mac 2011 coming October 26[TECHUPDATE]

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Meet the new Microsoft: We don't have to do everything

Microsoft's move to transition Windows Live Spaces customers to Wordpress.com is another sign that the company doesn't have to be all things to all people. It's a positive turn for Microsoft.

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BlackBerry PlayBook: Beware of the demo-ware tablet

The BlackBerry PlayBook looks flashy and has excellent specs, but it's still a long way from coming to market and it may fall short in the four areas where a tablet needs to excel.

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OpenOffice.org forsakes Oracle, forms new foundation and fork

It comes as no surprise that longtime backers of OpenOffice.org are taking control over the open source project from Oracle, its new owner.

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Microsoft confirms Office for Mac 2011 coming October 26

Microsoft officials admitted on September 28 that a leak earlier this month was correct and that Office for Mac 2011 will be available for purchase starting October 26.

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Windows Phone 7 to be unleashed October 11th?

Microsoft may be officially unveiling Windows Phone 7 on October 11th. Hopefully the company will also show off its strategy to pry iPhones and Droids away from the public.

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Virgin's cloud failure: Rebuttal and a deeper perspective

Yesterday's post characterized Virgin Blue airline's downtime as a "cloud" failure. Several informed readers believe that assessment is misguided and limited.

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Amazon launches Kindle Web; Read e-books via browser, embed them

Amazon launched Kindle for the Web, a set-up where consumers can read and sample e-books via Web browsers without a download or installation.

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Microsoft spinoff, competitor rebrand themselves

Two keepers of open-source code -- the CodePlex Foundation and the OpenOffice.org Project -- have rebranded themselves as of September 28.

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Microsoft reveals its planned Lync PBX-alternative pricing, licensing

Microsoft has published its planned pricing and licensing plans for its Lync Server 2010 and related client-access-license (CAL) clients.

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HP's datacenters go Cisco free

HP stands by their promise to rid themselves of the shackles of Cisco. But is this anything beyond a marketing statement?

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Is Microsoft BPOS down? Check the new dashboard

Microsoft has created an Online Service Health Dashboard, which will give users of its Microsoft-hosted services information on the status and status history of the various Business Productivity Online (BPOS) services.

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Students design inflatable habitats for NASA astronauts

Three universities -- Oklahoma State, the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison -- have been commissioned by NASA to design and construct inflatable space habitats for astronauts.

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How to build the perfect Android tablet, part 5: The price of perfection

Previous installments have been all about the features. But how much is this thing going to cost? In one sense, Apple has made the answer easy.

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Blio interactive e-reading application finally available to download

It has been months since the Blio e-reading application was first announced, but the wait to download the interactive program is finally over.

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NComputing pushes shared computing for business

 

Real insurance covers uncertainty

 

Thin solar tech that can flex

 

Kobo creates a virtual book club with the BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform

 

CodePlex Foundation becomes OuterCurve

 

Fedora 14 with SPICE, MeeGo support due in November

 

 

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Videos and Podcasts

 

RIM targets business users with BlackBerry PlayBook

RIM President and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis introduces the BlackBerry PlayBook, a 7-inch touch screen tablet with Web browsing, multitasking, and even Flash.

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Think Mobile: Microsoft highlights Windows phone 7

At the Think Mobile conference in San Francisco, Microsoft evangelist, Joel Franusic talks about new functionality users can expect with the Windows phone 7.

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Ellison back to Benioff: Salesforce.com's clouds are in a box

At the OracleWorld Open conference in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison responds to remarks made by Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff, who criticized Oracle's new Exalogic machine with the statement that "clouds aren't in a box."

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