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    Open source advocate Bruce Perens has launched an initiative to discourage owners of undeveloped Web domains hosting them on servers running proprietary software.

  • Dealer in secondhand Microsoft licences sees success

    A company that began trading in second hand licences for Microsoft software last autumn has been attracting business from within the UK and internationally.

  • IBM offers bounty for Exchange customers

    IBM upped the stakes in the United States in an ongoing contest over corporate e-mail software with a program that offers business partners up to US$20,000 to dump Microsoft's Exchange in favour of IBM's Lotus software on Linux.

  • Microsoft buys VPN specialist

    Microsoft has agreed to acquire Whale Communications, a specialist in secure remote access and Web application firewalls.

  • Microsoft: PC model best for services

    When it comes to Microsoft's strategy for the managed services business, the game plan has a familiar ring: high volume and low cost.

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  • Microsoft unit key to new strategy

    It used to be a money-losing afterthought. Now the business software unit is playing a key role in Redmond's plans.

  • Paging made easy with CRM

    How many prospective customers are you managing? CommtechWireless has 30,000. CEO Nathan Buzza explains how this fast-growing wireless paging company keeps up.

  • Microsoft move may spark database price war

    The company outlines plans for SQL Server, including a new lower-cost workgroup version aimed at open source and other competitors.

  • Microsoft-SCO: Fact and fiction

    Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.

  • Microsoft slows to support customers' pace

    The software giant's decision to extend product support to 10 years reflects customers using software longer and Microsoft taking more time to develop new products.

Reviews (8)

  • Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Executive Edition

    The Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Executive Edition is the ideal accessory for desk jockeys who value fashion and convenience over fiscal responsibility.

  • Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

    The improvements in Word, Excel and PowerPoint make this upgrade worth the cash, especially for Office 2001 users, but the new Project Center needs beefing up.

  • Microsoft Digital Image Suite 9

    Struggling to manage your ever-growing collection of digital photos? Take a look at our Australian review of Microsoft's solution to the problem.

  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

    For small companies that need a business in a box and want to stick with Microsoft technology, SBS 2003 is the only game in town.

  • Microsoft Works Suite 2004

    Microsoft Works Suite 2004 delivers quality productivity apps for families, but there's not enough new this year to make Suite 2003 users switch.

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