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    In these eBay days, buyer's remorse is increasingly common. Less common is the remorse of the unbought a sensation now widely reported among major Yahoo shareholders in the wake of Ballmer's retreat.

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    Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.

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  • Why open source is bad for Australia

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  • Microsoft discloses more Windows code

    Microsoft has disclosed technical information vital to allowing third-party developers create software that works well with Windows.

  • Sun sets US$76 price tag on Office rival

    Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 will go on sale May 21 with a price of US$75.95 in a more concerted effort by the server specialist to take on Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant Office.

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    MySQL may be free, but what if money isn't the only factor? Find out how these database heavyweights stack up and how to decide which one to use.

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