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  No price cuts for Windows 8 upgrades, says analyst

  Microsoft will not reduce the price of Windows 8 upgrades, as it did three years ago before the roll-out of Windows 7, a retail sales analyst said today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 02:38

  Tags: Windows, software, PCs, operating systems, NPD Group, net applications, Microsoft, hardware systems, desktop pcs

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  Mozilla on new browser brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple different cases

  Two wrongs don't make a right, Mozilla's chief counsel said Thursday when asked why his company hasn't lambasted Apple, as it did Microsoft, for blocking rival browsers from its mobile operating system.

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 May, 2012 21:07

  Tags: Windows, software, operating systems, net applications, mozilla, Microsoft, IT industry, Apple

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  IE on a rebound, browser share data shows

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) in April again gained usage share, the third time in the year's first four months, to stay well above the 50% mark and remain the world's top browser, a Web analytics company said today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2012 05:41

  Tags: applications, browsers, Google, Microsoft, net applications, software

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  Slow uptake of Windows 8 preview hints at lack of interest

  Windows users appear half as interested in trying out the new Windows 8 as they did three years ago when they jumped at the chance to test drive Windows 7, data shows.

  By Gregg Keizer | 01 May, 2012 02:19

  Tags: App Development, Microsoft, net applications, operating systems, software, Windows

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  Apple offers free OS X upgrade to prep for switch to iCloud

  Apple is offering Mac users a free upgrade to OS X 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard, in an attempt to prep them for the June switch from MobileMe to the newer iCloud online sync and backup service.

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 April, 2012 06:09

  Tags: Apple, cloud computing, Intel, internet, Macintosh, Mac OS, net applications, operating systems, software

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