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By Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool
| 5:30PM 10/13/2011
This week, Research In Motion's Blackberry network suffered a massive outage that spanned continents and cut off the cellular oxygen to millions. Competing phone carriers and handset makers are certain to jump on the chance to woo some of those frustrated customers.
| 11:30AM 11/06/2009
Microsoft's (MSFT) new Windows 7 operating system has launched with a sales boom. In its first weekend, sales were 234 percent higher than what predecessor Windows Vista racked up, according to retail sales measurement company NPD Group. That's a very strong sign for Microsoft, considering that the...
| 1:00PM 7/13/2009
As Microsoft gears up for the release of Windows 7, it looks like distressing news may be in the works for the software titan. A recent survey of informational technology (IT) administrators revealed that 59 percent have no plans to adopt the new platform and more than a third may delay...
| 10:00AM 7/09/2009
If you're sick and tired of using an operating system that can barely shut down correctly some days (Windows Vista) or simply want something that runs better than Windows XP, there's good news at your door: Windows 7 is coming in October, and right now you can get it half price. Through July 11 you...
| 1:00PM 1/08/2009
There is a great deal of conflicting information about when Microsoft will release its newest version of Windows, Windows 7. The company CEO announced this week that Microsoft is releasing a free beta (test) version on Friday, January 9th, while Silicon Valley Insider reports an MS exec's...
| 4:30PM 5/29/2008
Microsoft is beginning to build buzz in long term preparation for yet another version of Windows, at the moment known as Windows 7. Speculation has the company putting this on the market late next year or early 2010.
I began using computers in the 1960's, and would have laughed in your face if...