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		<title>No, Apple Won’t Do “Just Fine” Without Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5 today at a major press event.&#160; A PriceGrabber survey in July showed that a whopping 35% of respondents want to buy the yet-unseen iPhone 5 when it hits the market.&#160; The iPhone 5 is arguably the most anticipated tech product of 2011.&#160; It’s also the first major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Still Rules the PC but is Losing the Smartphone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study by Gartner shows that 94% of newly purchased PCs run Microsoft Windows 7, four percent run Apple OS X, and two percent run Linux.&#160; This number is boosted by corporate IT departments, which are conducting massive rollouts of Windows 7.&#160; Many enterprises are still running Windows XP because they had decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>.NET Isn’t Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is .NET Dead?&#160; Decide for yourself at IsDotNetDead.com. I saw the James Cameron movie Titanic again the other night.&#160; In the scene shown above, the band plays on with grace and dignity, while the ship slowly sinks, and all hell breaks loose around them.&#160; That’s when it hit me: .NET developers face a similar fate.&#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Finds Android to be More Lucrative than Windows Phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.&#160; This seems to be Microsoft’s new mantra for mobile.&#160; Microsoft missed the initial smartphone wave in spite of having a decade head start with Windows Mobile and the Pocket PC.&#160; Now Microsoft is playing a hurried game of catchup with Windows Phone 7.&#160; But the immediate future is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bye Bye Ballmer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the late 1990s when our Internet startup was trying to raise venture capital, investors avoided anything Microsoft could do because, as one VC told us, “You cannot compete with the Death Star.”&#160; Today investors shy away from anything Microsoft-related because, “Microsoft is your father’s Oldsmobile.”&#160; How did Microsoft fall so far from feared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Hoping to Lure Developers to Windows Phone 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of having a decade head start with Windows Mobile and the Pocket PC, Microsoft somehow completely missed the initial smartphone wave and is now playing a desperate game of catchup.&#160; Apple released its first iPhone in 2007, essentially defined the smartphone ecosystem, and jumped to an impressive early lead.&#160; But with a more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft + Skype = OMG!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This would be even more funny/scary if Microsoft was still the 800-pound gorilla in the computer industry that everyone feared.]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Bans Some Open Source Licenses from WP7 Marketplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has stated that its Windows Phone Marketplace will reject any apps that use the GNU General Public License (GPL) and similar licenses.&#160; As stated in Article 5 of Microsoft’s Application Provider Agreement: “The Application must not include software, documentation, or other materials that, in whole or in part, are governed by or subject to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Architecture Site Launched</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has launched a new software architecture website devoted to sharing best practices and customer stories. The site features case studies, video interviews, architect evangelist profiles, links to blog articles and a Twitter feed.&#160; If you are an architect or senior developer, this site will help you connect with your peers and learn more about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Microsoft Software from WebsiteSpark</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has launched a new WebsiteSpark program for independent Web developers and companies that build Web applications and Web sites for others.&#160; The program enables qualified developers to receive FREE software, support and business resources from Microsoft for three years.&#160; The purpose is to help independent Web developers expand their business and build great Web [...]]]></description>
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