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10.12.2009 3:25 pm

Will the Sidekick’s troubles create new fears about cloud computing?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After a week of dealing with sporadic servers problems, users of Microsoft’s Sidekick cell phone are being told that lost data - including contact numbers - may be gone forever.

According to the Associated Press, it is not known how many customers…

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07.08.2009 11:21 am

Google taking on Microsoft with new operating system

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Web is buzzing today with talk about Google’s announcement late yesterday  that it is working on its own operating system, initially targeted at Netbooks. The lightweight operating system - geared toward cloud computing - is expected to hit the…

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06.02.2009 11:54 am

Microsoft’s Bing joins the world of search engines

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Really, this is just what I need. Another search engine. This weekend, Microsoft launched its new Bing - essentially a revamped version of its Live Search.

I am such a creature of habit that I find it hard to break away…

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03.23.2009 12:12 pm

Microsoft brings out Internet Explorer 8

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What would our lives be without a new version of our favorite program on it way? Not that Internet Explorer is my favorite program - as I seldom use it - but you know what i mean.

Microsoft is bringing out…

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01.23.2009 3:49 pm

Protect yourself, install those Windows updates

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s something for those of you responsible for keeping your family computers up to date with patches, virus scans and that sort of stuff.

There’s a fast-moving worm out there infecting computers across the world, using a vulnerability found in Microsoft Windows.Microsoft…

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11.05.2008 2:23 pm

Big day for white spaces and wireless access

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lost in all the excitement over Tuesday’s  Presidential election was a decision by the Federal Communications Commission that paves the way for the creation of wireless devices capable of accessing the powerful airwaves once reserved almost exclusively for broadcasters.

I wrote about…

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09.02.2008 12:25 pm

Google launches new browser to compete with Internet Explorer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I’m still waiting for a chance to try out Google’s new browser, Chrome, which is supposed to go live at some point today.

While we wait, here are things to keep us occupied:

TechCrunch offers an early look at Chrome.

Yesterday Google released a…

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