Microsoft has listed a 100 “wows” for its latest OS, Windows Vista.Sadly, majority of the votes on the net are against Vista. XP works
just fine for everyone at the moment, for several reasons and most people would like to first try Vista on their secondary computers or elsewhere, before upgrading to it.
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Last week this article was published in iMedia Connection. I looked at search trends for the recently announced iPhone compared to the newly launched Windows Vista along with demographic profiles of traffic to the Apple and Microsoft websites in order to assess the differences in the two computer giants’ marketing strategies. Read the more »
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Microsoft’s drive into the health care market is just getting under way, but the company signaled yesterday that one important ingredient in its plan will be a specialized search engine tailored to deliver useful medical information to consumers.
Microsoft is buying Medstory Inc., a small start-up in Foster City, Calif. Its search software applies artificial intelligence techniques to medical and health information in medical journals, government documents and on the Internet.
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My first magazine article appeared page 140 of the Official Windows Vista magazine, launch issue one.
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Every year, the Internal Revenue Service has a busy schedule trying to facilitate and ensure that all taxpayers are accounted for. The tax collections of the IRS are necessary since the government relies heavily on the taxes they are able to gather. But make not mistake about it, there are tax evaders who will always try to avoid the IRS.
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