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Microsoft Toots Its Own Horn About Windows Phone 7, Misses a Few Notes

Microsoft has revealed some impressive-sounding stats to buff up the PR image of its Windows Phone 7 platform. But a close look at the numbers--and which ones aren't included--tells a different story. READ»

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iFive: Google Tweak Hits Mahalo, Malware Android Apps, Yahoo Leaving Japan, Amazon Threatens Cal., Twitter Axes Apple Parody

Tuesday, March 2, 2011: Time for Apple to reveal the iPad 2. But there's also plenty of other news, so let us help you tackle the early stuff, with iFive.READ»

Peace Dividend Trust Finds New Business Frontiers ... in Afghanistan

WikiLeaks be damned, former Afghanistan diplomat Scott Gilmore cuts out middle men in international aid and brings global trade to a country often considered war-torn.READ»

Apple's App Store Has Netted $429 Million, a Loss-Leader

Apple touts its app store as being one huge advantage for its iPhone and iPad systems over competitor's offerings. And you'd think a store with 200,000-plus articles on sale would be a screaming financial success, yes? Nope. Apple ...READ»

Google Apps Migration Tool Aims to Rip Out The Business Heart of Microsoft's Exchange

For anyone who's ever doubted Google's intention of stealing core Microsoft business, even with the recent machinations, there's now this: Google has tool that makes migrating from MS Exhange to Google Apps as easy as four ...READ»

Google Aims at Small Business Software Market, With Cloud-Connected Apps Store

Google's up to its old tricks again, extending software tentacles in new directions to capture or subvert entire markets: This time it's aiming at business software by launching Google Apps Marketplace, which does clever ...READ»

The Real Challenge In Our Financial System Today: Who is the End and Who is the Means?

When I was involved in the venture capital world helping to fund a number of technology startups, one thing that struck me as significant but never voiced by anyone was the disconnect of objectives between the two parties in the ...READ»

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Blackberry and Palm Apps Getting Better, but Not Fast Enough

Even as Apple celebrates the release of its 100,000th app--and that cash machine it calls the app store--Palm and RIM are running fast to catch up, and woo developers to their platforms. Earlier this week, Palm introduced a Web-based ...READ»

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Microsoft Video Mocks Apple, Android; Makes Ass of Self

Microsoft has a new video on the YouTubes that mocks Apple's App Store. Or means to. Inadvertently, it seems, it attempts to mock any number of companies--Google, Apple, Palm, Blackberry--for making good smartphones that run good ...READ»

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How 2009 Will Spur The Rebirth Of Cyber Squatting

Call it the end of the dot-com world. Next year ICANN, the non-profit that oversees domain name and IP address registration, will start taking applications for new domain name suffixes, creating the potential for billions of new ...READ»

Oodle Brings Its "Weirdo-Filter" to Facebook Marketplace

Classifieds site Oodle announced today that it will re-invent the Facebook Marketplace as a “social” market in which users can buy and sell with friends and community members. The new Oodle-powered classifieds are slated to launch ...READ»

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Tech Watch: Who's Afraid of the Touchscreen BlackBerry?

Gadget nuts everywhere await the arrival of RIM's first touchscreen device. Will the Storm be a bellwether device, or just another flavor of BlackBerry?READ»

Zune Owners Getting Free WiFi at McDonald's

If you've ever sat in a McDonald's [MCD] munching on a quarter-pounder and thought, "man, I really wish I could download music right now," you're finally in luck. A new Zune software update from Microsoft [MSFT] will give ...READ»