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Texas wants to give Vista the boot

Last week, the Texas state Senate approved a measure to prevent government agencies from using Microsoft Vista without approval from a legislative board. The reason? There are "many reports of Read more...

Another day, another Microsoft delay

Although there is no official word, Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) by at least a month, according to a website that is usually accurate when it comes to the product. Read more...

Tech's all-time top 25 flops

The tech community is cutting edge and represents the 21st Century, but not every innovation or bright idea has worked out, made the world better place or made life easier for CIOs and IT Read more...

Can Jerry Seinfeld really sell software?

When the reputation and quality of your product is sagging, what do you do? Turn to Hollywood, of course! Microsoft has done just that to help sell its beleaguered Microsoft Vista software, hiring Read more...

Can Jerry Seinfeld add cool to Microsoft?

Can a funny, well-known pitchman help Microsoft overcome its Windows Vista operating system woes, making consumers feel better about a product they have not grown to love? It appears the software Read more...

HP: Sales of XP outstrips Vista

One of the top PC makers, Hewlett-Packard, has revealed that the number of machines loaded with Windows XP that it is selling outstrips that of Windows Vista. On the surface, this appears to fly Read more...

Microsoft announces record revenues of $60 billion

Microsoft has announced a 18 percent growth in revenues from fiscal 2007, earning a historic $60 billion for its fiscal year of 2008 that ended on June 30. Increased demand for Office, Read more...

Microsoft stops offering boxed Windows XP

As of Monday, June 30, Microsoft has stopped offering boxed copies of the seven-year-old Windows XP operating system for sale. Having said that, various levels of product support for Windows XP Read more...

Hardware makers warned to start testing Windows 7 devices soon

In an apparent bid to avoid the device driver compatibility problems that plagued the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has ordered hardware makers to begin testing on the first beta version of Read more...

Why Microsoft is quiet about Windows 7

In a candid interview, Steven Sinofsky revealed that Windows 7 will be an evolutionary improvement over Windows Vista. In short, drivers and software that works with Windows Vista will continue to

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Press Releases

Critical Stock Alerts for Microsoft, eBay, QUALCOMM, Rare Element Resources, salesforce.com and Freeport-McMoRan

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Insiderslab.com has issued insider trading reports and Equity Research for the following companies: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), eBay Read more >>