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The Google OS: Are we saved at last?

July 08, 2009
The looooong-rumored news has finally come to pass, but will the Chrome OS make a dent in Microsoft's dominance or will it be another geeks-only thing?
18 comments|
27 Recommendations
Great Googley Moogley
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Twitter falls under a gorilla attack

July 06, 2009
Twitter is increasingly the medium of choice for PR pros and pranksters alike. Can it survive the onslaught of attacks from flacks and hacks?
9 comments|
65 Recommendations
anti-social networking, Twitter
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IE8: This one's for spew

July 03, 2009
Apparently Microsoft will stop at nothing to foist IE8 upon us. Cringely dissects Redmond's latest gag-inducing ads
12 comments|
112 Recommendations
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), Microsoft Madness
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Uncle Sam's IT dashboard: Your tax dollars at work

July 01, 2009
U.S. citizens have a brand-new tool to gauge how well their government is performing -- at least, when it comes to IT. Cringely says it's about time.
9 comments|
133 Recommendations
IT budgets
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Reader rabid: Love, hate, and IE8

June 29, 2009
The residents of Cringeville weigh in on Internet Explorer 8, for good and ill. Cringely ducks the brickbats and gathers up the bouquets
9 comments|
165 Recommendations
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), Microsoft Madness
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Want the latest greatest Windows ever? Operators are standing by!

June 26, 2009
Microsoft trims Windows 7 prices in the hopes of convincing people to pony up. Cringely catches a bad case of discount fever.
11 comments|
214 Recommendations
Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Vista
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Sour Apple: Steve Jobs and snow jobs

June 24, 2009
Has the high-tech icon really returned to health and his old job? Apple would like you to think so. Cringely's not so sure
13 comments|
233 Recommendations
Axis of Apple, Steve Jobs
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Don't stop believing in the RIAA's capacity for evil

June 22, 2009
Another file-swapping lawsuit, another outrageous verdict. Something's deeply wrong with the laws controlling copyrights
21 comments|
276 Recommendations
RIAA
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Thinking about upgrading to IE8? Think twice

June 19, 2009
By bribes or brute force, Microsoft is attempting to foist its latest browser upon the world. If you're not careful it might happen to you, too.
28 comments|
330 Recommendations
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), Microsoft Madness
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I've got a hunch you may not like Hunch

June 17, 2009
Web-based decision-making tools like Bing and Hunch are suddenly all the rage. Whatever happened to making up our own minds?
5 comments|
347 Recommendations
Hunch, Microsoft Bing
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