Thanks to Microsoft and its expected release of Windows Vista, tech spending will rise.
The Xbox 360 has always been unique in that it replicates the animated transitions and transparent menus truer than any other extender can ever do it, thanks to Microsoft's third-party extender specification.
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There's no word on any possible IR blaster (or IR GamePad, Wii U-style) integration, but thanks to Microsoft's partnerships with cable TV providers, it's trying to provide integration that goes a "step further" than what we've seen so far.
Thanks to Microsoft and Wal-Mart, and other big names that have been the target of these types of investigations (and have had to pay big bucks), employees are becoming increasingly more sophisticated when it comes to understanding their rights, and more proactive when it comes to filing claims looking for back pay and benefits.
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That came largely thanks to strong sales from Microsoft's client segment, which cranks out its Windows operating system.
After all this time, new hope beats within the breast of those still stuck on Microsoft, thanks to Mr. Elop.
The new software is powering sales of Apple laptop and desktop computers ahead, thanks in part to software giant Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) troubles with Vista, the latest version of the ubiquitous Windows operating system.
Microsoft's online car, travel and finance services all leave third parties to handle the final transactions, but Microsoft retains the bond with the consumer thanks to the value it has added.
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But thanks in large measure to software pioneers like Microsoft founder Bill Gates, most of those tasks now take a fraction of the time, can be performed far more accurately and have become so simple that you can probably delegate them to an entry-level clerk.
Microsoft generates plenty of cash thanks to its dominance of PC operating systems and office applications.
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Not only is Microsoft losing out on cash thanks to this blunder, but it also puts PC owners at risk from unscrupulous PCC sellers who might try to palm off an illegal copy of Windows onto users.
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However now, thanks to Google Docs and its success with cloud based software, Microsoft recently announced that it was moving Office to the cloud.
HP's approach certainly has the features on its side, thanks to some smart design work both inside and out and software from Microsoft that appears at first blush to be excellent.
Further, thanks to planned investments by companies like Cisco, 3Com, Lucent, Microsoft, United Technologies, Motorola and Texas Instruments, if Congress approves normal trade with China, expect American and world markets to be flooded with ever higher-tech Chinese goods: broadband routers, telecommunications switches, semiconductors, servers, applications software and aerospace engine parts.
Those on the front lines of networking, such as the telcos, Internet service providers, competitive local exchange companies and wireless operators, still prefer time-tested Unix as the operating system for networks. (Prediction: Cisco and Lucent may become the biggest threats to Microsoft over the next five years.) n Thanks to the Internet, small niche companies can reach mass markets in a heartbeat.
Microsoft even has its own line of Surface tablets that blur the line between PC and laptop thanks to a clever snap-on keyboard cover.
Not least, Microsoft's share price is unchanged over the last decade (despite impressive revenue growth), thanks to concerns that Windows and Office are threatened by mobile devices and Internet-based applications.
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