Fw: Ballmer Says Customers Don't Want XP; Will Likely Be Discontinued in June

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11589
The final days for Microsoft XP are fast approaching, according to the
Microsoft...

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Fw: The truth hurts: Microsoft just can't make money online

URL:
http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/BAaf/~3/277644453/20080425-the-results-are-in-microsoft-cant-make-money-online.html

Microsoft's quarterly earnings make one thing crystal clear: the
software giant's online business needs help. Yahoo ain't the cure,
however.

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Fw: Microsoft anuncia queda de 11% em lucro do primeiro trimestre

URL:
http://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online/folha/informatica/rss091/*http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u395416.shtml
A Microsoft informou nesta quinta-feira queda de 11% no lucro líquido
do primeiro trimestre de 2008, para US$ 4,380 bilhões, em relação ao
mesmo período do ano passado. O lucro por ação foi de US$ 0,47, abaixo
dos US$ 0,50 de um ano antes, mas acima dos US$ 0,45 previstos pelos
analistas, segundo pesquisa do FacSet Research. Embora o resultado seja
positivo, os analistas contavam com um forte crescimento do faturamento
devido às vendas de computadores pessoais no mundo todo e à queda do
dólar. Leia mais (24/04/2008 - 18h50)

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Fw: Ballmer raises hopes with comments on XP end-of-life

URL:
http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/BAaf/~3/276972030/20080424-ballmer-raises-hopes-with-comments-on-xp-end-of-life.html

Comments from Microsoft CEO have raised hopes that Windows XP sales
will get another extension. That's a highly unlikely scenario at this
point, any reprieve would certainly be narrowly-focused and temporary
in nature.

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Fw: MSN Music to shut down, leaving DRM customers in the lurch

URL: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1131

Microsoft is ceasing support for its MSN Music service. After August
31, 2008, people who have bought music from the service will no longer
be able to move that music to different computers, or even change the
operating system on their current computers.

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Fw: DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys

URL:
http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/BAaf/~3/275682600/20080422-drm-sucks-redux-microsoft-to-nuke-msn-music-drm-keys.html

Microsoft plans to turn off its MSN Music authorization servers at the
end of this summer, according to an e-mail sent out to customers today.
It's another reminder that DRM means you don't fully own the media you
bought.

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Fw: Windows XP SP3 Goes RTM

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11555
Windows XP SP3 is finally finished...

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