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How Microsoft is going green; Cisco, Microsoft, IBM on collision course; Bill Gates a rapper?

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How Microsoft is going green

John Fontana By John Fontana
Microsoft is deep into a corporatewide evaluation of how it can become a more environmentally friendly corporation. Read full story

Senior Editor John Fontana covers Microsoft for Network World. Reach him at jfontana@nww.com.

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Microsoft: Flaw could lead to worm attack, 01/08/08 Microsoft has fixed a critical flaw in the Windows operating system that could be used by criminals to create a self-copying computer worm attack.

Cisco, Microsoft, IBM on collision course, 01/08/2008 The communications industry, as we once knew it, no longer exists. At its most recent industry-analyst meeting, Cisco stated quite emphatically ...

Bill Gates last full day video Bill doing Yoga? Recording a rap song? Playing guitar? Yes, according to this spoof video starring Bill himself and a host of guest stars (Bono, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Hillary Clinton ... and more.)

FAQ: What does Microsoft’s latest move in enterprise search mean?, 01/08/08 Microsoft plans to acquire Norwegian enterprise search vendor Fast Search & Transfer for $1.23 billion in order to broaden its enterprise search portfolio.

Spammers hijack Microsoft site to push pill popping, 01/09/08 Spammers have found another great place to hide spam URLs in plain sight - on Microsoft's Live SkyDrive file sharing service.

Gates bids adieu to CES, sense of humor intact, 01/07/08 Bill Gates has never taken himself as seriously as he does his company. So it was only fitting that it was with a humorous and star-studded video parody that he kicked off his final pre-show keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Sunday night in Las Vegas.

OLPC developing dual-boot Windows, Linux OS for laptops, 01/09/2008 The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops ...

Microsoft's bid for FAST bolsters enterprise search, 01/08/2008 In November, Microsoft representatives began to comment that the enterprise search market had reached "a tipping point"; on Tuesday, the company ...

Go to Microsoft Subnet for news from around the Web, blogs and humor: New, super nasty rootkit infects XP machines. Plus, how a simply automatic Vista Update turned Microsoft Word into toast, and did Microsoft acquire what it really needed in the FAST acquisition? Mitchell Ashley is doubtful.


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