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Microsoft, Citrix drop sponsorship of VMworld after dustup with VMware

Microsoft and Citrix are not sponsoring next week's VMworld virtualization conference and are maintaining only a limited presence at the show due to conflicts with rival VMware. Read full story

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The Free Software Foundation on Wednesday launched a campaign against Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, calling it "treacherous computing" that stealthily takes away rights from users.

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Mitchell Ashley: Everyone wants to take their shot at what's wrong with Microsoft these days so here's mine. Ribbon menus. I've long detested Microsoft's ribbon menu user interface.

You won't see Microsoft's newest virtualization tool at VMworld
Microsoft on Monday put the last bit of polish on the newest edition of its System Center Virtual Machine Manager, but said users won't see it next week in the software giant's booth at VMworld.

Microsoft ships SP2 for Exchange 2007
Microsoft made available for download Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2007, which includes new auditing, backup and directory tools.

Google's competitors may not be who you think
David Pinkus: When I worked at Google, I think many of us were surprised by how often people outside the company would talk about Microsoft as a competitor. Inside the company, though, we rarely talked about Microsoft.

Microsoft continues to befriend non-Windows phones
Microsoft has launched OneApp, which allows cheaper phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson to access social-networking services like Facebook, Twitter and Windows Live Messenger, the company announced.

Microsoft wins fast-track appeal of Word ban
A panel of federal judges has granted Microsoft's request for a fast-track appeal of the injunction that prohibits the company from selling its popular Word software after Oct. 10.

August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31.

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August 27, 2009

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