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		<title>Does Windows 7 matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Sieber</dc:creator>
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Today Microsoft will ring the bell on Nasdaq, as just one other way of celebrating the effective launch of its newest flagship product, Windows 7. The new operating system comes to the market just 3 years after the launch of the much announced Windows Vista, which never fulfilled the expectations of the market, nor that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory obstacles for the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Giordano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After all the excitement and press releases about the search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo, the serious market analysis is now beginning. US regulators have decided to scrutinize the deal, to understand if the reduction of the number of major search providers, from three to two, will hurt competition in the search market.
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		<title>Finally, Microsoft + Yahoo&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Giordano</dc:creator>
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After months and months of merger and acquisition talks with Microsoft and Google, Yahoo has finally reached a deal to merge their search and search advertising functions with someone &#8211; Microsoft! The deal will last 10 years, and &#8220;Microsoft will now power Yahoo search while Yahoo will become the exclusive worldwide relationship sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software as a service goes mainstream: A tribute to those that made Microsoft&#8217;s decision to open its Office happen!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Sieber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If last summer was that of financial turmoil, this summer may very well become that of the long-seeked change of the software industry. What a month!
Microsoft launches Bing, Google responds with Google Wave. Google announces the Chrome OS, Microsoft responds launching a free Office version. OK, it will still take some time until we see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increased Information Freedom in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josep Valor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from China. I am writing this post from China where I am traveling with a group of global executives in the context of a corporate training program. I had not been in China for a year and a half and I must say that I can feel the effect of social media in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Chrome Operating System!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Sieber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to draw your attention to another piece that shows how the IT landscape is redefining! Google will launch a new operating System, Chrome OS. Have a look at their blog for the official announcement, and follow up on Techcrunch. We will write more about it soon!
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		<title>Google AdSense in the Mobile World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel Giordano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile applications have been receiving increasing business interest recently, as their functionality and capabilities have quickly increased. The early platform leader in mobile applications has been Apple. This is partially due to the fact that they were the first mover and created the first highly usable online application store. The success of this store became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Voice dialed up for launch. Will it shake up the way you make calls?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Javier Zamora Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google just announced Google Voice, where the user can choose a Google number pointing your mobile or/and land line. This is the second attempt of Google to react to Skype after Google bought two years ago GrandCentral. You can read more of this initiative and watch Google&#8217;s video about this new service here.

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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s New Search Engine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evgeny Kaganer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has come out with a new search engine. It&#8217;s called BING. Check the demo video here. Forrester thinks it&#8217;s promising. In fact, they go as far as to state that BING will change the face of search. Techcrunch likes it too. CIO magazine, however, is less impressed. &#8230;I&#8217;m definitely giving it a try.
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		<title>Google&#8217;s latest coup: Google wave!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Sieber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today it a busy day! I just had a glimpse at a YouTube video in which Google introduces Google Wave, an integrated communication tool. Seems interesting, so I just wanted to briefly draw your attention to it. Watch it out here!
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