Word: microsoft
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...raids were not focused on individuals who simply downloaded copyrighted music and video. Rather, authorities raided a group of elite computer hackers whom U.S. officials alleged stole and distributed all types of media, including Microsoft Windows operating systems, computer games and high-quality copies of new movies like Harry Potter and Monsters...
...BILL GATES is worth more than $30 billion, thanks to his 12.3% stake in a resurgent Microsoft, whose Windows operating system dominates the desktop on 90% of the world's PCs. Gates' empire extends to Internet access (MSN), television (MSNBC and a stake in cable giant Comcast), computer games (Xbox) and even philanthropy (the $24 billion Gates Foundation). Gates, 46, was slow to recognize the importance of the Internet. But with his ambitious .NET initiative--and diminished pressure from antitrust regulators--the world's richest man may end up dominating a whole new realm: cyberspace...
...International Truck keeps its unions informed about its finances in good times and bad, Cisco Systems has held firmly, amid the tech recession, to its policy of revealing all product bugs on a public Web page as soon as a problem is reported. In contrast, companies such as Microsoft have been criticized for keeping glitches a secret. Cisco's bug database and online message board help programmers and customers avoid massive problems and share fixes. Says Reichheld, who has studied Cisco's approach: "Loyalty is impossible without trust. And trust is impossible without accurate, reliable information...
...media conglomerate to rule the entire world. Standing in her ballroom, ushering in the guests for her charity dinner, Jenn will, in the back of her mind, be making a deal between her company and AOL Time Warner. For at this point, Jenn will have already purchased Disney, destroyed Microsoft and embraced Fox. When it’s all over, Jenn will still be the Diva of the style world. It’s up to her to set the tone...
Although the e-mail calls the file a virus, it is in fact a utility present on most computers with Microsoft Windows...