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...Expect A Manual A pirated version of Microsoft's latest operating system went on sale in Malaysia , two years before its planned release. Copies of the software - codenamed Longhorn - are going for just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 12/7/2003 | See Source »

...that "the information economy is moving east," to countries like India and China , which are finding tech solutions that work for them. China last month chose Linux's operating system for a million computers - with 199 million more to follow. That's a no-brainer, not a snub of Microsoft Windows. Open-source software like Linux is easily modified for Asian languages, cost-free and quickly being adopted by governments all over Asia . Bridges work better when the tolls are low. - By Michael Brunton It Won't Go Away Talks aimed at resolving a decade-long legal fight between France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 12/7/2003 | See Source »

...Reno has lapped up major operations of 17 California companies including Sun Microsystems and Charles Schwab, according to the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, in addition to the 700,000-sq.-ft. distribution facility Amazon.com set up in 1999 and the third roasting-and-distribution center Starbucks opened. Microsoft, Dell and Pfizer all have operations there. An estimated 200,000 people migrate from California to Nevada each year, many with businesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Towns | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

Need a quick way to check your e-mail and voice mail on the go? The new Microsoft Smartphone is one of the first cell phones to let you access your regular Outlook e-mail as well as offer personal-information management and multimedia features typically found only on PDAs. Running Windows Mobile software, it's available in two models: the Motorola MPx200 ($300 from AT&T) and, shown at left, the Samsung SCH-i600 ($400 after rebate from Verizon). The phones come with a Windows media player for listening to music and playing back songs, and they accept Secure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: A New Way To Dial Up The Net | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...microfinance transactions like bond issuances or to rate the institutions themselves. A Fitch report even detailed how MFIs in Bolivia fared better than commercial banks in the aftermath of that country's recent financial crisis. Meanwhile, Unitus, a new source of venture capital for MFIs run by a former Microsoft executive, touts the fact that it joins the board of the firms it invests in, while Cyrano Management, a Peruvian microcredit-fund manager, boasts of monthly checkups on MFIs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Globalization: Why Micro Matters | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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