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- "Intel
Says 1st-Qtr Profit Almost Doubled, Sales Rise (Update2)."
... "Intel Corp., the world's biggest semiconductor maker, said first-quarter
net income almost doubled to $1.73 billion as customers accelerated purchases
of new computers." ... "Net income was 26 cents a share, compared with
14 cents a year earlier, Santa Clara, California-based Intel said in a
statement. Sales rose 20 percent to $8.1 billion." -By
Jason Kelly and Ian King -Bloomberg.com
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Microsoft
News - "EU
orders Microsoft to pay $613 million fine: Software
giant found guilty of abusing "near monopoly"." ... "The European Union
declared Microsoft Corp. guilty Wednesday of abusing its "near monopoly"
with Windows to squeeze competitors in other markets and levied a record
fine of $613 million (497.2 million euros)." ... "The EU's antitrust authority
said that "because the illegal behavior is still ongoing," it was also
demanding changes in the way the U.S. software company operates."
-AP via -MSNBC
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- Microsoft
News - "The
Coming Search Wars." ... "Bill Gates, the chairman
of Microsoft, stated his admiration for the "high level of I.Q." of Google's
designers. "We took an approach that I now realize was wrong,'' he said
of his company's earlier decision to ignore the search market. But, he
added pointedly, "we will catch them.''" ... "Microsoft is intently poring
over Google's portfolio of patents, hunting for potential vulnerabilities,
Mr. Schmidt [Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive] contended. And because
Google is running its business using Linux - the free open source software
that has become the biggest challenger of Windows - Microsoft is concerned
that it may be at a competitive disadvantage."
-NYTimes
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- Microsoft
News - "Microsoft
reaches out beyond the PC." ... "Bill Gates on Wednesday
unveiled a series of initiatives to extend Microsoft's
reach beyond the personal computer to deliver digital entertainment, including
a portable video player and an internet-enabled wristwatch." ... "He also
outlined a key piece of technology that forms an important link in Microsoft's
efforts to promote its PC-centric view of home entertainment. The technology,
which makes it possible to send music or video from a computer to other
devices such as televisions or music players, could eventually help to
turn the PC into the main engine of home entertainment." -By
Richard Waters -FT.com
