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Apple zealots have one more reason to hate Microsoft: A new study concludes that the Microsoft brand is more respected and more valuable than Apple's. It looks as if Apple's Windows-bashing ads haven't paid off the way that Steve Jobs had hoped.

One analyst firm says Microsoft Exchange's market share is growing. Another one says Exchange customers are jumping ship. Here's an alternative in case you're in the latter camp.

The first installment of a long-term review, in which your author tries out the product and finds that he's willing to put up with some inconveniences for the MBA's surrealistic and luxurious thinness.

Steve Ballmer recently confirmed what much of the rest of the world is saying: Vista still needs work. He admitted in a speech at Microsoft's 's Most Valuable Professionals conference in Seattle that Vista remains a "work in progress."

People keep trying to save Cobol. But is it really in any danger?

Businesses have shied away from adopting Vista, but Forrester Research has come up with a report offering five reason companies should adopt Vista right away. Agree with it or not, it's necessary reading for any Windows-based enterprise.

If you want to know how your Web applications are performing, you need a TrueView, says one vendor.

New project manager takes over administration of the server room where this pilot fish hosts an internal application, so fish figures it's a good time to ask for a few updates.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which we think we know the release dates for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Not to mention National High Five Day...

Mac acolytes might not like to hear this, but a just-released report from Forrester Research concludes that large businesses should upgrade to Vista as soon as possible, and forgo the Mac. Even Linux, the report concludes, is a no-go for big companies.

With speech recognition practically a commodity today, IT should start treating it as they would a keyboard or mouse.

Think Microsoft is happy with Vista? Think again. Numerous top execs involved in its development and launch are no longer at the company, at least in one instance because an exec was put in a position that was certainly a demotion.

Virtual machine software and new hardware may be the breakthrough thin client advocates have been waiting for.

Last week a Microsoft exec revealed that Vista's User Account Control (UAC) scheme was designed from the ground up to keep people safe by constantly annoying them. Microsoft needs to learn that security through annoyance isn't the way to keep users safe --- or to keep them as customers.

Virtualization is heading for cell phones, predicts one vendor.