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		<title><![CDATA[In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperabilityYup.File under 'pointless exercise'.What if you created a document format and no one cared?No I think it would be called OOXML. And yes Sleeper Service no one cared about OOXML.Why did you bother to comment then?You fool no one.  ODF is a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 05:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11202-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=52356&messageID=986901&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCOMisplaced sympathySeveral years ago, someone where I was working a Unix house was lemanting about how Microsoft had treated poor IBM. At the time IBM's profit was bigger than MSs turnover. As if IBM could not look after itself after 90 years!Many have willingly taken adopted Google...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Netscape.com focuses on news]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Netscape.com focuses on newswhere is digg.com mentioned?did yalll didn't do your homework right .. no mention of Digg.com or Kevin Rose founder of Digg.com and Diggnation podcast and SYSMRead Page 1Try the first, fourth, and fifth paragraphs of the article on page 1.Showcase for Novell Directory ServicesPay for content...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yahoo launches customized IE 7 beta]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo launches customized IE 7 betaAnd Google gets slapped down.So much for their anti-trust whining.How are these distributed?Is this by download only? Is it only for the XP version? Will it come pre-installed on Vista? With Microsoft moving in to compete on the "Search" front, how likely is that these...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Out of '05 and into '06, Eclipse is on a major roll]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of '05 and into '06, Eclipse is on a major rollDeveloper Experience Trumps Corporate MembershipsUnfortunately, collecting a membership list with conflicting interests doesn't make it easy to build a great developer experience into Eclipse.At least three major Eclipse projects are way behind their competitors - the Web Tools Project...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why companies monitor blogs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why companies monitor blogsAstroTurfing. Yahoo - stop handing out email addressesThe use of blogs as a replacement for surveys has to be tempered with the notion of AstroTurfing. AstroTurfing is wrong doing in the form of public relations. It is the attempt to fool the analysts into believing that there...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 09:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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