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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!Microsoft would do fine without thisMS is going to be printing money for the foreseeable future with Office and Vista so I'm not sure why they need to make such a big gamble.Desperation is expensive, it seemsDesperation is expensive is seems. No other commentNot...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A sign of desperation from Adobe]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sign of desperation from AdobeInteresting pieceI'll think this one over, maybe I'll come back later with a responseuh what?Not sure what you mean. Are you saying Adobe should continue to be open but for different reasons? Are you suggesting that from a single spokesperson's quote you can harness the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vista: 'Most significant,' but anti-climactic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vista: 'Most significant,' but anti-climacticWith a little push from VISTASOA technology will become mainstream in next three years.Welcome to the Church of the painful OS!...Organ plays softly ......Praise be my bruddas und sistas!My message today, "Don't Drink the Koolaid!"Owwa text today comes from the book of Cobol 6:17, it ahhh...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arranging the DEC chairs at HP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arranging the DEC chairs at HPGood to agree with you...... about the danger of accepting Wall Street's advice about saving money by eliminating the ability to develop new products for the future.And you're also right about the danger of following industry standards.  Wall Street will even recommend that products...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 08:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["4.26" Desperation Decoded]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Dell, speaking at the consumer electronics show last week spent a lot of his time labouring the point that his PCs would gain performance faster than Microsoft's X360. As part of that he introduced a hot new games PC - the XPS 600 Renegade.   It looks way...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:49:41 -0800</pubDate>
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