Profile of Paul McDougall
Editor At Large, InformationWeek
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Paul McDougall is a former editor for InformationWeek.
Articles by Paul McDougall
posted in January 2011
1/31/2011
Big Blue will fund educational and mentoring services through President Obama's Startup America program.
1/28/2011
Dave Thompson will step down from his position as corporate VP for Microsoft Online by year's end.
1/28/2011
Microsoft's flagship operating system saw only meager growth in the last quarter as consumers embraced slates powered by Apple's iOS and Google Android.
1/27/2011
Software maker sees strong growth in gaming, server, and office products, but Windows sales disappoint.
1/27/2011
Analyst firm says Steve Jobs' company is now tied with Dell as the third largest PC maker—if the iPad is included.
1/26/2011
Apple users can kick the tires for 30 days on new features like Outlook for Mac and Excel Sparklines before they decide to buy.
1/26/2011
Windows OS license sales may be off as much as 25%, but solid growth is seen other key parts of Redmond's operations.
1/26/2011
Robert Benmosche's forthrightness about his illness is in stark contrast to the Apple chief’s secrecy.
1/25/2011
The software maker claims the underlying software in Tivo set-top boxes violates its patents and is looking to block sales of the devices in the U.S.
1/24/2011
About 50 jobs shipped from Oklahoma to the Asian subcontinent as the car rental company looks to pare costs.
1/24/2011
The iPad manufacturer's refusal to disclose any details about its CEO's condition has some investors worried.
1/21/2011
Record sales and profits provide an unexpected windfall for Big Blue's rank and file employees.
1/21/2011
Reports indicate that the hands-free motion control platform for Xbox 360 may be coming to PCs sooner rather than later.
1/20/2011
Partnership between Redmond and Palo Alto targets IT pros looking to reduce complexity and deployment times.
1/18/2011
His vision and design instincts laid the groundwork for the device maker's historic turnaround, but now Jobs' company needs a different kind of leader to grow beyond its fanboy base.
1/14/2011
Enterprise collaboration specialist hit with service disruption that knocks customers' wikis out of the virtual sky.
1/14/2011
The software maker says strong holiday sales of Xbox 360 and Kinect could mean inventory levels won't be enough to meet demand in early 2011.
1/14/2011
Apple's latest software update will let users employ all five digits to interact with their tablets.
1/13/2011
The shuttle and its newly reinforced external fuel tank are scheduled to lift for the International Space Station in late February.
1/13/2011
Apple's hot-selling tablet, along with Android-powered slates, is eating into Microsoft and Intel's dominance of the personal computing market.
1/13/2011
Apple's latest mobile operating system update brings a host of new capabilities to the company's fleet of gadgets.
1/12/2011
NASA engineers say they've finally found a fix for cracks that appeared in the spacecraft's external fuel tank.
1/12/2011
Redmond claims its rival's e-commerce brand is too generic to warrant exclusivity.
1/11/2011
Arizona congresswoman's husband was slated to command the final flight of Endeavour as NASA prepares to mothball its fleet of orbiters.
1/11/2011
Analyst believes Steve Ballmer felt Bob Muglia was not the right man to lead the company's Azure efforts.
1/10/2011
Less than two weeks into 2011, there are signs that Microsoft learned little from a woeful 2010. Can the CEO survive?
1/10/2011
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer says the hands-free Xbox system is coming to Windows, while ASUS plans a television set-top box.
1/7/2011
Discovery is grounded until engineers at the space agency can determine what caused the flaws to appear during a launch attempt last year.
1/7/2011
Internet thieves say they'll wait until the store is fully stocked before distributing their code on the Internet.
1/6/2011
Microsoft will adapt the next version of its operating system for use in ARM-based tablets, but by then it will be well behind Apple and Google in tech's hottest new market.
1/6/2011
Apple is hoping to recreate its success with iPhone apps on the Mac platform.
1/5/2011
Software maker says any hardware glitches that occur after Kinect is plugged in are merely coincidental.
1/5/2011
Big Blue hands information technology unit back to the Japanese airline.
1/3/2011
Apple's statements to the contrary notwithstanding, the problem does not appear to be self-correcting.
1/3/2011
Apple users had more than a hangover to deal with on New Year's Day, as a software glitch caused their alarms to fail.
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