Profile of Paul McDougall

Editor At Large, InformationWeek News & Commentary Posts: 3695
Paul McDougall is a former editor for InformationWeek.

Citi Inks Sale Of Offshore Services Unit

12/31/2008
Citigroup Global Services is sold to TCS for $512 million.
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Windows 7 Leaked To The Internet

12/30/2008
Microsoft's next operating system is available from torrent sites.
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NORAD Tracking Santa Claus With Google Maps

12/24/2008
The aerospace command is using the Internet to follow Kris Kringle's Christmas Eve progress.
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Windows XP Extensions Reflect Vista's Woes

12/23/2008
Microsoft needs to keep its older operating system on the market in order to appease business customers.
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Troubled Citigroup Sells IT Services Arm To India's Wipro

12/23/2008
The $127 million deal includes a six-year outsourcing contract under which Wipro will provide tech support to the bank.
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Space Station Crew Completes Overnight Spacewalk

12/23/2008
An astronaut and a cosmonaut successfully performed a series of tasks outside the station.
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Apple Failed To Copyright Mac OS X, Psystar Claims

12/22/2008
The charge is the latest in a series of allegations in the ongoing legal spat between the clone maker and Apple.
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Microsoft Extends Windows XP Cutoff Date

12/22/2008
The software maker gives system builders an additional four months to get their hands on XP.
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'Wayne Gretzky' Twitter Page A Fake, NHL Says

12/19/2008
League spokesman says posts on the microblogging service not really from The Great One.
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Apple Fans To Protest Jobs' Macworld Absence

12/19/2008
Mad Mac user wants attendees to greet the CEO's stand-in with "utter silence."
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Macworld Will Go On Without Apple And Steve Jobs

12/18/2008
Host IDG has no plans to discontinue the show despite the loss of its star attraction.
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Steve Jobs' Health Not Behind Apple's Macworld Exit

12/17/2008
A top tech analyst said the company's CEO is cancer free and that Apple is pulling out for other reasons.
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New York Governor Wants 'iTunes Tax'

12/17/2008
David Paterson seeks 4% cut of digital music and movie downloads for his beleaguered state.
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Mac OS X 10.5.6 Users Report Crashes, Blue Screens

12/16/2008
Support forums indicate that Apple's Leopard update is wreaking havoc on users' systems.
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Intel Releases Windows 7 Graphics Driver

12/16/2008
Hardware vendors are getting an early jump on Microsoft's next OS to avoid Vista-style compatibility headaches.
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Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.6 Release Offers 36 New Fixes

12/15/2008
The Leopard update is designed to improve Mac performance across the board.
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Microsoft's iPhone App: Death To Windows Mobile?

12/15/2008
Redmond appears to have concluded that it must support the iPhone if it wants to be a serious mobile player.
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Microsoft Releases 'Seadragon' iPhone App

12/14/2008
The move would appear to indicate that Redmond has finally acknowledged the iPhone's market dominance.
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BBC iPlayer Headed For Television Sets

12/12/2008
The British Broadcasting Corp. has struck partnerships to bring Internet video to the small screen.
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Nintendo Wii Outsells Xbox 360 More Than Two-To-One

12/12/2008
Xbox's strong Thanksgiving sales didn't help Microsoft outpace Nintendo in November.
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Free Software Group Sues Cisco For Open Source Violations

12/11/2008
FSF claims the company failed to make source code for its routers available to customers.
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Stop A/V Components From Overheating, Canadian Style

12/10/2008
Feeling a moral and civic obligation to stimulate the economy, I finally took the plunge into home theater. Have you seen those prices lately? $599 for a 42-inch Panasonic plasma? I'm so there. But I didn't want my savings eaten up by expensive cabinetry designed to separate components. Enter this little invention from up north.
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Apple Secretly Bricks Non-Intel PCs, Psystar Claims

12/10/2008
Mac cloner says OS X 10.5 includes code designed to shut down unauthorized machines.
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Microsoft Search Pledge Meaningless Without Google

12/9/2008
Redmond's offer to limit data retention to six months in Europe needs rival's cooperation.
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Outsourcing Foes 'Less Than Thrilled' With Obama

12/9/2008
Many opponents of offshoring, the process by which IT and other jobs are shipped to low-cost countries like India, have blamed the GOP for supposedly selling out the American worker. But there's evidence that Team Obama won't act much differently.
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Ballmer Wants Yahoo Search Deal Soon

12/8/2008
Microsoft's CEO said quick integration of the Internet giant's operations would be better for both companies.
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Vista SP2 Beta Available For Public Download

12/5/2008
The service pack is designed to improve support for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Blu-ray devices.
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CNN.com, Facebook, MySpace Not Ready For IE8

12/5/2008
A number of major Web sites won't display properly in Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft has revealed.
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IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux PCs

12/5/2008
Big Blue's virtual desktop includes open source system and application software.
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Windows 7, Vista SP2 Hit Beta Milestones

12/3/2008
Trial software is almost ready for current and future versions of Microsoft's operating system.
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Good OS Unveils Linux-Based Cloud Browser

12/3/2008
The Vista challenger is designed to fully integrate desktop and Web-based apps.
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IBM Patents System For Splitting The Check

12/2/2008
The waiter deposits a $200 check and an uncomfortable silence envelops the table. Glances are exchanged and eyebrows are raised. Who ordered the expensive wine? Who only had a soda and sandwich? Who pays for what? Enter IBM.
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Xbox 360 Outsells PlayStation 3 On Black Friday

12/2/2008
Hot video games like Gears Of War 2 and Fable II helped boost console sales.
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Yahoo Shares Fall On Conflicting Microsoft Reports

12/1/2008
Reports disagree over whether a new search deal is in the works.
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Psystar Holds Cyber Monday Sale On Mac Clones

12/1/2008
The upstart reseller is offering a fully configured Leopard system for $554.
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