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Paul McDougall is a former editor for InformationWeek.
Articles by Paul McDougall
posted in July 2009
7/31/2009
Microsoft's Windows Anytime Upgrade program lets users migrate to a premium version of the OS with a mouse click.
7/31/2009
Endeavour completes 16-day mission with spot on touchdown.
7/31/2009
HP tech services subsidiary will upgrade state's health information systems.
7/30/2009
A propulsion jet that guides Endeavour during descent to Earth has malfunctioned.
7/30/2009
Subcommittee on antitrust will closely examine search alliance, chairman vows.
7/30/2009
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, a natural language search expert, was knocked unconscious by a falling tree branch Wednesday in New York.
7/29/2009
Shareholders punish Yahoo over pact's terms while pundits say a host of issues could derail alliance.
7/29/2009
Yahoo investors are burning their stock certificates to protest the company's search pact with Microsoft, pummeling YHOO down by 12% at one point Wednesday. No surprise there-this is an arrangement where Redmond gets the milk without buying the cow.
7/29/2009
Endeavour astronauts are checking protective tiling to ensure it's ready for the voyage home.
7/29/2009
Microsoft's search tools will appear on Yahoo's sites while Yahoo takes on sales role.
7/28/2009
Partnership would reportedly see Yahoo farm out search to Redmond while retaining sales role.
7/28/2009
NASA craft undocks as crewmembers say farewell to ISS's resident astronauts.
7/28/2009
Deal would add Virgin's no-contract offerings to Sprint Nextel's Boost Mobile pay-as-you-go service.
7/28/2009
Big Blue also revealed a separate deal to buy out security and compliance vendor Ounce Labs for an undisclosed sum.
7/27/2009
Cars.gov offers a number of tools to help consumers get up to $4,500 in auto rebates.
7/27/2009
Shuttle crewmembers perform a range of housekeeping duties outside the International Space Station.
7/27/2009
DirectX Compute and other new features let the OS fully leverage the power of today's advanced GPUs.
7/27/2009
The software maker proposes letting buyers in Europe select Web browser from a "ballot screen."
7/24/2009
Microsoft chairman says curbs on foreign tech workers could damage U.S. competitiveness.
7/24/2009
Software maker says sales of its key operating system franchise were off almost 30% last quarter.
7/23/2009
Results indicate offshoring's appeal for businesses looking to reduce costs in tough times.
7/23/2009
The operating system is now complete and ready for shipping to PC manufacturers.
7/23/2009
It's bad enough her husband was murdered outside Baghdad. Now, the widow of a contractor who provided IT and military hardware services for the reconstruction effort claims the Iraqi government stiffed the man's firm for $25 million.
7/23/2009
Deal could mean popular app will no longer be available to Gmail users.
7/22/2009
A search deal could be announced as soon as Thursday, according to reports.
7/22/2009
IBM has teamed up with American Corporate Partners to provide career development and mentoring services for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's a laudable effort in its own right, and makes a lot of sense given the hi-tech nature of today's military.
7/22/2009
Purchasers can install OS on up to three personal computers with a single license.
7/21/2009
Budget cuts and changing priorities mean that the first manned moon shot may also have been one of the last.
7/21/2009
New personalization tools add direct links to social networking sites, other external content.
7/21/2009
No less a revered, tech-savvy institution than the Mayo Clinic has come out swinging against President Obama's national healthcare agenda. "The real losers will be the citizens of the United States," warns the clinic's official blog. The problem: The plan fails to employ data to gauge whether publicly-funded providers are earning their money or operating Dickensian patient mills.
7/20/2009
Microsoft service pack includes features that make the productivity suite faster and more Web-friendly.
7/20/2009
IBM's remarkable second quarter results revealed that growth markets still exist-if you know where to look for them and are positioned to take advantage. Big Blue under Sam Palmisano has both those boxes checked.
7/20/2009
A pair of Endeavour astronauts will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing with a 6.5 hour space jaunt.
7/17/2009
ISS crew will photograph Endeavour as part of heat shield inspection.
7/17/2009
On-again, off-again negotiations have reportedly been rekindled.
7/16/2009
Endeavour's exterior may have taken damage from debris during Wednesday's liftoff.
7/16/2009
Redmond exec says rival's complaint shows campaign is working.
7/16/2009
Maker of Buffalo networking gear pays up in exchange for patent indemnification.
7/16/2009
Michael Collins, who forty years ago piloted Apollo 11's Columbia command module while fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin explored the surface of the moon, says the U.S. is no longer producing enough science and engineering graduates to meet the demands of research organizations like NASA.
7/15/2009
Big Blue will provide business continuity services essential to DSE's resurrection.
7/15/2009
NASA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon.
7/15/2009
Redmond's chief executive says Google's OS plan not a threat to Windows
7/14/2009
Microsoft still has work to do before new OS can be released to manufacturing.
7/14/2009
Microsoft will sell its cloud-based operating system by the drink.
7/14/2009
Endeavour hopes to get off the ground after three consecutive scrubs due to weather.
7/14/2009
Microsoft will let its business customers run Office Web off their own, internal servers.
7/13/2009
Microsoft's new operating system is less than three months away for enterprise customers.
7/13/2009
The latest version of Microsoft's venerable productivity suite adds several features that should appeal to the social networking set.
7/13/2009
Almost 60% of IT managers surveyed said their companies have no plans to adopt Microsoft's latest OS.
7/13/2009
Thunderstorms near Kennedy Space Center could keep Endeavour grounded for third straight day.
7/13/2009
Office Web will be accessible at no cost through the software maker's Windows Live portal.
7/12/2009
Sunday's weather foils Endeavour liftoff for second straight day.
7/9/2009
Precipitation could scrub NASA's scheduled liftoff of shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station.
7/9/2009
Stephen Sinofsky is named president of Redmond's Windows division.
7/8/2009
Microsoft utility is designed to ease upgrades to the company's next operating system.
7/8/2009
Virginia's largest newspaper is calling for a public inquiry into a troubled outsourcing contract that has resulted in the firing of the state's CIO.
7/8/2009
Unisys' Sam Khanna has asked a court to toss suit filed by Big Blue.
7/7/2009
Five-year deal covers a wide range of IT management services.
7/7/2009
Web portal's new online tool is designed to automatically detect research and save results.
7/7/2009
Microsoft's 50% discount draws strong response from shoppers.
7/6/2009
Windows 7's October release will mark the first of a number of new offerings from Redmond.
7/6/2009
Company disputes election result that would see some workers join CWA.
7/2/2009
Microsoft's new search engine looks to capture the real-time Web.
7/1/2009
The trial version of Microsoft's next operating system has entered its expiration phase.
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