Profile of Paul McDougall

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

NASA Budget Paves Way For Mars Mission

9/30/2010
Last minute House deal provides money for research that one day could allow humans to land on the Red Planet.
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Halo Reach Tops Xbox Live List

9/30/2010
First-person shooter pulls ahead of Modern Warfare 2 to grab top spot.
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Astronomers Discover 'Class M' Planet

9/30/2010
Breakthrough suggests the Milky Way may be "teeming" with potentially habitable bodies.
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Web 2.0 Expo: O'Reilly Says Have Fun, Invent

9/29/2010
Tech prognosticator believes researchers need to get less granular and focus on projects that will inspire them to create the next big thing.
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Web 2.0 Expo: Flash, HTML 5 Converging

9/28/2010
The competing Web technologies have sparked an Internet cold war, but a detente could be on the horizon as capabilities merge.
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Microsoft Dumps Windows Live Spaces For WordPress

9/27/2010
Move raises questions about Redmond's ability to provide homegrown solutions for the Web 2.0 market.
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Windows Phone 7 Release Date Nears

9/27/2010
Speculation over when devices based on Microsoft's new mobile operating system will hit the market is heating up.
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Brocade Falls As Takeover Talk Cools

9/23/2010
Analyst downplays chance of acquisition bids from IBM, HP, or Juniper, calls Oracle a "wild card."
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Microsoft To Business Users: Hold Off On IE9

9/23/2010
Software maker says corporations should stick with Internet Explorer 8 until the kinks are worked out of the newer version.
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Brocade Shares Jump On IBM Takeover Talk

9/22/2010
Report indicates networking gear vendor may follow Netezza on Big Blue's acquisition list.
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Microsoft Plans More Halo Releases

9/22/2010
Software maker says it wants fans to have "ongoing relationship" with the blockbuster action game.
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Halo Reach Needs HDD For Co-op Play

9/21/2010
"Hidden requirement" means gamers equipped with a lesser version of Xbox 360 may be disappointed, but Microsoft says it's working on a fix.
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Oracle, HP Settle Hurd Lawsuit

9/21/2010
Tech giants also pledge to continue joint initiatives around infrastructure products and services.
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iPad, iPhone, iPod Get Napster App

9/20/2010
$10 per month gives users full access to online music service's catalog of more than 10 million songs.
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Halo Reach Hit With Disc Errors

9/20/2010
Microsoft says it's received a small number of complaints from users playing on certain versions of the Xbox 360 console.
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Apple Adds Wireless Printing To iPad, iPhone, iPod

9/16/2010
iOS 4.2 brings new AirPrint technology to Steve Jobs' full lineup of portable devices.
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Can IE9 Halt Explorer's Decline?

9/16/2010
Microsoft's share of the browser market could fall below 50% if newest version fails to reverse current slide.
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Halo Reach Gets Price Cut

9/16/2010
Gamers can save a couple of bucks if they purchase the hottest title on the market at a certain online retailer.
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Halo Reach Breaks Xbox Live Record

9/15/2010
Sales momentum continues for what may become one of the bestselling video games of all time.
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IBM To Acquire OpenPages

9/15/2010
Move is part of Big Blue's $11 billion investment in business analytics market.
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Fallen IBM Exec Sentenced To Prison

9/14/2010
Former Systems & Technology senior VP Bob Moffat gets six-month term after pleading guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges.
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Halo Reach: Early Sales Predict Blockbuster

9/14/2010
Gamers lined up for blocks to be among the first to buy a copy of the latest installment in the hit video game franchise.
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iPad With Camera Coming Soon?

9/13/2010
Published report says Apple may forego its traditional yearly upgrade cycle and release a new version of the tablet in time for the holidays.
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Nokia Mobile Chief Bolts On Elop News

9/13/2010
Company veteran Anssi Vanjoki may have felt spurned by decision to give CEO job to outsider from Microsoft.
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Halo Reach Countdown Is On

9/13/2010
Elaborate launch parties planned in New York City, Seattle, and London as lineups begin for midnight sales events.
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Elop Is Latest Exec To Bolt Microsoft

9/10/2010
Nokia's new CEO adds to a growing list of high-level defections from Redmond.
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Halo Reach Arrives Tuesday

9/10/2010
Prequel to bestselling Xbox 360 action game scheduled to hit U.S. stores on Sept. 14.
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iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Achieved, Hackers Say

9/9/2010
A member of the notorious iPhone Dev Team says users are now free to run unauthorized apps on the iPhone 4.
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iOS 4.1 Fixes Proximity Sensor (For Most)

9/9/2010
iPhone 4 users indicate the update resolves the proximity issue, though some say the problem persists even after upgrading.
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iPod Touch 4G In Short Supply

9/8/2010
With hot new features like Facetime and Retina Display, Apple's latest MP3 is sold out in some spots.
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Asteroids Just Missed Earth Wednesday

9/8/2010
NASA says the space rocks, detected only Sunday, came within a moon's distance of striking the planet's surface.
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Ellison Threatens To End Oracle-HP Alliance

9/8/2010
Hurd lawsuit could kill longstanding technology partnership between the two companies.
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Jobs Bets Big On Apple TV

9/3/2010
$99 console will offer television downloads as well as streaming content from Netflix, YouTube, and Internet radio.
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Apple Unveils New iPod Touch, Shuffle, Nano

9/2/2010
CEO Steve Jobs says new MP3 player lineup is the strongest in his company's history.
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Apple Shows New iPods, Reveals TV Strategy

9/1/2010
MP3 music players get an iPhone-style technology boost, and Steve Jobs discloses major content partnerships for Apple TV.
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Blue Christmas For Window 7 Sales?

9/1/2010
Family Pack discounts to reappear in October as Win7 adoption curve starts to flatline.
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R.R. Donnelley Sues HP For Patent Infringement

9/1/2010
"Partners" set to battle it out in court for control of key printing technologies.
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