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After years of competition between two of the tech industry's most influential figures, Apple co-founder Steven P. Jobs and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, a deal between Microsoft and Next Inc., Jobs' software venture, is reportedly close to being finalized. The agreement would allow software authors to use
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The International Business Machines Corporation halted production of its new operating system software, OS/2 Warp, to correct a flaw that had gone unnoticed by over 10,000 outside testers. Although a small number of unfixed copies of the $80 product had reached stores, production of a repaired version has
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Microsoft has selected Northern Telecom's software-based encryption and digital-signature technology for its upcoming client-server messaging product, Microsoft Exchange. This partnership is a significant development in ensuring security in a client-server environment, where privacy and authentication are crucial. Northern Telecom's Entrust security technology will provide the necessary
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Bill Gates, co-founder and chief executive of Microsoft, topped the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans with an estimated net worth of $9.35 billion. Gates' wealth stems from his massive shareholding in Microsoft, which dominates the PC software market. His net worth grew from $4.8 billion in
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IBM has unveiled a souped-up version of its operating system, OS/2, which it hopes will finally take off and become a serious competitor to Microsoft's dominant Windows software. With a $50 million ad blitz over the next 12 weeks, IBM is urging millions of users to adopt
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As the world's largest computer company, IBM is determined to regain control of the PC industry, but its strategy of replacing Microsoft as the dominant supplier of operating systems and Intel as the main source of microprocessors has been an expensive flop so far. IBM's stated
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Apple and IBM are intensifying talks to develop a computer that could run both Apple's Macintosh operating system and Microsoft Windows, according to sources close to the negotiations. This common platform would alleviate the flight of software developers away from the Macintosh and towards Windows. Analysts suggest that
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IBM is set to launch its OS/2 Warp consumer version on October 12, aiming to take significant market share from Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system. This move is seen as a critical step in IBM's bid to attract home and small-business users, previously largely ignored
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Southwestern Bell, a regional Bell operating company, is gearing up to launch an interactive video trial in Richardson, Tex, with Microsoft providing the necessary software. The service, set to begin in the fourth quarter of 1995, promises to deliver movies on demand, home shopping, and regular phone service to 47,
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Integrated Systems, Inc. will be expanding its pSOSystem software offerings to IBM's PowerPC Embedded Controller 403GA (PPC403GA), a 32-bit microcontroller boasting RISC performance. This partnership is expected to provide a unique platform for low-power, low-cost, and high-integration demands of data-intensive embedded applications. The PowerPC-compatible versions of the pSOSystem
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Mentor Graphics Corp. and VLSI Technology Inc. (VLSI) have partnered to provide a tightly integrated, top-down ASIC design solution to help customers achieve first-pass design success. Under the agreement, VLSI's products will be supported within Mentor Graphics' Top-Down Design Solver software, enabling customers to tackle increasingly complex
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Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Systems Management Server (SMS) aims to bridge the gap in the company's networking strategy by providing enterprise-wide network management solutions. SMS will compete with offerings from Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun, and will allow network administrators to manage all servers and workstations from a central
