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Why Apple’s new MacBook should worry Microsoft

Oct. 26 | Ordinarily, the release of a single ultraportable Mac should not be reason for Redmond to quake in its boots, but yesterday’s announcements by Apple should give the Windows team plenty of reason to fear. It’s not that the product itself will...

Microsoft says Windows 8 roughly two years away

Oct. 26 | In its most concrete comments yet about the next version of Windows, Microsoft said in a blog post on its Dutch Web site that Windows 8 is about two years from hitting the market. Microsoft is working on the next version of Windows, the blog says in...

Stats don’t support hype: Digital music is ailing

Oct. 26 | commentary If you want to get a sense of both the wishful thinking and the likeliness of dashed dreams for people investing in the digital-music business, click over to your Netflix queue and rent a copy of the 1962 musical “The Music Man.” Humor...

Mobile-phone cash register Square open for business

Oct. 26 | (CNN) — Square, an application that turns a smartphone into a mobile cash register, is open for business. Created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Square uses a free download and plastic card reader to let users accept credit card payments. The...