Monday, March 1, 2010

PImail (Business Stories) for 3/1/2010

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Microsoft vs. Google: Clash of the Titans cometh?
Microsoft executives must be sitting back in their chairs and smiling (or scheming). Google, becoming an increasingly painful thorn in Microsoft's side, recently has smacked headfirst into several antitrust walls.

Northrop Grumman Global Hawk makes round trip from Palmdale
Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system completed its first roundtrip flight from the company's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility Feb. 2, the company announced Monday.

Windows 7 RC starts annoying crap out of you today
If you're still running the release candidate of Windows 7 – not the final version Microsoft released Oct. 22, mind you – you may already be quite aware of its continuing expiration cycle Monday.

FDA's top medical device reviewer joins Microsft
The Associated Press reports: The Food and Drug Administration's top medical device reviewer is stepping down to take a job in Microsoft's lobbying office.

Alabama tanker complainers are right, and wrong
A Northrop Grumman pullout from the U.S. Air Force's aerial refueling tanker competition would taint the contract deal, the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register argued in an editorial Sunday.

Windows Mobile 6.X devices won't upgrade to Windows Phone 7
Current devices running Windows Mobile 6.X won't be upgradable to Windows Phone 7 when it's released by the holidays, a Microsoft general manager told APC magazine Monday.

Gun fans cheer Starbucks' respect for 'open carry' laws
Even in some "open carry" states, businesses are allowed to ban guns in their stores. And some have, creating political confrontations with gun owners. But Starbucks, the largest chain targeted, has refused to take the bait.

 

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