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venturebeat.com - 10/24/2008

Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple

— venturebeat.com — Buried in the first quarter earnings report from Microsoft is an astounding fact. For the first time that I can remember, Microsoft closed the quarter with less cash than Apple. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments for Microsoft add up ... (more) Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple

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support.microsoft.com - 10/15/2008

Description of the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 Update

— support.microsoft.com — The Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 Update contains several changes that improve security, stability, reliability, and performance. Additionally, this update includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of a ... (more) Description of the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 ...

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microsoft.com - 10/16/2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-057 – Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could ...

— microsoft.com — This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could ... (more) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-057 – Critical: ...

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New Apple ads avoid Vista, target Microsoft’s ads
Macworld — ... One Apple ad, entitled ‘Bean Counter,’ “appears to assume that you care about Micorosft advertising budgets, and the second one [entitled ‘The ‘V’ Word’] doesn’t make much sense at all unless you’ve noticed the downplaying of Vista in recent Microsoft ads,” wrote former PCWorld editor, Harry McCracken. “Both bash Vista without saying anything positive about the Mac, and they bash it for its promotion as much as for the product that’s being promoted.” “It’s getting dirty out there folks—we haven’t seen a smear campaign like this since, well, Obama and McCain,” ...