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appleinsider.com - 4/14/2009

Microsoft pays for inaccurate "Apple Tax" study

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Hoping to persuade possible Mac buyers that Apple charges an arbitrary "tax" for its computers, Microsoft has paid one analyst to create a report that portrays Windows PCs as less expensive -- even if it has to artificially pad the Mac's price and hide Windows' costs to get there.

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9to5mac.com - 4/20/2009

Microsoft Windows 7 Starter for Netbooks to only allow 3 concurrent applications?

— 9to5mac.com — The Wall St. Journal had this one today : Microsoft Corp. is taking an unusual approach with... its new Windows 7 operating system: Customers buying many of the least-expensive laptops[netbooks] with the software are likely to be limited to running ... (more) Microsoft Windows 7 Starter for Netbooks to only allow 3 ...

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microsoft.com - 4/15/2009

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-009 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could ...

— microsoft.com — This security update resolves a privately reported and a publicly disclosed vulnerability. The vulnerabilities could allow remote... code execution if the user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited these ... (more) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-009 - Critical: ...

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Comments vote downundo vote up The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) found this 4/15/2009found this

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db.tidbits.com - 4/15/2009

Microsoft Office 2008 12.1.7 and 2004 11.5.4 Updates

— db.tidbits.com — Microsoft has released its latest updates for Office 2008 and 2004, fixing a critical security issue in... both versions and reportedly improving performance. According to Microsoft, both updates address vulnerabilities in Excel that could allow remote code execution if you were to open a ... (more) Microsoft Office 2008 12.1.7 and 2004 11.5.4 Updates

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'Apple Tax' Report Author Responds: Microsoft Made Mistakes Too
Mac|Life — tax For all the flak he’s taken from the Apple tech blogosphere since publishing his Microsoft-commissioned white paper, “What Price Cool?” late last last week, Endpoint Technologies Associates President Roger Kay doesn’t hate Apple. In fact, he still remembers buying his first Mac some 20 years ago. “I remember my boss coming up to me and he said, ‘You want to pay those prices?’” then he says. “The argument has always been the same.” But Kay contends he got his argument right--or as right as he could have, given the assignment. He faults Apple’s “restrictive ecosystem” for ...