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AP – RealNetworks Inc. Chief Executive Rob Glaser is still confident that people will be able to use the company’s RealDVD software to copy DVDs to their personal computers — just not now.

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AFP – Microsoft’s mighty servers were overwhelmed Friday as computer users worldwide rushed to download a free test version of a Windows 7 operating system being groomed to succeed Vista.

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PC Magazine – Iomega offers 500-Gbyte and 1-terabyte drives. The difference? The backup software, which is based on Linux.

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NewsFactor – Skype is offering its Voice over Internet Protocol service to Android and Java-enabled mobile phones, and to Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). This is the first time the software has been released for mobile users in the U.S.

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PC Magazine – Microsoft’s new SongSmith software can fill out the harmonies.

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PC World – An Intel-backed suite of Enterprise 2.0 software announced with much fanfare a bit over two years ago is being put out to pasture.

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PC World – The Vietnamese government will move to several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country also tries to reduce the use of pirated software.

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PC World – Microsoft is busily promoting Windows 7, its next operating system and successor to the much-maligned Vista.

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AP – Microsoft Corp.’s next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time. That’s one message Chief Executive Steve Ballmer delivered on the eve of the official opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show.

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AP – Palm Inc. unveiled a new touch-screen smart phone and operating system Thursday, marking its latest attempt to catch up with competition from Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry and Apple Inc.’s iPhone.

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