MacBook Pro sports Core i7 chip label at Best Buy

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MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i7 label: Though likely a mistake, it’s probably enough to jump-start the rumor mill.

Ex-Novell exec takes Web leadership post

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As CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees the HTML standard, Jeff Jaffe wants faster standards development and more work with outside developers.

More details leak on Microsoft’s ‘Courier’

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Just as Apple announces iPad shipping plans, more information about Microsoft’s rumored consumer tablet emerges. Device runs Windows CE and will be out later this year, says Engadget.

Office 2010 nearly ready; upgrade offer launched

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Microsoft says it will finalize the code next month, with plans to launch the software for businesses in May. Kicks off program giving free upgrade to Office 2007 buyers.

Panasonic sued over plasma TV picture quality

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A class action lawsuit has been filed against Panasonic, complaining of picture quality degradation, including a loss of black-level performance.

Hedge fund offers $1.8 billion for Novell

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Elliott Associates, which already owns 8.5 percent of Novell’s shares, says the software company has underperformed under current ownership.

Victory is golden for techie bobsledder

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Steven Holcomb, pilot of the four-man U.S. bobsled, and his teammates relish winning a gold medal in Vancouver.

Holcomb, ‘Night Train’ team collect bobsled gold

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After winning the U.S.’ first gold medal in bobsled in 62 years, the team got down and boogied in Whistler.

The Olympics run on Windows (XP)

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The many Acer computers that dot the Olympic venues are running Windows, but it’s the venerable Windows XP rather than one of Microsoft’s newer operating systems.

With legal nod, Microsoft ambushes Waledac botnet

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With a restraining order in hand, Microsoft is working to take down the spambot, which has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide.