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• Microsoft: Buy Windows 7 today, keep same PC for Windows 8 upgrade

  Any computer running Microsoft said today while pledging to keep hardware requirements level or even lower when the next version of Windows comes out. »

• Companies 'wasting millions' with bad file management

  Enterprises are estimated to be paying an average of $2.1 million (£1.3 million) a year as a result of inefficient file management systems for their unstructured data, with smaller ones paying the most per head. »

• Why Google Docs Editing on the iPad Matters

  Google announced that it will soon roll out updates to Google Docs that will increases the value of Google Docs, as well as the productivity of the iPad tablet. »

• Making the leap to virtual desktop infrastructure

  The utopian vision of a fluid and easily managed desktop infrastructure has floated around IT since the dawn of the desktop era. There have been many attempts at corralling the desktop hydra, but none have provided a universal solution. Microsoft Terminal Services, Citrix XenApp, and a host of others have found markets, but the quest for desktop salvation continues. »

• Internet Explorer 9 Beta: UI Smackdown

  Internet Explorer 9's beta release is the first public appearance for the aging browser after a major facelift, and boy, is the change dramatic. »

• Oracle signals an end to OpenSolaris

  Oracle appeared to confirm this week what many in the computer industry already suspected: The OpenSolaris project is dead. »

• IBM, Gartner in blog tiff over Notes report

  A Gartner report about users looking at migrating from Lotus Notes and Domino didn't sit well with IBM's Ed Brill, who spoke his mind in a Friday blog post. But his spin on the contents of the report is too one-sided, according to Gartner's Tom Austin, who shot back over the weekend. »

• Putting IE's market share gains in perspective

  Much is being made of the fact that Microsoft has at least temporarily stanched the bleeding in terms of Internet Explorer's market share, and, in fact, has managed to nudge the number upward slightly in each of the past two months. »

• Microsoft Office 2010 released to businesses

  Office 2010, the latest version of its Office productivity suite, to businesses today. »

• Chrome again beats Firefox in browser gain race

  Chrome was the only browser to gain significant usage share last month, and again trounced rival open-source Firefox. »