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With the free products on our new cover DVD, you need never buy software again. So why do we still keep paying?

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Microsoft’s radical redesign promises ‘better results, faster’. Be fully prepared for this world-leading productivity software.

Movers and stinkers from the world of business

Last week, we looked at the geeks who created iconic technologies. This week, we examine the executives who pushed those technologies into becoming the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

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PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

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