Microsoft's POS Move May Make It a Viable Retail Option
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Ziff Davis - With Linux making an attractive alternative, Microsoft moved to scale down the size and the security holes of its operating system. The result? A retail-focused OS that is one-tenth the size.
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Retailers consider the potential of mobile commerce, but warily.
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Even as such open source software developers as Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) and OpenOffice.org wax enthusiastic concerning enterprise deployments of their respective Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Office alternatives, industry analysts are urging caution.
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The latest rumor to sweep the world of high tech claims that Microsoft has its eyes on eBay for a possible buyout. Last week, a report in the New York Post said that Microsoft has engaged in preliminary talks with eBay about acquiring the online auction company and merging it with MSN.
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The development environment released to members of the Microsoft Developer Network subscribers in fall is now available in retail.
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PHP Point Of Sale (POS) is designed to help small businesses with keeping track of customers, items and inventory, and generate reports based on sales. This program works great for businesses that use cash, check, or account numbers for their sales. PHP Point Of Sale 8.0 is a groundbreaking release for this application.  This release adds multi language support!  Now PHP Point Of Sale supports 4 languages. These languages are Brazilian Portuguese, French, Greek, and English. (With more to come).     Another major feature added to the program is the ability to create and use barcodes for items and customers!  This is a really convenient feature for processing sales.  There has also been many minor bug fixes throughout the program. This upgrade is recommended for all!  You can download this latest release here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74087&package_id=74441
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If the retailer can right its merchandise woes, this stock could be a home run.
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There's upside to buying in a choppy market.
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Sure, electronics retailing is more competitive, but Best Buy has the means to roll with the changes.
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Decision may bring world of wireless peripherals to market.
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Bargain hunters may want to keep an eye on this stock.
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This retailer joins the in crowd -- retailers with good news for a change.
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Here's a sneaky way to invest in a grade-A retailer.
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A partnership unveiled this week between Microsoft, MediaCart Holdings, and Wakefern Food will deliver personalized ads to grocery shoppers through computerized carts. The initiative is yet another way that Microsoft aims to derive revenue from ads, even as it continues to struggle with Google to take more of the online advertising market.
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U.S. retail consumers could begin to see great deals on PC  purchases as the market gets more competitive.
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With its recent acquisition, the software maker may have found something its customers are looking for.
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A Microsoft UK replacement scheme for pirate copies of Windows XP suggests the company is testing the waters to see how feasible it is to convert sections of its unlicensed user base to legitimate users.