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Apple, Google set pace, Microsoft struggles

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The primary movers and shakers in the technology world over the past
12 months have been Apple and Google. With its share price up nearly
135% last year and over US$6 billion in revenue, Apple has gone from
strength to strength....

Last year Google reported a more-than 50% gain in third-quarter
revenue to $4.23 billion compared with $2.69 billion in the same time
the previous year. With a number of new services planned for 2008,
analysts predict that shares in the company could reach $1,000 from
the present $680 mark....

Software giant Microsoft has been struggling to persuade users to
switch to Vista, its latest incarnation of Windows, as a number of
compatibility and security issues continue to plague the operating
system. It hopes the release of Service Pack 1 early this year will
help to smooth out the initial glitches and people will slowly start
to move from XP.

Last year was also a period for record security breaches and data
loss, according to industry groups. The loss or theft or personal
information such as credit card and social security numbers has soared
as hackers stay ahead of software security patches and users struggle
to keep up. More is being spent by governments, agencies, companies
and institutions to protect their ever increasing volumes of data with
more elaborate security measures, encryption and firewalls....
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JA05Dj03.html

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