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			<title>Microsoft steps up UAE anti-piracy raids</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Five anti-piracy raids in Dubai and Sharjah carried out last month following Microsoft's complaints.]]></description>
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			<title>Steamy Windows</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As small and medium solutions and partners (SMS&P) director at Microsoft Gulf, Zaid Abunuwar heads one of the most extensive partner networks in the region. Channel Middle East grabbed five minutes of his time to talk about market opportunities for partners and the company's local channel strategy for the upcoming launch of Windows 7.]]></description>
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			<title>Powering up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Marketing jargon claims that virtualisation can empower your business, but often this fails to address the real needs of an organisation. Nathan Statz investigates the state of play amongst the industry's big guns.]]></description>
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			<title>End users versus vendors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ACN is taking up the cause of end users by taking the questions of CIOs right to the vendors. This year vendors were given just two days to come up with an answer to a simple question. Some passed with flying colours, while others stumbled at the starting line – these are their responses.]]></description>
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			<title>LINK Development open portal for Microsoft Imagine Cup Finals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Community portal launched by LINK Development to support finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup in Cairo next month]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft job cuts hit Middle East</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has laid off 3,000 jobs globally, with a ‘small number’ of cuts in the Gulf region]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft signs ITE for retail push</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Aims to strengthen presence in the Middle East after appointing ITE Distribution as its latest wholesale partner]]></description>
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			<title>ERP Ahead</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ERP may have grown up with a chip on its shoulder thanks to a number of controversial failures, but the market has come a long way since then. Nathan Statz reports on the once treacherous realm of the ERP project.]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft working on technology to promote Arabic online</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Software giant aims to make Arabic language more accessible to Internet users.]]></description>
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			<title>MBRF and Microsoft join forces to boost startups</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) signs MoU with Microsoft Gulf to become a BizSpark network partner]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft launches new version of Internet Explorer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IE8 features enhanced security and browsing functions, although some testers report poor results on speed tests]]></description>
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			<title>The Future of Touch Display?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has been showing off its second generation surface computing technology, but does the development of this technology mean that the days of the mouse and keyboard are numbered?]]></description>
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			<title>Possible Windows 7 release candidate leaked</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest build 7057, believed to be the release candidate, is leaked to file-sharing sites]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft and MoE push for educational reform</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sign a Memorandum of Understanding to raise levels of ICT literacy among country’s youth]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft turns up the heat on channel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two more resellers caught selling pirated software in the UAE]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft Excel exploited by Trojan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Security expert warns that users in Middle East are at ‘definite’ risk of being infected]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft settles out of court with resellers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two UAE resellers caught selling pirated Microsoft software agree to promote genuine products]]></description>
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			<title>Keeping I.T. real</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the Middle East broadcast industry becomes increasingly reliant on digital technology, many of the region’s largest IT vendors are eyeing new opportunities in the sector.]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for Downadup culprits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Co-ordinated approach to tackling worm launched by Microsoft with ICANN and security groups]]></description>
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			<title>No second beta for Windows 7</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft will streamline Windows 7 development process with one beta release and one release candidate]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft brings Navision 2009 ERP to the region</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf launch for latest version of Microsoft's mid-sized ERP solution]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft Windows 7 beta available in Arabic</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Gulf has confirmed an Arabic beta version of the new OS is now available]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft rolls out Office Genuine Advantage for Gulf</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New program to identify pirated Office applications and promote benefits of genuine software launches next week]]></description>
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			<title>Crackdown on software piracy a success - Bahrain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ministry seizes more than one hundred CDs plus desktops containing fake Microsoft software. ]]></description>
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			<title>Public sector on agenda for new Microsoft Gulf head</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New public sector director to drive strategy with governments in the GCC]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft revels in Xbox 360 success</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Record sales registered in 2008 with 8 million units sold in the EMEA region]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft issues warning on SQL vulnerability</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft says it is investigating vulnerability that could leave some versions of SQL open to attack]]></description>
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			<title>Malware infection rates in the Middle East among highest worldwide</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Middle East shows some of the highest rates of malware infection in the world says Microsoft]]></description>
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			<title>A penny saved is a penny earned</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ACN takes a look at the potential impact of the global financial crisis on the IT budgets in the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>Microsoft DreamSpark launched in UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[First phase of student program is piloted in partnership with Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)]]></description>
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