Accenture/Avanade, Bulletproof, winners at Microsoft’s global Partner of the Year Awards

Software giant moving into new verticals, increasing product list prices

The vendor’s line of desktop replacement notebooks gets a little colour

In a letter to shareholders, Yahoo says the Google deal will enhance profitability and shareholder value

Plus, workplace snooping and Windows XP’s phase-out

Microsoft is focusing way too much on revenue, not on customer loyalty

Latest Intel chips added to Hitachi products while HP configures for data-intensive applications

Patches expected today for vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution and information harvesting

Plus, Cisco’s green initiatives and a new Web site that matches individuals to their ideal neighbourhoodsrnrn