Despite investing billions of dollars in the consumer electronics market, Microsoft is not profiting from its high profile ventures. Profit comes from Windows, Office, and its server offerings, but critical consumer products, such as the Xbox 360 and the Zune ecosystems, continue to lose money. Microsoft executives don't expect the consumer division to make money until 2008.

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Organizations invest in knowledge management (KM) solutions to improve their competitive advantage and manage the reality of the job market. The process and technology behind a KM project will differ by organization, but the same four essential steps will apply: create a goal; capture the knowledge nuggets; use the nuggets; and audit and enhance the project.

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On Tuesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivered his annual keynote address at the 2007 Macworld Conference and Expo. This year, the story of the show was Apple's iPhone, a combination cell phone, iPod, and handheld computer that runs the company's PC operating system, Mac OS X. While most of Jobs' keynote focused on the iPhone, he also revealed some other interesting company details and another product announcement.

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