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Video description: Symantec's CEO sounds determined but cautious, and Microsoft could use a win or two in the face of Wall Street. In this week's CNET News.com Reporter Roundtable, Harry Fuller, Joris Evers, Robert Vamosi and Ina Fried look at what the two software giants are up to and what the week ahead may hold.

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