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Microsoft Takes A Step Back From CISPA

April 28, 2012

After giving CISPA supporters a pat on the back late last year, Microsoft has officially revoked its support for the controversial internet bill.

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Do You Still Own Stuff You Upload To Google Drive?

April 26, 2012

Fresh on the heels of Google‘s Dropbox-like remote storage service, Google Drive, is a furor over what the fine print in the service’s user agreement means for users’ intellectual property.

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Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 Announces U.S. Finalists

April 26, 2012

This past weekend, Microsoft announced the U.S. finalists of its annual Imagine Cup, where high school and college students have been working to solve social issues through software development for the.

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Entrepreneurs, Advocates, Politicians Circle The Wagons Against CISPA

April 25, 2012

A diverse, growing group of entrepreneurs, privacy and security advocates, and high-level politicians are voicing opposition to controversial new cybersecurity laws including the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. In.

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Microsoft Sells 650 AOL Patents To Facebook For $550 Million

April 23, 2012

In a press release today Microsoft announced that it has sold 650 of its recently-acquired AOL patents to Facebook for $550 million. Earlier this month Microsoft bought the majority of.

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Skyrim Kinect Update Lets You Shout People Over Cliffs

April 12, 2012

[youtube id=”5aKZHJZfUGs” width=”600″ height=”350″] Bethesda has already been good about implementing updates and patches to its western role playing epic, Skyrim, which was last year’s game of the year. With.

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Google Quietly Gives Up Browser-Only Chrome OS

April 11, 2012

In a move that could be read as a quiet admission of the merits of more traditional desktop operating system design models, Google‘s Chrome OS will soon cede its characteristic.

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AOL Nets $1 Billion In Patent Deal With Microsoft

April 9, 2012

AOL will be getting $1.056 billion after selling more than 800 patents to Microsoft this week in a non-exclusive deal. Even at such a steep price, the buyout alternative will.

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Browser Wars: News From The Front

April 3, 2012

Who’s winning the browser wars? It might look like Internet Explorer is starting to recover from a downward spiral while Chrome’s meteoric rise is broken, or that quite the reverse.

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Microsoft Accepts 11 Startups Into Kinect Accelerator Program

April 3, 2012

Microsoft has chosen eleven startups – all using the Kinect in interesting new ways – to participate in its Kinect Accelerator Program, which begins this month. The eleven startups were chosen from.