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1 hr ago | DesignLines

Hyundai/Kia selects Microsoft for infotainment

MUNICH; Germany - Microsoft will supply Hyundai-Kia with its Microsoft Auto system software platform for infotainment solutions. via DesignLines

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6 hrs ago | New York Times

How to Get Microsoft Office at 91 Percent Off

J.D. Biersdorfer, who dispenses advice to Times readers on everything electronic, passed on this tip for anyone who is thinking about buying Office Ultimate, the tricked-out version that costs $680. The ... via New York Times

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10 hrs ago | LinuxInsider

Sun's JavaFX: Smart Move or Too Much Caffeine?

“That means they may not be able to fund it to the level it needs.”

With its scheduled 2009 launch of JavaFX, Sun Microsystems is taking on two entrenched and well-funded adversaries: Microsoft's Silverlight and Adobe's AIR. via LinuxInsider

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14 hrs ago | Channel Register

Office 2007 SP1 goes automatic for the people

'Huddled masses yearning to breathe free' Microsoft will start automatically pumping out its first service packs for the Office 2007 suite next month. via Channel Register

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19 hrs ago | The Media Stock Blog

Tearing Down the News-Opinion Divide

' who's doing his best to destroy all journalism, of course - ' goes after the most sacred of cows arguing that it is time to for The New York Times abandon the false divide between news and opinion . via The Media Stock Blog

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23 hrs ago | LA Daily News

Advocacy groups take aim at Google-Yahoo partnership

“If there were a deal (with Yahoo), we would anticipate structuring the deal to address the antitrust concerns that have been widely discussed”

An online advertising partnership between Yahoo and Google is facing opposition from consumer and civic groups that didn't wait for an official deal announcement to voice their discontent. via LA Daily News

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Yesterday | CNN

Why Microsoft isn't buying Facebook

When Microsoft walked away from its blockbuster bid for Yahoo, the media sought desperately to keep the news coming even when there wasn't much left to say. via CNN

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Yesterday | PC World

Microsoft's Answer to Google Sky to Launch at End of May

“This is taking data that's very complex, gathered over many years from many telescopes, and making it accessible”

Microsoft will launch Worldwide Telescope, a tool for exploring images of the night sky, by the end of May, free to anyone who wants to use it, Microsoft's chairman said Friday. via PC World

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Yesterday | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Microsoft appeals against $1.47b fine

“Microsoft today filed to the (European Union) Court of First Instance an application to annul the European Commission decision of February 27”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates [File photo]. Microsoft is appealing against a record $1.47 billion fine imposed by the European Commission for using high prices to discourage software competition. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Yesterday | Tvnz.co.nz

Take-Two announces movie version of BioShock game

“Gore is an avid video gamer and true fan of BioShock. That was extremely important to us in deciding to move forward with this project”

Take-Two Interactive Software said that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version of BioShock, its hit video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong. via Tvnz.co.nz

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