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    Microsoft eyes game-changer for app dev (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - With its ambitious Oslo software modeling platform, Microsoft seeks a new application development paradigm that raises the level of abstraction. But the effort has brought up questions about whether Oslo crowds the modeling landscape and whether Microsoft can achieve its lofty goals. -- read full article
    Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Patches 20 Vulnerabilities and Debuts Index (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday list is hauntingly large. Redmond issued 11 bulletins that address 20 vulnerabilities, nine of them rated as critical. -- read full article
    Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:27:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Apple Elbows Microsoft with New 'Brick' Laptop (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - The much-anticipated Apple notebook event took place Tuesday at the Apple Town Hall on the manufacturer's Cupertino, Calif., campus. Although the trendy manufacturer may not have hit every item on Mac fans' wish list, Apple clearly intends to keep the pressure on Microsoft and the universe of Windows PCs. -- read full article
    Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:15:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Huh? Windows 7 Will Keep Its Code Name, But It's Not 7 (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - It's all in the name -- or maybe not, in Microsoft's case. The software behemoth announced Monday that it will share a pre-beta, developer-only release of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, at the Product Developers Conference on Oct. 25 and at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference on Nov. 7. -- read full article
    Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:16:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft appoints education chief to target schools (AFP)

    A man walks past the logo of software company Microsoft. Microsoft on Tuesday appointed its first education general to lead the US technology giant's push to get its software into the hands of students and teachers.(AFP/DDP/Nigel Treblin)AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday appointed its first education general to lead the US technology giant's push to get its software into the hands of students and teachers.


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    Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:34:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft set to release Silverlight 2 (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Microsoft's Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications will be generally available on Tuesday along with supportive development tools, the company said during a teleconference on Monday morning. -- read full article
    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:52:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again (AP)

    The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is shown in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)AP - When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon.


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    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:47:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Prepares To Preview Oslo Modeling Platform (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Microsoft is preparing to release new details about its Oslo modeling development platform. The company said Friday that it will offer a preview of the platform at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles on Oct. 27. -- read full article
    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:51:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft, Sony Remain Upbeat About Holiday Sales (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - At the Tokyo Game Show this week, one of the primary goals of entertainment companies is to show off the latest alternate realities for game players to lose themselves in. Such escapism is understandable, given the sickly state of the real world's financial institutions. But lurking in the shadows like a Ninja is the question of whether gamers will be able to afford new hardware and software during the upcoming holiday season. -- read full article
    Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:33:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft elaborates on Oslo (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Shedding more light on its Oslo vision for model-based software development, Microsoft this week elaborated on plans to preview Oslo technologies, offering code names and citing the company's DSL (Domain Specific Languages) concept as a lynchpin of the platform. -- read full article
    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Buffett boosts wealth to top Gates on Forbes list (Reuters)

    Warren Buffett listens to a question during a news conference in Madrid, May 21, 2008. (Andrea Comas/Reuters)Reuters - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is again the richest American, deposing Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, after Forbes magazine recalculated the fortunes of some of the 400 wealthiest Americans.


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    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:28:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft, Sony will Launch Competing Virtual Worlds (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Microsoft is raising Xbox 360 forecasts in Japan amid rumors Sony might drop the price of its PlayStation 3 even more. Meanwhile, Microsoft is planning to release an Xbox 360 with a Blu-ray drive, putting it on more equal digital-media footing with its main rival. -- read full article
    Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:10:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Investor proposes Microsoft buy Yahoo for $22 per share (Reuters)

    The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is shown in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - A small Yahoo Inc investor proposed a new deal on Thursday to sell the company to Microsoft Corp for $22 a share, a 74 percent premium to the Web pioneer's current stock price.


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    Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:15:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start (AP)

    People play a new driving game at Sony Corp.'s PlayStation booth during a media preview of the annual Tokyo Game Show in Chiba near Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year. Both companies announced their services, which use graphic images that represent players called 'avatars,' Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year.


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    Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:34:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft tries for slice of Japan game market (AP)

    People play new games at Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 booth during a media preview of the annual Tokyo Game Show in Chiba near Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.


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    Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:43:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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