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    Microsoft Uses Black Screen To Fight Piracy in China (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - PC users in China running illegal versions of Microsoft Windows were greeted recently with black computer screens. It was a result of Microsoft putting some muscle behind its anti-piracy initiative in China. -- read full article
    Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:49:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft black-outs (Reuters)

    A woman sits in a shop where pirated software is displayed for sale in Shanghai, China April 19, 2006. (Aly Song/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft's launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software.


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    Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:17:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Aetna to offer records in Microsoft HealthVault (AP)
    AP - Health insurer Aetna Inc. is becoming the first health insurer to team with Microsoft Corp. to give its customers an Internet-based vault for storing medical records they can access even if they change jobs or leave their health plan. -- read full article
    Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:40:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Will Delay Xbox Live Primetime Channel (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - It was touted as the "biggest virtual game show stage," but -- although the stage was being set -- Xbox Live Primetime is being delayed. The channel on the New Xbox Experience was supposed to be available this fall as the gaming industry's first attempt at competing in an area dominated by television. -- read full article
    Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:57:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yahoo firing 1,500 workers; 3Q profit falls 64 pct (AP)

    A Yahoo worker waves to another worker outside of Yahoo offices in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. Mired in a deep slump, Yahoo will fire at least 1,500 workers to cope with a crumbling economy that dented its third-quarter profit and turned up the heat on the Internet company's management as investors stew over a missed opportunity to sell to Microsoft Corp. for $47.5 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Yahoo Inc. will fire at least 1,500 workers to cope with a crumbling economy that dented its third-quarter profit and turned up the heat on the slumping Internet company's management as investors stew over a missed opportunity to sell to Microsoft Corp. for $47.5 billion.


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    Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:56:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft black-outs (Reuters)

    A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in preparation for the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 12, 2007. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft's launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software and not a copy.


    -- read full article
    Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:37:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft SecondLight Makes 'Surface' Magic (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Take Microsoft Surface, sprinkle it with fairy dust, and you might have something close to Microsoft's SecondLight, a new technology in the works from Microsoft Research. Did you think Surface was cool? This is Surface, squared. -- read full article
    Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:22:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Report: Microsoft Delays Xbox Live Primetime (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Microsoft has reportedly delayed Xbox Live Primetime into spring of next year, citing a desire to ensure a smooth launch of the NXE in November. -- read full article
    Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:57:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Oracle joins Microsoft and HP; boosts stock buyback (Reuters)
    Reuters - Oracle Corp has nearly doubled a plan to buy back shares of its stock, joining a handful of corporate giants who have made similar moves even as most companies struggle to conserve their cash. -- read full article
    Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:06:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft exec touts mixed source ventures (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Microsoft has been making moves on the licensing front and accommodations with open source, such as its controversial 2006 agreement with Novell pertaining to Suse Linux. -- read full article
    Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Ballmer: Windows 7 Is Vista, But Better (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer characterized Windows 7 as an improved version of Windows Vista this week, prompting the question of why consumers and businesses should adopt Microsoft's current operating system. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:25:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft PDC to feature various technologies (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Microsoft bills its upcoming Professional Developers Conference as a gathering of developers and architects and a chance to understand the future of Microsoft's platform. From this backdrop, the Los Angeles conference, which begins on October 26, is set to feature insights on a host of technologies ranging from model-driven software development to cloud computing and the Windows OS. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft-Yahoo May Not Be Over; Google Still Soars (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Word that Google's two biggest rivals -- Microsoft and Yahoo -- might yet do a deal helped send stocks rising Thursday, and Google's better-than-expected after-market earnings report could help on Friday. -- read full article
    Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:45:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft says Yahoo ad deal still makes sense (Reuters)

    A man runs past the headquarters of Yahoo in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said a Web search advertising deal with Yahoo Inc makes economic sense and may still be possible, though the two sides are not in any discussions.


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    Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:18:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Adobe's Flash Player 10 Takes on Microsoft's Silverlight 2 (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Just weeks after releasing the beta version of its Flash Player 10, code-named Astro, Adobe Systems this week released the final version for Linux, Windows and Macintosh computers. Flash Player 10 comes with a slew of new features and goes head-to-head with Microsoft's Silverlight 2, which was also released this week. -- read full article
    Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:06:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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