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Tables Turned: Microsoft Asks EU to Investigate Google [VIDEO]

Moms Use Speed Dating Model to Find Caregivers for Their Kids

Looking for a good baby sitter is very similar to dating. You contact scores of sitters, looking for "the one," you meet and after some awkward small talk. You may pick the wrong person, go through a bad breakup and then hit the bricks looking for your rebound sitter. Throughout the process you find some doozies as...

Can Larry Page Lead Google's Battle Against Facebook and Apple?

The tech world is still coming to terms with the news that Google co-founder Larry Page will become the new company's new CEO, taking the place of Eric Schmidt. Says TechCrunch, "This is clearly Schmidt being removed from power. And again, it appears to be because things just weren't getting done the way the company...

Microsoft's Avatar Kinect: How Close Will Encounters Get?

Chat rooms are getting a little more real. With the new "Avatar Kinect," Microsoft says it will be able to use its camera to scan in a user's body and then put it in a virtual room with other people's avatars that will be able to talk, gesture and even raise their eyebrows, just like the real people controlling them. But...

Facebook's Zuckerberg Pledges to Give Away Wealth

NEW YORK (Dec. 9) -- Another 17 of America's richest people, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, junk bond pioneer Michael Milken and AOL co-founder Steve Case, have pledged to give away most of their wealth They are the latest to join the Giving Pledge, an effort led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren...

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Microsoft patent outlines smart power-saving system that reads your diary, leaves a tip

Always leave your PC on while you watch the latest Game of Thrones ?

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Microsoft patents asking your friends 'does my butt look big in this?'

Microsoft has patented an online personal appearance adviser for those of us without a hotline straight through to Put This On's Jesse Thorn.

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New Google Chromebooks Unveiled

Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics.

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WATCH: Dirtiest. PC. Ever.

Unless you have an Apple laptop with its MagSafe magnetic connector, you need to be gentle when plugging in your computer.

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Douglas Crets: Time: The One Pain Point You Have to Solve in Mobile

It doesn't take a trend report to tell us that mobile is increasingly how people think and drive action in their daily lives.

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05/30/12 Windows 2000 SP3 Nears, Adds Antitrust Tweaks Source: Beta News, Inc After a long break between releases, Microsoft on Tuesday issued the Windows 2000 SP3 Release Candidate, marked build 3.140. The long awaited update weighs in at 17MB and 30MB for Professional and Server versions of the operating system, respectively.
05/30/12 Microsoft, AOL Make Nice with $750 Million Settlement Source: Beta News, Inc In a scene reminiscent of Microsoft's 1997 investment in Apple and associated patent settlement, Redmond announced that it will pay AOL $750 million as part of a wide ranging deal in which AOL will drop all pending litigation against Microsoft.
05/30/12 Skype's present is secure, its future is not Source: GigaOm It has been over six months since Microsoft officially became an owner of Skype , one of the biggest communication services in the world.
05/30/12 High tech crime calls for high-tech crimefighting Source: Star Tribune - Minneapolis MN Craig Schmidt was talking about botnets, almost matter-of-factly.
05/30/12 Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Steve Alexander column Source: TMCnet May 29, 2012 (Star Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Q I've recently been told that I must check my computer for malicious software or risk losing my Internet connection in July. Is this true or is it some sort or urban legend or scam?

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Microsoft Corporation () is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions.

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