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

Apr 1st 2011 – 9:35AM
Virginia Mayo, AP

Virginia Mayo, AP

A Jazzy All-American State Dinner for Chinese President

Jan 19th 2011 – 8:10PM
Carolyn Kaster, AP

Carolyn Kaster, AP

WASHINGTON -- Michelle and Barack Obama welcomed a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent Chinese-Americans to the White House as they threw a "quintessentially American" state dinner Wednesday for the president of China, complete with apple pie and ice cream, and jazz music for the...

Corporate Guest List Revealed for Obama Meeting With China's Hu Jintao

By David KnowlesJan 18th 2011 – 7:11PM

Who wants a piece of the Chinese action? The White House today released a list of U.S. corporate leaders who have been invited to attend a meeting on Wednesday with Chinese President Hu Jintao this week. The aim of the meeting is to pave the way for future exports for American companies. "You'll see important commercial...

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

By Dave ThierJan 9th 2011 – 11:04AM
Robyn BeckR, AFP / Getty Images

Robyn BeckR, AFP / Getty Images

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...

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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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