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  MSN Redesign Hits the Web

  By Marc Hertz | Wed Nov 4, 2009 8:04 PM ET

  a lot less clutter. While the old version has 25 categories up top, along with the Bing search module and links to Hotmail, Messenger, and other Microsoft products, now there are six primary categories, each of which has a drop-down menu. Bing's still there, as are Hotmail and Messenger, bu Read More

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• Microsoft Knows How to Party

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:38 PM ET

  us to this (we think unintentionally) hilarious video in which Microsoft tries to get us to see the benefits of using their new software platform Microsoft 7 by throwing our very own Windows 7 launch party. Hang the streamers, set out the chips, program your iPod — and huddle around th Read More

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  Gut-busting Collaboration

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:43 PM ET

  positive, but maybe the company felt the need to associate itself with something most people love (a juicy burger), so customers would detach the Microsoft name from something most people did not love (Windows Vista).We’re not really ones to question the wisdom of offering gut-busting burger Read More

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  Users Flock to Microsoft for Free Software

  By Judy Mottl | Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:36 PM ET

  threats hitting PCs on a global basis.For example, in the U.S., trojans are the top menace, while worms are very active in Brazil, according to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center site.The Security Essentials tool is aimed at taking the guesswork out of determining if your PC has bee Read More

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  The Brain Benefits of Poker

  By Kirk Bromley | Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  clearly how important poker games were to him during his four semesters at Harvard. It's at the card tables he met Steve Ballmer, now the CEO of Microsoft, who called their company's original business plan "basically an extension of the all-night poker games Bill and I used to play back a Read More

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  Microsoft Makes Its Big Smartphone Move, Finally

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:18 PM ET

  will hit 85,000 apps (which Apple's iPhone site now boasts) anytime soon.But no one can dismiss the development power and developer fan base Microsoft has. CEO Ballmer, who hosted the simultaneous event at Microsoft’s campus in the Paris suburb of Issy-Les-Moulineaux, believes th Read More

  More like this in: Windows, Mobile Phones, Technology, Gadgets
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  An Unexpected Kick for Sidekick Gadget Lovers

  By Judy Mottl | Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  calendar entries, to-do lists or photos -- that is no longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger. That said, our teams continue to work around-the-clock in hopes of discovering some way to recover this information. However, the Read More

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  Online Videos Booming In Popularity

  By Judy Mottl | Thu Oct 8, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  accounted for more than 10 billion of the total.Of course, YouTube.com accounted for 99 percent of all videos viewed at the Google Sites property.Microsoft Sites followed Google with 547 million videos watched, about 2.2 percent, with Viacom Digital next with 539 million videos viewed (2. Read More

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  Logos and Learning: There's Nothing Wrong With That

  By Judy Mottl | Wed Oct 7, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  early on what a great learning tool the simple logo design provided, and now want to take advantage of it.I mean, it seems to be working for Bing, Microsoft's search discovery tool. From its inception, Bing's homepage and part of its links content has provided a daily topic complete with Read More

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  IBM Charging Ahead for 500-mile Battery

  By Steve Tanner | Wed Oct 7, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  lead the next-generation lithium air battery market -- it might finally get sweet revenge on its one-time nemesis, the faltering giant of Redmond, Microsoft. However, I'm certain that Microsoft has an EV ace or two up its sleeve as well.  Photo courtesy of Claus Ableiter, via Wikimedi Read More

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