Forty wealthy families and individuals have joined Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half their wealth to charity.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h23rkKsJ_qiBk01fiixWfsYsj_rgD9HCT4F00
Microsoft CEO and incontinent over-stater of facts Steve Ballmer said that "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches," during a commercial spot masquerading as a media interview with the Chicago Sun-Times Friday.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/
Google and Apple aren't exactly Microsoft and Apple, but it's getting that way.
These days, Google and Apple are looking like more and more like rivals, mostly because the two are grasping for the same market share in the break-out handset market. However, Google's own Eric Schmidt confessed that he sees things differently...
In a move that is sure to raise quite a few eyebrows Microsoft has banned all cameras and video equipment from its technology-free� pre-E3 showcase for Natal.
The event, held the Sunday before Microsofts main E3 presentation, is intended to demonstrate the universal appeal of Natal.
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http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/05/ms-ban-video-at-natal-showcase/
A surprise launch at Facebooks developer conference is Docs.com
Should the concepts in a video detailing a new Microsoft-developed device dubbed Courier come to fruition, Microsoft and Apple may find themselves on unfamilair sides as an old rivalry turns to the new frontier of convergence tablets, with Apple providing the workaday access product and Microsoft providing a niche but empowering tool aimed at ...
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/switched-on-courier-courts-the-creative/
