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Microsoft to Retire Windows Live Brand Ahead of Windows 8 Launch Microsoft will retire the Windows Live brand as it gets ready to release what it describes as a more connected set of online consumer services with Windows 8.
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Lenovo-backed Firm Sidesteps Hardcore Gamers, With Chinese Video Game System The Lenovo-backed company behind China's newest homegrown video game system is aiming for product sales to reach hundreds of thousands of units over the next...
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Microsoft Opens New York Research Lab, Hires Mainly Yahoo Researchers Microsoft is opening Thursday a research lab in New York city that aims to benefit from interaction with the academic and tech communities in the metropolitan...
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Judge Again Orders Apple, Samsung to Streamline Claims in IPad Patent Case Apple and Samsung Electronics have until Monday to further boil down the number of claims to be considered in the sweeping intellectual-property lawsuit...
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Mobile Experts Disagree on Who Should Protect Privacy Users of mobile apps need more information about the ways those apps use their personal information, a group of experts agreed Thursday, but they didn't agree on...
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At Interior Department, Google Apps Will Co-exist With Outlook, Office -- for Now Although the U.S. Interior Department plans to replace its on-premise email servers with Google Apps' cloud-based Gmail, the agency will retain Microsoft Outlook...
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EU and Japan to Make the Internet Safer for Children Europe and Japan are to work together to make the Internet safer for kids.
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Sage Moving ERP Apps to Microsoft's Azure Cloud Following an ongoing industry trend, Sage Group is moving a number of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software products to Microsoft's Azure cloud...
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Cisco to Acquire Real-time Network Analytics Firm Truviso Cisco announced Thursday that it plans to acquire network analytics company Truviso for an undisclosed amount, in an effort to help users hone operational...
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