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Blockbuster and Microsoft Work Together on Mobile Services
ubergizmo.com - 12/1/2008
Blockbuster and Microsoft Work Together on Mobile Services
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After going into the download and the set top box businesses , Blockbuster continues to move by partnering with Microsoft to deliver "mobile services" - which likely means streaming or downloadable movies (with DRM) using Microsoft's LiveMesh platform. That could be interesting even if ...
business.timesonline.co.uk - 11/30/2008
Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal
— business.timesonline.co.uk — SOFTWARE giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo s online search business for $20 billion (... 13 billion). The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of ... (more) Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal

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dallasnews.com - 12/1/2008
Blockbuster, Microsoft team up on mobile services | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning ...
— dallasnews.com — 12:00 AM CST on Monday, December 1, 2008 By ANDREW D. SMITH / The Dallas Morning News... asmith@dallasnews.com Blockbuster Inc. caught up to the competition last week by introducing a set-top box that brings rentals from the Internet to the television. ... (more) Blockbuster, Microsoft team up on mobile services | ...

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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/1/2008
A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source
— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — In a new book, Microsoft veteran Keith Curtis argues that open source is the future of software... and his former employer is "toast." (more) A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source

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