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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/26/2009
Can Microsoft Make Windows For a Small World?
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The biggest challenge for Microsoft is to make Windows work on small netbook PCs and other electronics devices like TVs and phones.
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
gamasutra.com - 1/23/2009
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
— gamasutra.com — divider January 23, 2009 Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Redmond, Washington-based ACES Studio, the Microsoft-owned internal group behind the venerable Microsoft Flight ... (more) Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio

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Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/22/2009
Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
— blogs.zdnet.com — January 22nd, 2009 Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:49 am Categories: Windows client , Windows Live , Corporate strategy , Office , Zune , Xbox , Utility/cloud computing Tags: Steve Ballmer , Microsoft Corp. , Team ... (more) Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about ...

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Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
venturebeat.com - 1/23/2009
Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
— venturebeat.com — Amid the news that Microsoft is laying off 5,000 people over the next 18 months, sources report that the game division has taken its share of the beating. Gamasutra reports that the Flight Simulator studio , dubbed ACES, suffered big layoffs ... (more) Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs

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Things running on Windows
D' Technology Weblog — ... In response to an NYT article about Windows for a small world, blogger Mike Hall reminds us that there are tons of things out there running Windows – we just may not know it. Windows CE, also known by its full name “Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2,” is a embeddable OS that lets OEMs build specialized devices. Some obvious examples of this technology in action include Windows Mobile [Windows Mobile 6.1 runs on the Windows CE 5.0 operating system kernel], Zune, Microsoft Roundtable ...

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