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Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick customer data
engadget.com - 10/15/2009
Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick customer data
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Steve Ballmer must have busted out his secret stash of magic dust, as Microsoft has just come out with the announcement that it has recovered "most, if not all, customer data" that was lost during the recent Sidekick debacle . Following the wildly embarassing fiasco attributed to a "system ...
microsoft.com - 10/15/2009
Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users: Data Restoration to Begin as Soon as ...
— microsoft.com — Dear T-Mobile Sidekick customers, On behalf of Microsoft, I want to apologize for the recent problems with... the Sidekick service and give you an update on the steps we have taken to resolve these problems. We are pleased to report that we have ... (more) Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users: ...

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Lawsuits filed over Sidekick outages
news.cnet.com - 10/14/2009
Lawsuits filed over Sidekick outages
— news.cnet.com — It was only a matter of time, but the T-Mobile Sidekick issue has now spilled over to... the courthouse. A number of lawsuits have been filed, including two filed in federal court in Northern California on Wednesday that allege both negligence and ... (more) Lawsuits filed over Sidekick outages

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theinquirer.net - 10/15/2009
T-mobile sued for sidekick
— theinquirer.net — T-MOBILE HAS BEEN SUED for losing SideKick users' data, despite the fact that it was really caused... by Microsoft's Danger subsidiary. T-Mobile was hit with two separate class-action lawsuits alleging that the company misled consumers into believing ... (more) T-mobile sued for sidekick

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Microsoft: We Recovered Your Sidekick Data! OK, Most of It…
Mashable! — ... ? Now, Microsoft seems to have redeemed itself a little for that embarrassing episode by announcing that they’ve recovered most of the data. ...

T-Mobile Sidekick Outage: Microsoft recovers data
PR News: — ... As reported from Engadget, Microsoft have said that T-Mobile and Redmond have “rebuilt the system component by component” and are now starting to restore data to affected customers. ...

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