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Microsoft Preps Open Source Apps Marketplace
eweek.com - 3/23/2009
Microsoft Preps Open Source Apps Marketplace
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Microsoft is in the process of building out a marketplace for open source applications that could work like an equivalent to an app store for applications, services and support for open source technology that runs on the Windows platform. At MIX09, Microsoft released several components of the ...
Don't call it DRM: Microsoft explains new gaming piracy tech
arstechnica.com - 3/25/2009
Don't call it DRM: Microsoft explains new gaming piracy tech
— arstechnica.com — Tuesday at GDC Microsoft announced a number of upcoming additions to Games for Windows, including stronger protection against piracy, as well as some nifty features to make playing your PC games simpler if you have multiple systems. There ... (more) Don't call it DRM: Microsoft explains new gaming piracy tech

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Microsoft deeds are the problem
blogs.zdnet.com - 3/26/2009
Microsoft deeds are the problem
— blogs.zdnet.com — At OSBC Microsoft’s latest spokesman to the open source world, Robert Youngjohns, (right) asked that the company be judged not by its words regarding open source, but its actions . Trying hard to be nice and flexible our own Matt Asay, who ... (more) Microsoft deeds are the problem

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NEWS: Microsoft GeoSynth to take on Google Street View
pocket-lint.com - 3/23/2009
NEWS: Microsoft GeoSynth to take on Google Street View
— pocket-lint.com — User generated content to help create virtual landmark photos Microsoft plans to take on Google's Street View mapping feature with its own public-led offering, Pocket-lint has learnt. ... Read Microsoft GeoSynth to take on Google Street ... (more) NEWS: Microsoft GeoSynth to take on Google Street View

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ACT - Protecting Small Business Innovation:  Economists worried about rise of protectionism

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Economists worried about rise of protectionism
ACT - Protecting Small Business Innovation — ... pointing out that the few companies that have registered in 2009 to launch IPOs in the US are technology companies.  This marks a change from last year, when technology companies tied at third with health-care offerings. In a different article, eWeek.com reports that “Microsoft is in the process of building out a marketplace for open-source applications that could work like an equivalent to an app store for applications, services and support for open-source technology that runs on the Windows platform. At MIX09, Microsoft released several components of the Microsoft Web ...

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