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The next Microsoft and Apple battleground: Retail
venturebeat.com - 2/18/2009
The next Microsoft and Apple battleground: Retail
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This is set up almost too perfectly. We’re in the midst of the work economic downturn since the Great Depression, retail sales are plummeting, consumer spending is way down and so what does Microsoft want to do? Open retail stores . But I’m going to surprise you here and go the ...

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Topsecret Microsoft prototype phone stolen
telegraph.co.uk - 2/19/2009
Topsecret Microsoft prototype phone stolen
— telegraph.co.uk — Microsoft was in panic on Wednesday after a prototype phone loaded with topsecret software created to rival Apple's iPhone was stolen prompting fears of industrial espionage. (more) Topsecret Microsoft prototype phone stolen

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@ MWC: We Learned Just How Great Of A Partner HTC Is To Microsoft
moconews.net - 2/19/2009
@ MWC: We Learned Just How Great Of A Partner HTC Is To Microsoft
— moconews.net — image At Microsoft’s press conference yesterday at Mobile World Congress, if you tied two threads together, you learned a very interesting fact about HTC, one of the company’s closest handset makers—the Taiwanese company is responsible for 80 percent ... (more) @ MWC: We Learned Just How Great Of A Partner HTC Is ...

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Microsoft in talks to buy 3DV Systems?
venturebeat.com - 2/18/2009
Microsoft in talks to buy 3DV Systems?
— venturebeat.com — Anxious to outdo the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire 3DV Systems of Israel. 3DV is one of the companies that is developing a next-generation user interface for games that goes beyond what the Wii motion-sensing controller ... (more) Microsoft in talks to buy 3DV Systems?

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InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , and offering faint praise in the form of back-handed advice . Forgive me for doubting the sincerity of Larry Dignan's admonition that, " ...

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