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MID-DAY UPDATE: Two Americans share Nobel Prize in Economics
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Oct 11, 2010
The Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Americans and a British/Cypriot citizen. Their work is timely: How economic policies affect unemployment....
Angry Birds angry
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Oct 11, 2010
And you do NOT want to make those birds angry. Rovio, the maker of the most popular iPhone game Angry Birds is upset with Microsoft. Microsoft put...
Big big big Patch Tuesday coming next week
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Oct 8, 2010
Every month, Microsoft puts out a set of patches to cover security flaws in its software. The one dropping this Tuesday is a whopper. Ars Technica...
Consumer spending picks up... private hiring does not.
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Oct 6, 2010
Bad news: This morning, a private payroll service said U-S companies unexpectedly decreased their workforces last month by 39,000 people. Good...
Obscenely wealthy person slightly less obscenely wealthy than he theoretically could have been
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Oct 1, 2010
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received only half of his potential bonus, a mere $670,000 (insult!) from the Microsoft board of directors after his...
Microsoft drops Live Spaces, radically alters culture
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Sep 28, 2010
The headline story is that MSFT discontinued its blogging platform Live Spaces. And really, that's no big deal. Started as a competitor to Blogger...
"Get off your stupid smartphone," say new ads for smartphone
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Sep 27, 2010
Interesting marketing approach from Microsoft as they get ready to roll out the new Windows Phone. They've created advertisements that talk about...
Halo Reach pulls in 200 million dollars in first day
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Sep 17, 2010
That's the dollar estimate in the first 24 hours in the US and Europe. That's compared to 170 million for Halo 3 when it was released in 2007. ...
Internet Explorer 9 beta launches
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Sep 17, 2010
I think we need a new story category on this blog: Geek Chow. Stories that probably don't matter a whole lot in the short term to the average...
Microsoft engages in Fort Gay bashing
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Sep 14, 2010
Josh Moore lives in the very small town of Fort Gay, WV. He signed up to play on the Xbox Live network and entered his hometown as part of his...
