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"Not so fast, AT&T" - big tech companies

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John Moe
Mar 24, 2011
We've reported on how Verizon doesn't really plan to oppose the big mega merger because they figure, hey, it's gonna go through no matter what. But...
Posted In: AT&T, business, ebay, Facebook, Google, government, Law, Microsoft, T-Mobile
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Firefox 4 to launch next week

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John Moe
Mar 18, 2011
Suddenly the browser wars are just flat blowing up. Google released its latest version of Chrome last week. This week saw the release of Internet...
Posted In: Chrome, firefox, gadgets, Google, internet explorer, Microsoft, mozilla, search, Web Culture
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Online privacy hearing today

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John Moe
Mar 16, 2011
The Senate Commerce Committee holds a hearing today at 10am Eastern on the State of Online Consumer Privacy. Committee Chairman John Rockefeller (D...
Posted In: Congress, government, Law, Microsoft, privacy
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Mid-day Update: More on Japan, goodbye Zune

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Katharine Crnko
Mar 15, 2011
On today's show, Marketplace continued to follow the effects of Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The Japanese government is monitoring the...
Posted In: Dai-Ichi, evacuation, Fukushima, gas prices, Hawaii, iodide, Japan, Microsoft, mid-day update, millionaire, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear power, Oil, oil price, radiation, Tokyo, Twitter, zune
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Zune player dies, Zune lives on

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John Moe
Mar 15, 2011
Microsoft will no longer make Zune music players citing weak demand and a desire to focus on the smartphone market. This should come as no shock to...
Posted In: apple, brown zune, business, Entertainment, gadgets, ipod, Microsoft, Music, zune
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Microsoft launches IE9

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John Moe
Mar 15, 2011
Microsoft formally announced the browser that has been kicking around in test versions for a year now. Internet Explorer 9 began rolling live last...
Posted In: business, internet explorer, Microsoft, Web Culture
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IE9 launches at SXSWi

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John Moe
Mar 11, 2011
The techy hipster Woodstock is not the kind of place you'd expect to see Microsoft doing a whole lot. It's kind of like your dad crashing a rave....
Posted In: business, internet explorer, Microsoft, search, sxsw, Web Culture
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Kinect outsells iPad, everything else

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John Moe
Mar 10, 2011
As we mock Microsoft for being late on music players, late on smartphones, ridiculously late on tablets, let us observe that they are kicking all...
Posted In: Entertainment, gadgets, games, kinect, Microsoft
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Global Network Initiative is withering on the vine

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John Moe
Mar 7, 2011
Three years ago, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft signed on to a code of conduct designed to protect free speech and protect privacy online. The Global...
Posted In: Egypt, Facebook, Google, government, Microsoft, privacy, social media, Twitter, Web Culture, Yahoo
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Microsoft tries to kill Internet Explorer 6

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John Moe
Mar 7, 2011
Wait, didn't Microsoft MAKE Internet Explorer 6? Indeed they did but it's a pretty old product and a really bad one. IE6 was first released back in...
Posted In: business, can't kill the beast, internet explorer, Microsoft, privacy, security, stabbed it with their steely knives, Web Culture

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