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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft has suspended MSN Juku, its new microblogging service in China, amid allegations that much of the code was lifted from a Canadian startup, Plurk. Full Story »

(Reuters) - Microsoft said it was temporarily suspending its MSN China microblogging site, Juku, as it investigates a complaint of plagiarism from a start-up, Plurk. Full Story »

Microsoft suspended a microblog-style site for Chinese users on Tuesday after the service was accused of copying programming code from Plurk, a Twitter rival popular in Asia. Full Story »

Microsoft and Google have built Web applications designed to highlight environmental problems coinciding with the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen that run through Friday. Full Story »

Microsoft has fixed a problem in Office 2003 that prevented the software from opening documents saved using its access control technology. Full Story »

Techinciter believes 2010 will be another tough year for Microsoft, though less so than the year that is about to end. Windows 7 will be a hit with business users, but Office 2010 has a lot of convincing to do. Like Windows XP, Office 2007 is proving to be long-lived and hard to displace. Full Story »

How should you react when Microsoft's Windows Update tells you "403 - Forbidden: Access is denied"? This happened to me and to quite a few other users of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003; just how many were affected isn't yet clear. What's important is that we have a solution. Full Story »

Futurist Mark Anderson releases a year's worth of predictions on an annual basis. For 2010, Anderson predicts that Microsoft's consumer business is doomed, that Ray Ozzie may leave, and that a cloud catastrophe looms. Full Story »

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Microsoft Corp. may accelerate up to $150 million in reimbursements due Yahoo Inc. if their proposed Internet search partnership is approved by regulators. Full Story »

Microsoft plans to buy health-care software maker Sentillion for an undisclosed sum in order to expand its own health-care offerings and capitalize on an upcoming opportunity for new sales. Full Story »

PARIS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A new email client unveiled by Mozilla this week contains code from an unusual source -- the French military, which decided the open source product was more secure than Microsoft's rival Outlook. Full Story »

REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday its board declared a quarterly dividend of 13 cents. Full Story »

As users eagerly await tablets from companies like Apple and Microsoft, Fusion Garage jumped ahead with the demonstration of JooJoo, a handheld Internet and entertainment gadget with a 12.1-inch touch screen. Full Story »

Another Patch Tuesday, another batch of fixes for critical issues. In December's cycle, Microsoft issued six security bulletins that address 12 vulnerabilities, seven rated as critical. Five of those critical updates fix issues in Internet Explorer that could be used in drive-by attacks. Full Story »

Microsoft may begin collecting royalties again for licensing some protocols because clear technical documentation is now available, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday. Full Story »

San Francisco - Among Microsoft's trials and tribulations in the mergers and acquisitions space, a Microsoft official on Tuesday evening cited fear of dealing with the company as an obstacle Microsoft has had to overcome. Full Story »

A group of companies is starting up an Enterprise Cloud Buyers Council in hopes of removing barriers to enterprise use of hosted cloud computing. Full Story »

Today was Microsoft's final Patch Tuesday of 2009. Microsoft released a total of six new security bulletins, the most urgent one affecting a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer for which exploit code already exists. Full Story »