Microsoft suspends Juku amid plagiarism charges
AFP - 1 hour 3 minutes agoMicrosoft has suspended MSN Juku, its new microblogging service in China, amid allegations that much of the code was lifted from a Canadian startup, Plurk.
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Microsoft investigating charges it stole rival's code
CNET - Mon Dec 14, 6:39 pm ETCompany issues statement saying it's looking further into allegations that it used a rival's code and design for a microblogging service in China.
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Opposition mounts to Oracle's MySQL acquisition
Linux Today - Mon Dec 14, 6:17 pm ETComputerworld: "You might have thought it was just open-source advocates objecting to the deal out of the fear that Oracle, the world's biggest proprietary DBMS (database management systems) company, would close down the most popular open-source DBMS. You'd be wrong. Microsoft wants to block the deal, too."
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Startup says Microsoft ripped off its microblogging service
seattlepi.com - Mon Dec 14, 6:12 pm ETUpdated 4 p.m.: Microsoft provides an official statement, though it doesn't say anything of substance.
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L.A. Picks Google Apps And Partner CSC For E-mail System
ChannelWeb - Mon Dec 14, 5:46 pm ETThe City of Los Angeles is implementing Google Apps to replace its Novell GroupWise e-mail system and build a new development platform with the help of solution provider CSC, which beat Microsoft and other providers in October to get the bid.
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'09's Most Talked-About Brand: Microsoft
AdWeek - Mon Dec 14, 5:36 pm ETKanye West, Kate Gosselin and Michael Jackson were among the top trending topics on Twitter in 2009, but Microsoft and other tech brands dominated the blogosphere, per Zeta Interactive.
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Opalis Finds New Home
ServerWatch - Mon Dec 14, 5:22 pm ETMicrosoft makes a move to expand its datacenter management capabilities with the acquisition of the IT process automation firm.
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Time Warner Inc., AOL Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corporation
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 14, 5:00 pm ETCHICAGO----Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
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Hackers Build Self-Destruct Code To Counter Police Forensics
The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 14, 4:59 pm ETWhat's Your Reaction? Hackers have released an application designed to thwart a Microsoft-packaged forensic toolkit used by law enforcement agencies to examine a suspect's hard drive during a raid.
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Adweek calls "Get a Mac" the ad campaign of the decade
MacNN - Mon Dec 14, 4:56 pm ETApple's "Get a Mac" ads have been called the campaign of the decade, according to Adweek's Best of the 2000s report. The series, created by TBWA/Media Arts Lab, has been aired since 2006 and now includes over 60 different ads. Most of the commercials have been relentlessly critical of Microsoft and its Windows operating system....
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Five cool Microsoft applications that are completely free
TechRepublic - Mon Dec 14, 4:32 pm ETMicrosoft isn t known for giving away its products, but Bill Detwiler shows where to find five free Microsoft programs that can be useful and fun.
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MIT Gets in the Motion-Sensing Game
IEEE Spectrum - Mon Dec 14, 4:25 pm ET2010 is shaping up to be the Year of Hands-Free Controls. Last week I blogged about a patent from Sony for a new motion-sensing videogame controller. This comes after several months of hype/speculation about Microsoft's Project Natal: a motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360.
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Seattle City Hall completes switch to Microsoft
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Alien Breed Evolution on XBLA This Week, Trials HD DLC Next Week
1up.com - Mon Dec 14, 4:08 pm ETIf you're more interested in new Xbox Live Arcade games rather than picking up old ones on the cheap with some of the upcoming Deal of the Week specials, this week will please you. As previously announced , this week will see just one new release: episode one of Alien Breed Evolution , the latest game in Team17's Alien Breed series, for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). The isometric shooter is a ...
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Plurk Says Microsoft Stole Its Software For China Service
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 3:37 pm ETPlurk , a popular microblogging service in Asia, particularly Taiwan and the Philippines, is accusing Microsoft of plagiarizing the design and programming code of its Web site.
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Windows Mobile 7 May Be Delayed Even Further
ChannelWeb - Mon Dec 14, 3:31 pm ETMicrosoft's mobile struggles look set to continue as an executive in the U.K. recently let slip that Windows Mobile 7 isn't due for release until late next year. Presented By: NEC Ads by Pheedo
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Microsoft Fined In India For Using "Money Power" Against Pirates
Slashdot - Mon Dec 14, 3:27 pm ETbhagwad writes "The Delhi High Court has found Microsoft guilty of using money and influence to make it expensive to defend against piracy cases. According to the judge, 'When the constitution of India provides equality before law, this equality has to be all pervasive and cannot be allowed to be diluted because of money power or lobbying power.' Furthermore, the judge said that Microsoft had to ...
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Twitter rival Plurk claims UI, code ripped off by Microsoft China
Computerworld - Mon Dec 14, 3:10 pm ETComputerworld - Plurk, a micro-blogging service popular in parts of Asia, claimed today that its site design and underlying code were copied by a recently debuted service from Microsoft Corp.'s China division.
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How To Keep Track of All Those Codenamed Microsoft Products [Microsoft]
Gizmodo - Mon Dec 14, 3:04 pm ETKeeping track of all the products coming out of Microsoft is no easy task, especially when the codenames for those products are constantly changing. To make things easier, ZDNet has compiled a...
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Seattle Blogs: The Coming Microsoft-Google Phone Wars?
Seattle Weekly - Mon Dec 14, 2:54 pm ETServing up the best of the local blogosphere, once daily. - All About Microsoft asks if Google's new Nexus One phone will spur a Microsoft copycat. While TechFlash explains how Microsoft... Continue reading "Seattle Blogs: The Coming Microsoft-Google Phone Wars?"
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A Deluge of Data Shapes a New Era in Computing
The Hendersonville Times-News - 1 hour 36 minutes agoJOHN MARKOFF A new book is a tribute to a Microsoft researcher, lost at sea in 2007, who argued that computing was transforming science.
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