Microsoft settles in IM spam suit (ZDNet Asia)

Funmobile, accused in a Microsoft suit of sending IM spam, has been ordered to stop grabbing Windows Live users’ personal information

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Blog - SXSW: Microsoft Researcher says Privacy Isn’t Dead (Technology Review)

danah boyd opens SXSW with a keynote on what it means to expect privacy online. danah boyd (she prefers no caps) gave a cogent and important keynote this weekend at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive on the nature of privacy online. Following two privacy missteps–one from Google and one from Facebook–the Microsoft social media researcher presented an impassioned argument for why privacy is …

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Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix (CIO)

Microsoft yesterday said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday.

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iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship [Bluster] (Gizmodo)

# bluster The WSJ has a discussion today of the phenomenon of the iPhone-using Microsoft employee. Apparently that time Ballmer fake-stomped an iPhone is emblematic of some (barely) real anti-iPhone sentiment in Redmond. More »

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iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship [Bluster] (Gizmodo)

EA’s In-House Sales Shot Grazes Microsoft (Mediaweek)

Electronic Arts’ decision last week to take its in-game advertising business in house represented a body blow to third-party vendors such as Microsoft’s Massive Inc. and IGA Worldwide.

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How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market (Slashdot)

An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. “The cards Sony has placed on the table this week suggest one answer to that question.

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Microsoft’s MSN Homepage, Bing Gains, Flash Support Highlighted Week (eWeek)

Microsoft had a Web- and mobile-centric week, centered on developments with its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series and a redesigned MSN homepage, as well as another report of incremental market-share gains for its Bing search engine. The news also highlighted that interlinked nature of Microsoft’s competitors in the online space, including Google, Yahoo and Apple.

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The cadence of Microsoft security patches (ZDNet)

While the exact details of Microsoft’s security patches are generally treated as news, the expected workload each month really shouldn’t be a guessing game because Microsoft’s patch releases are predictably cyclical.

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Microsoft Patches its Patch (PC World)

Microsoft admits its Office patch crashes apps and turns English into Chinese; releases another fix.

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Microsoft, Sony Both Pleased with February Results (Gamers.com)

With the Xbox 360 set as the top selling console for February 2010 according to the NPD, Microsoft was eager to trumpet its success.

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