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Microsoft Folds Windows Live Messenger Into Skype
InformationWeek
Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is retiring Windows Live Messenger and allowing those customers to instead use Skype, in an effort to make Skype the company's main instant messaging software. This means that consumers can sign in using their ...
Microsoft's investment in Brazil to spur Rio research boom-execs
Reuters
New $100 mln research center anchors downtown renewal. * Brazil pushes for high-tech jobs to boost productivity. BRASILIA Nov 7 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will invest 200 million reais ($100 million) in a new research center in Rio de Janeiro ...
32 GB Microsoft Surface has only 16 GB of free space
Los Angeles Times
That means users who buy the flagship Microsoft tablet will only have about half the storage space that's advertised to install their own apps and store movies, music, books and any other kind of content. Microsoft explains that the lack of free space ...
Microsoft Office for iOS, Android to have Office 365 subscription tie-in: Report
ZDNet (blog)
It's unclear from today's Verge report if Microsoft will be enabling full, locally installable versions of Office for iOS and Android as part of the alleged subscription program. That is the way it works on the Windows side of the house via the new ...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox SmartGlass Support To iOS!
MTV.com (blog)
Thanks to a new update to the Xbox Companion app, SmartGlass has finally arrived on iOS. The update brings several new features to the app, including the ability to use your iDevice for keyboard input and gesture-style navigation through the Xbox 360 ...

MTV.com (blog)
Adobe, Microsoft sync up patch schedule in overdue move
ZDNet
Adobe has adopted Microsoft's Patch Tuesday schedule in a move that's welcome and way overdue. The company on Tuesday issued an update that patched a bevy of Flash security issues. Microsoft also delivered patches for its IE 10 browser, which ...
Microsoft patents spy-TV to check you've paid for content
Register
Microsoft has been granted a patent on a content distribution system that uses cameras built into televisions, PCs, and mobile phones to act as a "consumer detector," to enforce DRM licensing terms. "A fee can be charged for each viewer of the content ...
Microsoft Open-Sources Reactive Extensions Programming Model
eWeek
According to a post on the company's Interoperability@Microsoft, Microsoft Open Technologies (MS Open Tech) is open sourcing Rx, a programming model that enables developers to glue together asynchronous data streams. Microsoft says the model is ...

eWeek
Microsoft store set to open
Cincinnati.com
Stephen Schueler, Microsoft's corporate vice president of global sales and marketing, holds onto the new Microsoft's 'Surface' tablet inside of the new Microsoft store opening at Kenwood Mall. Schueler is a Cincinnati native and former P&G executive.
Rumor Has It: Xbox gaming tablet Microsoft's missing link?
CNET
The election is over, the iPad Mini was revealed, and that can only mean one thing: it's finally Humiliation Day time. But before we get to that, we talk business. Namely the fact that Microsoft is rumored to be working on something that would make ...
Windows 8 users now getting 'how-to' e-mails from Microsoft
CNET
Microsoft is trying to help new Windows 8 users by sending them e-mails that explain the new environment. Users who set up a new Windows 8 PC or tablet and associate it with a Microsoft account will receive two separate e-mails. The first e-mail ...
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Ready to Invest in Brazil, TV
Insider Monkey (blog)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced this week that it will invest $100 million in research, development and startup companies being incubated in Brazil, one of the largest markets in Latin America. With the investment, Microsoft (MSFT) will ...

Insider Monkey (blog)
Surface Fan Spoofs Microsoft Response to Apple iPad Commercial
The Mac Observer
The Mac Observer is (collectively) a huge fan of Apple's iPad and iPad mini, but we are happy to tip our hat to a very entertaining spoof offered up by a fan of Microsoft's new Surface tablet. Forest Gibson posted a spoof response to Apple's current ...

The Mac Observer
Is Microsoft Creating a Cloud TV service?
Zunited
In a recent jobs posting, it appears as though Microsoft is planning on creating a new cloud based TV service. The new service will not be the first time Microsoft enters the realm of Hollywood. Microsoft acquired an internet TV company called Web TV ...
Microsoft to Develop Agile Platform for Intelligent Systems
Technorati
Michael Beck, director of program management for Windows Embedded at Microsoft, says this approach can allow customers to build solutions that drive customer loyalty by offering personalized experiences, help deliver superior patient care, identify ...

Technorati
Microsoft Is On A Mission
PSFK
One of the world's largest software companies, Microsoft, believes its new programme focused on innovative technology education can inspire the world's youth to empower themselves. YouthSpark is a new company-wide initiative to erase the gap between ...
Microsoft grows presence in IPTV middleware space
FierceIPTV
The biggest competition to Microsoft's dominance is coming from outside the United States, particularly in Asia-Pacific, where Chinese system integrators Huawei and ZTE are growing steadily based primarily on the successful expansion of China Telecom.