Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google and Yahoo (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

8 Jan 2009 at 2:01pm  Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.

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Sony says Microsoft's Xbox 360 is "peddling add-ons" - Seattle Post Intellige...

8 Jan 2009 at 1:33pm 

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Sony says Microsoft's Xbox 360 is "peddling add-ons" Seattle Post Intelligencer - 39 minutes ago LAS VEGAS -- Sony, which is lagging Microsoft in the video game console race, put out a statement last evening saying that it expected the competition "to ... Microsoft expects PS3 price drop 'in the next couple of months' Examiner.com Microsoft Dates PlayStation 3 Price Drop For Springtime Kotaku.com Microsoft claims Xbox 360 sold 8 million worldwide BetaNews Bizjournals.com - Los Angeles Times all 388 news articles

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Reasons to skip Microsoft?s Windows 7 Beta download - ZDNet

8 Jan 2009 at 1:11pm 

New York Times

Reasons to skip Microsoft?s Windows 7 Beta download ZDNet - 1 hour ago Still, I was excited to hear that Microsoft is releasing a beta download of Windows 7 on Friday - a move that might slow the switch-to-Mac momentum out ... Test Drive the latest software with the Microsoft Action Pack ... CRN Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2008: one bulletin Ars Technica CES Interview: Microsoft?s Steve Ballmer New York Times USA Today - CNN International all 1,018 news articles

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Microsoft's Ballmer touts 'best version of Windows ever' (CNN)

8 Jan 2009 at 12:19pm  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company's future Windows 7 operating system.

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