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Paul Allen Re-Sues Apple, Google, Facebook

Microsoft co-founder refiles suit after judge's dismissal

(Newser) - Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has re-filed his mammoth patent lawsuit targeting a host of major web companies including Apple, Google, Facebook, Netflix, eBay, Aol, and Yahoo. Allen’s original lawsuit, filed in August, was dismissed because it was too vague, failing to name specific products or services. The refiling, which...

Interactive Porn Reaches Kinect
Interactive Porn
Reaches Kinect
Dec 17, 2010 4:42 AM CST

Interactive Porn Reaches Kinect

Gaming firm creates demo showing kinky XBox possibilities

(Newser) - It took them more than a month, but the adult gaming industry has managed to crack Kinect and use it for interactive porn. Sex simulation gaming company ThriXXX has released a demo showing how the motion-controlled gadget for Microsoft's XBox gaming system can be used for porn pleasure, ABC News...

Microsoft Planning XBox TV Service

Television tech battle back on

(Newser) - Microsoft is planning to leap back into the battle for American living rooms with a new TV service, sources tell Reuters. The company has held talks with TV networks about creating a TV service to be delivered through the XBox console, establishing a "virtual cable operator" that would charge...

Plug-in Syncs MS Office, Google Docs

Cloud Connect lets you work in Word, save online

(Newser) - Google has found a way for users to edit documents online without having to navigate a new application—bringing us a step closer to a cloud computing revolution. The search giant has built a plug-in for Microsoft Office that syncs it with Google Docs, TechCrunch reports. With the Cloud Connect...

Facebook's No. 2 App Is a Surprise

Trailing Farmville is ... Microsoft's Live Messenger

(Newser) - The main finding of a recent survey of Facebook apps is not at all surprising: FarmVille remains the most popular application, with more than 16 million users logging in daily to tend their virtual crops. Plenty of other games populate the top 10. The occupant of the No. 2 slot,...

Google Sues Feds, Claims Microsoft Bias
 Google Sues the Government 
Nov 2, 2010 5:38 PM CDT

Google Sues the Government

Government contracts guilty of killing competition, says suit

(Newser) - Google is suing the Department of the Interior, accusing it of unfairly favoring Microsoft's products in consideration for a government contract, Mashable reports. The DOI is looking for a client to supply an email and collaboration service for its 88,000 employees and contractors, but it has a clause that...

Melinda Gates: Apple Banned at Our House

She. Is. Not. Kidding.

(Newser) - You might think the world's second-richest guy's kids would be spoiled, and they might be: But they sure as hell don't have iPods. Melinda Gates revealed a household ban on all things Apple in an interview with the New York Times Magazine (via HuffPo): Of the kids, she says, "...

Facebook: Bing's New Friend
 Facebook: Bing's New Friend 
Oct 14, 2010 8:08 AM CDT

Facebook: Bing's New Friend

Microsoft search engine adds social features

(Newser) - Microsoft’s Bing is about to implement some intriguing new Facebook-powered features, the companies announced yesterday. Results on Bing will now show you how many of your friends “liked” that item, and any related links they’ve shared, the New York Times reports. This social data will also factor...

Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 Phones

Here's a rundown of the various devices

(Newser) - Microsoft unveiled its new Windows Phone 7 operating system today, showing off a whopping nine phones that will feature it (you can see most of them in the photo gallery). The wide launch presents a not-so-subtle counterpoint to Apple’s monolithic iPhone model, CNET observes. “The phones are always...

Flush With Cash, US Companies Buy Own Stock

Instead of, for example, hiring

(Newser) - American companies are sitting on record piles of cash right now, but instead of spending it to hire more workers or increase productivity, most are choosing to buy back huge quantities of their own stock, the Washington Post reports. This year firms have announced $273 billion in buybacks, more than...

Microsoft to Debut Windows Phone 7 Next Week

Announces Oct. 11 press conference; AT&T will be preferred partner

(Newser) - Windows is at long last ready to roll out its first Windows Phone 7 device. The company has just sent out formal invitations to the big reveal—an Oct. 11 press conference, CNET reports. Steve Ballmer will be in attendance, accompanied by AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega....

Microsoft Sues Motorola Before Launching Phone

Patent lawsuit could be a message to Google

(Newser) - If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em instead. That seems to be Microsoft's latest attempt to make inroads into the mobile phone market as it gets ready to launch its Microsoft Phone 7. In addition to planning to spend $500 million on advertising for the new device, it's decided to...

Why the Press Loves Apple, Google
 Why the Press 
 Loves Apple, 
 Google 
OPINION
Sep 29, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

Why the Press Loves Apple, Google

Because they're the most interesting companies in tech, that's why

(Newser) - Pew Research recently unveiled a stunningly obvious study concluding that the tech company most written about—and fawned over—by the press was (drum roll, please) Apple. In second place? You guessed it, Google. About 26% of all tech articles are about those two juggernauts. But Farhad Manjoo of Slate...

How Russia Uses Microsoft to Crack Down on Dissenters

Confiscates computers on pretext of looking for pirated software

(Newser) - Russia is suddenly very concerned with the rampant pirating of Microsoft software—but apparently only in dissidents' computers, which the Kremlin is confiscating at a breathtaking clip. Typical is an environmental group that protested Vladmir Putin's decision to re-open a factory that had polluted a lake. One afternoon, police appeared...

Double Rainbow Guy Gets Microsoft Gig

(Newser) - Anyone who has seen the Internet viral video often titled "Double Rainbow Guy" knows that the cameraman involved is exceptionally impressed by rainbows. Especially double ones. The ecstatic laughing, sometimes crying video maker is Paul "Hungry Bear" Vasquez, and he has now been hired by Microsoft for a...

Microsoft Execs Thwarted IE Privacy Plans

Defaults were changed to allow tracking and help advertisers

(Newser) - Microsoft had planned to give Internet Explorer 8.0 the most advanced privacy settings in the industry, until executives swept in and made the browser more advertiser-friendly. Explorer was supposed to keep out all kinds of common tracking tools, but Microsoft opted instead to turn the feature off as a...

Apple Products Most Vulnerable To Security Threats

Oracle and Microsoft fare better in new survey

(Newser) - In a report covering the first half of 2010, security firm Secunia found Apple products are the most vulnerable to potential threats, more so than Oracle and Microsoft, which came in second and third, respectively. While vulnerability doesn't necessarily translate directly into being any more or less secure, the report...

Microsoft Insiders Conspire to Oust Ballmer

CEO on the hotseat thanks to low share price

(Newser) - A group of disgruntled senior Microsoft executives have been discussing ways to oust CEO Steve Ballmer, according to a report from Peter Lauria of the Daily Beast. The conspirators are upset both about Microsoft’s stagnant share price and his autocratic leadership style. But with Microsoft’s current board unwaveringly...

Paul Allen Will Give Away Billions
Paul Allen Will
Give Away
Billions
Jul 16, 2010 6:50 AM CDT

Paul Allen Will Give Away Billions

Microsoft co-founder commits most of his fortune to philanthropy

(Newser) - Looks as though Bill Gates' billionaire challenge is paying off: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has pledged to give away most of his $13 billion fortune. He made the vow public a month after Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett urged the world's richest to give away at least half...

12th Russian Spy, a Microsoft Employee, Busted

Moscow grills returned spy ring

(Newser) - As the busted Russian spy ring is interrogated back in Moscow, US authorities deported a 12th alleged member of the group: Alexey Karetnikov, a 23-year-old who was working as a software tester at Microsoft's Washington state headquarters. Karetnikov's Facebook page shows he was married and worked not only for Microsoft...

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