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Facebook Gets Huge Oregon Tax Break
Facebook has had a huge day! Not only did they have their IPO, but they also dodged a huge bullet today when the Oregon Governor signed a bill today that assesses big data centers for taxes on their local value, …
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Xbox 360 Comes Free With Windows PC Purchase
I went to the University of Kentucky for five years. During that time, I learned that everybody had a MacBook. They seemed to have bought the computer for one reason – it’s totally the coolest, duh!. Jokes about stereotypical MacBook …
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Microsoft, Google Working on Competing Cloud Storage
Will Amazon’s popular EC2 cloud soon be facing competition from Google and Microsoft? If reports are true, Amazon’s position as the preferred cloud storage facility for a number of web properties, including WebProNews, could be directly threatened. Thanks to a …
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Bing Search API Now Available With Tiered Pricing Structure
Microsoft turned some heads last month when they announced that the Bing Search API would be heading exclusively to the Windows Azure Marketplace. A lot of non-profit groups like libraries were understandably upset because Microsoft wanted $40 a month just …
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Apple TV May Get Apple’s Own Version Of Kinect
The Apple rumor mill has been in high gear these days. What with reports of an iPad Mini, the new iPhone, and the iTV, speculation about what Apple’s got coming down the product pipeline has been rampant. Reports about Apple’s …
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Windows Phone 8 To Arrive By The End Of The Year?
As the release of the next iteration of Microsoft’s Windows operating system nears, a few major questions remain unanswered. Specifically, nobody quite knows when Windows 8 will be releasing to the public. Late summer seems a likely candidate, but no …
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Microsoft Will Remove Crapware – For The Same Price as Windows 7
Microsoft is now pushing PC’s that not only come with Windows 7, but come with a “cleaner” version of the operating system that is free of “crapware.” Software, such as DVD playback programs, customer help icons, and trial games, is …
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Google Releases API .NET Client Version 1.2
Updates are a common thing in the land that Google occupies on the Internet. One of the more rare updates to come from the company, however, are for its Google APIs .NET client library. You can celebrate today as a …
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Microsoft Beats Out Google in Cloud Deal
In a deal indicative of Microsoft’s lock on the cloud-based productivity software suite market, the company just won a bid to provide 250,000 college students in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) with software, edging out Google in the …
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Halo 4 Details Revealed in 343 Industries Interview
Frank O’Connor, the franchise development director for Halo at 343 Industries, gave an interview to Wal-Mart’s gamecenter. He let slip a few details about the Halo 4 campaign, but is mostly vague on what Master Chief will be up against. …
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