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February 16, 2010 – Microsoft Unveils Game-Changing Windows Phone 7
The Sydney Morning Herald
Microsoft has moved from the backseat of the smartphone war to front and centre, unveiling a radically redesigned operating system that will soon become a serious challenger to Apple’s iPhone.
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February 4, 2010 – Microsoft, NSF Offer Scientists Azure Access
InformationWeek
Microsoft and the National Science Foundation are partnering to allow government-funded scientists free access to Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform, the two announced today.
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January 20, 2010 – Microsoft Urges Government and Industry to Work Together to Build Confidence in the Cloud
Microsoft News Center
Today, Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel at Microsoft Corp., urged both Congress and the information technology industry to act now to ensure that the burgeoning era of cloud computing is guided by an international commitment to privacy, security and transparency for consumers, businesses and government.
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January 19, 2010 – Microsoft to Limit Search Data Retention to 6 Months
ZDNet
Microsoft said today that it will reduce the amount of time it stores search data from 18 months to six months, a move that leaves Google as the only major search engine that hasn’t met the latest demands of European privacy regulators, according to reports.
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January 14, 2010 – White House Talks Tech with 50 CEOs
PC Magazine
In the midst of planning disaster recovery for the people of Haiti, the White House on Thursday will host a forum on modernizing government, which will bring together 50 of the nation’s top CEOs to discuss how agencies and officials can better utilize technology.
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February 17, 2010 – Microsoft Announces Facebook, MySpace Partnerships for Outlook
eWeek
Microsoft is partnering with Facebook and MySpace to allow users to see updates, photos and activities from those social-networking services within Outlook, as part of the OSC (Outlook Social Connector) integrated into the upcoming Office 2010. Those social-networking services will join Windows Live and LinkedIn as services capable of being viewed from within Outlook.
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February 9, 2010 – Free Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook Standards Documentation
Softpedia
Approximately two years ago, Microsoft announced a visceral change in strategy designed to make its products more open and to encourage interoperability. Essentially, the Redmond company provided access through what it referred to as open connections to all its high-volume products including Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, the Office, Exchange, and Office SharePoint Server.
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February 1, 2010 – Microsoft’s Azure Cloud is Officially Open for Business
ZDNet
As of February 1, Microsoft officially jumps into the cloud-computing fray and now is charging customers for developing and running apps in its Azure cloud.
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January 13, 2010 – Microsoft, HP Tie Up in Enterprise Deal
PC Magazine
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard announced on Wednesday that the two companies will team up for engineering, sales and marketing initiatives for enterprise hardware and software, in what HP chief executive Mark Hurd termed the deepest collaboration ever between the two firms.
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