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Microsoft CEO Swears By This Twitter Thing

6:20AM Ryan Tate | Steve Ballmer has seen the future, and it’s Twitter. Microsoft’s CEO seemed far more excited by the microblogging startup than any of the offerings from his company during a three-and-a-half minute discussion with the BBC about coming technology. More »

Extreme Makeovers For Geeky Microsoft Execs

6:41AM Ryan Tate | It looks like Microsoft is trying to make key executives look younger and cooler with new clothes and haircuts. This is certainly one way to try and unseat the iPhone and PlayStation among college kids. More »

Microsoft Helps China Oppress People

11:19PM Ravi Somaiya | Gates and co have admitted that a weakness in Internet Explorer allowed the Chinese government (allegedly) to attack the Gmail accounts of human rights activists, prompting Google to leave the country. And potentially causing a diplomatic incident. More »

Why News Corp. Keeps Threatening To Leave Google

4:15AM Ryan Tate | For the second time this week, News Corp. has promised to yank its content from Google, this time within “months”. The conglomerate said loudly that search is profitless. But maybe that’s just its way of making search hugely profitable. More »

Sluggish Microsoft To Fire Hundreds This Morning

2:57AM Ryan Tate | Microsoft will begin its third 2009 layoff round as soon as this morning, TechFlash reports, because the software giant’s growth has slowed considerably. Conference rooms are already reserved. More »

Bing Heats Google Ice Queen

3:41AM Ryan Tate | It’s been 10 years since Microsoft decisively buried Netscape, and Silicon Valley is still frightened of the monster in Redmond, Washington. Even giant Google is paranoid; the company is increasingly said to be chasing Microsoft’s tail lights. More »

The Retreat Of King Twitter

3:30AM Ryan Tate | With great power comes great responsibility, and with great responsibility comes great headaches. So after years as the hottest, most talked about startup in Silicon Valley, Twitter is ready to relinquish some control of the national conversation. More »

AP’s Betting The Farm Microsoft Will Crush Google

5:48AM Ryan Tate | The Associated Press, self-declared enemy of internet evildoers, says it has seen some awesome new Microsoft search technology—top secret stuff—that will return its content to a position of total world domination. Google is so history. More »