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Xbox Co-Founder Joins Amazon To Work On Devices, Services: 'Too Early To Have Anything To Say'
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 4:27pm | 496A man responsible for helping to bring the Xbox gaming console and Zune media player to life for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a new place to call home after years of helping build up the technology giant’s gaming division. What Happened: While J Allard might not be a household name...
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Zune, Microsoft's Failed Music Service, Was Retired. No One Seemed To Notice.
Monday, November 16, 2015 - 3:48pm | 308Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) decided that Zune, its failed music service, would be retired from the market. Users will no longer be able to either stream or download content to their devices using the Zune music service, a support thread explained. However, Zune devices will still work...
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Why It's Time to Buy Stocks You Know
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 8:58am | 1205There's a reason Robert Freedland recently bought a bunch of household-name U.S. stocks: He thinks international buyers will be doing the same in coming months.“One reason U.S. stocks are going strong versus the rest of the world is because our country is a relative safe haven,” he says. “And...
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Microsoft Tried to Profit from Amy Winehouse's Death
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 10:55am | 352Are there no scruples left in the corporate world? Over the past two decades, society has become so desensitized to the behavior of politicians that we are no longer surprised by what they do. Lying, cheating, stealing – it's never a shock. In the corporate world, things were once a little...
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Why I'm Leaving Windows for Mac
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 1:32pm | 961I've never owned a Mac. Though I've seen them from afar – one has always been within reach at work or at school – I've never been tempted to buy one aside from the indelible lure of using Final Cut Pro. The reason isn't so much a dislike for Apple products as it is a preference for the Windows...