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	<title>Microsoft Future - Tech, Software, Hardware</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Yahoo spurns Microsoft bid</title>
		<link>http://www.microsoftfuturewatch.com/2008/02/12/yahoo-spurns-microsoft-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Acquisitions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ In a flash of defiance, Yahoo has rejected Microsoft&#8217;s hefty $44.6 billion offer for the company, testing the ground for an even bigger bid.
It appears that Microsoft may be prepared to sweeten its offer, but not by enough to satisfy the Yahoo board, which the software giant may want to retain.
From Yahoo&#8217;s point of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CES: Microsoft Surface apps</title>
		<link>http://www.microsoftfuturewatch.com/2008/01/09/ces-microsoft-surface-apps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bill Gates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surface]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We covered the launch of Microsoft&#8217;s Surface touch-screen computer last year.



This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the company is demonstrating some new application prototypes for the product. 
In his keynote speech, Bill Gates gave a demo of the kinds of interactive retail applications ideal for Surface multi-touch systems. Microsoft claims it “provides a clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows XP SP3 gets closer</title>
		<link>http://www.microsoftfuturewatch.com/2007/12/05/windows-xp-sp3-gets-closer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP is making progress, we hear. Release Candidate 1 is now available from MSDN and also from TechNet.
Windows XP SP3 is expected around about the same time as Windows Vista Service Pack 1. However, it remains true that the installed base is overwhelmingly Windows XP. 
Strange then that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft to acquire more companies</title>
		<link>http://www.microsoftfuturewatch.com/2007/10/23/microsoft-to-acquire-more-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steve Ballmer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Acquisitions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Speaking at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer claimed that the software company will acquire 20 companies a year for the next five years, in the range of $50 million to $1 billion.
Google has also acquired many technology companies over recent years &#8212; at least 10 companies in [...]]]></description>
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