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- Chrome vs. IE 8: A side-by-side comparison
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  But for those of us who want a fast, no-nonsense Web-browsing experience, Chrome is a terrific option. Its ease of use does take some getting used to - imagine that! - and it's an appealing entry into the competitive Web browsing market.
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- 'Eternal Sunshine' director said to be behind Microsoft Seinfeld commercial
  Posted by Jeff from Computer World
  If as one expert said Seinfeld is the perfect pitchman to showcase Vista as the operating system of the 1990's, the director of Eternal Sunshine, a story about breakups in which the protagonist has his memory erased to forget the pain of his ex-girlfriend, may be the perfect compliment to this whole effort. The campaign is already a joke, can't wait to see the rest of it.
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- Microsoft reportedly plans $20 billion stock buyback
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, whose failed bid for Yahoo Inc. helped drive the stock down 17 percent since February, is about to make it up to shareholders with a buyback of as much as $20 billion, according to a top-rated software analyst.
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- On The Hill: Privacy Behind Bipartisan 'Net Data-Collection Probe
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  Worried about privacy issues, top House Democrats and Republicans are jointly questioning data collection practices of Internet network operators who tailor Internet advertising based on a consumer's Web surfing activity.
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- There's no stairway to heavens? Take the elevator
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Before jumping to the conclusion that anyone trying to build an elevator into space must be a little crazy, consider that NASA has put up $2 million for a related contest and several new Seattle-area businesses have started working toward this lofty goal. Many who have long been stubbornly devoted to the idea -- which is simple, based upon an elevator climbing a cable up to a space station -- are meeting through Sunday on the Microsoft campus to consider signs of progress and future challenges.
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- Microsoft shares fall after earnings news, analysts react
  Posted by Jeff from Blog.seattletimes.nwsource
  Microsoft's continued series of dubious acquisitions, sloppy pursuit of google and failed technical execution may finally be catching up to the company. Stock down to $25.00 a share. The stock has failed to show growth from its heights in 99 and 00 (like many other tech boom stocks).
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- Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Service
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  Yahoo opens up their search technology for entrepreneurs to take on Google. Why start from scratch? I wonder if this is the sort of thing Microsoft might consider unprofitable when they purchase the company - and kill this innovative platform.
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Jeff comments on:
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid

This Yahoo bid was stupid from the beginning. Microsoft was going to spend all its cash to chase Google in the advertising business? Huh? Ballmer clearly backed down when he didn’t want to ante up. I suspect the Microsoft board had second thoughts as well.

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7:14 pm 5/03/08
Jeff comments on:
Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

You are misunderstanding – this is about Washington B & O taxes on corporations, not income taxes.

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9:31 pm 4/02/08
aknight comments on:
Blodget: MicroHoo ‘is gonna be a disaster’

At best a year to get the deal closed, two for integration. Multiple groups on each side working on similar projects… Sounds like a great idea and a nightmare to integrate.

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6:30 pm 2/14/08
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High-tech giants seeking massive tax break

Check out my rebuttal to Top Reader Excuses for Microsoft’s Tax Avoidance here.

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11:06 am 2/12/08
edseccocpa comments on:
Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

Your concern that Microsoft is avoiding paying income taxes to the State of Washington is based on the erroneous belief that there is an income tax in Washington. Please check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax

I really don’t know what you’re belly aching about.

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9:53 am 2/04/08
Jwgardner comments on:
Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism

I honestly never would have predicted such thinking from BG several years ago.

What I want to see now is the staunch capitalist’s response to such thinking. Maybe the Economist will have something (dismissive and venomous, as usual) to say about it…

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11:56 am 1/24/08
Shemuses comments on:
Xbox issues to cost Microsoft $1 billion-plus

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