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  • Microsoft backtracks on Xbox hard drive

    After quietly revealing earlier this year that it was boosting the capacity of the hard drive on its upcoming Xbox video game console from 8GB to 10GB, Microsoft has even more quietly reverted to the original figure.

  • Microsoft's long-playing business record

    The antitrust investigation into Microsoft's activities lasted nearly half a decade, but by the time regulators finally came to a landmark conclusion, Microsoft had already established its position and the rival product was all but defunct.

  • Machiavelli, schizophrenia and Microsoft's never-ending story

    Unless one side or another decides to appeal, Friday's decision could mark the final chapter in a case once said to be a definitive one for antitrust law in the 21st century.

  • The privacy debate: The darker side of customer intimacy

    You may be spending generously to get closer to your customers, but can you guarantee their privacy? To a legal certainty? If these questions make you nervous, join the stampede: December 21, the date new national privacy laws kick into effect, is a whole lot closer than you think.

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