PImail (Microsoft) for 2/11/2010

Microsoft Microsoft said to be among suitors for CrowdStar Bloomberg News reports: Microsoft Corp. is among companies in talks to buy CrowdStar, the creator of games for social-networking site Facebook, according to two people familiar with the matter. Gates on iPhone: 'Oh my God, MSFT didn't aim high enough' During the TED Conference this week in Long Beach, Calif., BNET's Brent Schlender asked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates what he thought of Apple's new iPad tablet. Windows 7 hacking vulnerabilities to get fixed Bad news for you software pirates. In the coming days, Microsoft is updating Windows 7 so it detects more than 70 known hacks and notifies users if their operating system is pirated. Office for Mac 2011 coming by the holidays By the end of this year, Mac users will finally get the Microsoft Office feature people either love or hate: the ribbon user interface. Winter Olympics: A showroom for Bing, Office, SharePoint It's Olympics time again, which means it's time for the media and corporate frenzy that always goes along with the Games. And to this aspect, Microsoft is no stranger.   Wish you had current local news headlines on your web site? Add the Seattle P-I's FREE headline modules to any web page. Get the code here: http://www.seattlepi.com/onyoursite"> Click here to edit your topics Click here to unsubscribe				CHANGES TO PImail PImail will now be delivered in the afternoon instead of the morning and will contain articles that have been updated in the previous 24 hours. We've deleted some content areas and added a few new ones. Update your selections by clicking here.     USER RESOURCES Edit my e-mail address Edit my topics Unsubscribe

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