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Business/Tech Microsoft to raise Xbox Live Gold subscription price Starting Nov. 1, the price of an Xbox Live Gold subscription is rising from $50 per year to $60 per year, Microsoft announced Monday. New Xbox controller gets convertible D-pad, gray buttons Five days after launching Kinect, which lets gamers use no controller at all, Microsoft will release a refreshed Xbox 360 controller with a convertible directional pad. The D-pad twists to morph from a disc-like design to a plus-sign design. Microsoft to build $500M data center in Virginia Microsoft plans to spend nearly $500 million building a new data center in Southern Virginia, the state's governor announced. Swedish doctors to climb Mount Rainier for organ donors A team of doctors from Swedish Medical Center will attempt to summit Mount Rainier this week. And the doctors willl be live streaming the climb, talking about the need for organ donors. Hotmail indeed gets push support, and here's who can use it As of Monday, Hotmail, Microsoft's popular webmail service, finally supports push notifications and synchronization on mobile devices. But not on rival Google's Android operating system. Bing app lands on Verizon's Android marketplace Monday marked the release of the Bing app on the Android mobile OS. And sure, while that means Android users can now get a Bing app, it also means Microsoft is opening up its closed-off world and tailoring its services for other platforms. Where's Aubrey? I'm heading off on vacation for a week and will return Sept. 8. See you then. Bellingham International Airport closing for runway paving Bellingham International Airport is scheduled to shut down its only runway for paving and repair from 11 p.m. Tuesday until 5 a.m. Sept. 22. Report: People don't voluntarily pay to 'green' flights Just 7 percent of U.K. air passengers contribute to a fund to offset the carbon emissions of their flights, according to a government study of passengers at Stansted airport. More than 60 vintage aircraft set to fly this weekend Aviation fans can see more than 60 vintage aircraft in flight during Vintage Aircraft Weekend on Saturday and Sunday at the Historic Flight Foundation's Restoration Center on Paine Field, 10719 Bernie Webber Drive, Mukilteo.   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

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