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Microsoft 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. 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.   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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