Microsoft has nixed the Most Valuable Professional award given to a developer last week because his software is distributed with known adware, the company said Monday.Last week, Cyril Paciullo, the creator of Messenger Plus — an add-on to Microsoft’s Windows Live IM client — announced he’d been given the award, which is granted to people who Microsoft believes make significant contributions to the technology community.
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Considered not long ago to be an acquisition candidate and lagging in the latest mobile phone technology, T-Mobile has made a decision to battle its U.S. counterparts for technology leadership. The company is committing nearly $7 billion to the effort.
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Ingenio Inc. on Monday said Microsoft has agreed to carry the company’s pay-per-call listings in Windows Live Search for mobile phones. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Blinkx.tv on Monday said it has licensed its video-search engine to Microsoft Corp. for use in some MSN Web properties and Live.com sites. Financial details were not disclosed.
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LOS ANGELES - From offices above a pizza parlor in San Mateo, Calif., YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen birthed a video-sharing Web site that has made a huge mark in the Internet and entertainment world after barely a year in operation.
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