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HP’s Snapfish acquires video host Motionbox

July 12th, 2010
HP-owned photo and video site Snapfish has acquired video host Motionbox. The pickup brings considerable video chops to HP's photo-focused site.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

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Skype, Fring throw punches over iPhone hang up

July 12th, 2010
A flurry of pointing fingers between Skype and Fring outline a service interruption for iPhone 4 users trying to make two-way video calls via Fring.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

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Microsoft extends Windows XP downgrade rights

July 12th, 2010
The company had planned to end the option with the shipping of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, which entered beta on Monday.

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Ballmer talks up Windows 7 slates, phones

July 12th, 2010
Speaking at a partner conference, Microsoft's CEO reiterates that there will be thin tablets with Windows 7 this year. However, just having slates doesn't mean the company has an answer for the iPad.

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Microsoft’s telescope gets a better view of Mars

July 12th, 2010
The software maker has teamed with NASA to offer much more expansive imagery. Other improvements to the telescope make the seams between individual images much less visible and add an improved spherical image of the full sky.

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RIM’s new BlackBerry Protect does remote backup

July 12th, 2010
The BlackBerry maker introduces a free, cloud-based service for remotely backing up, finding, wiping, and restoring the contents of your lost or stolen BlackBerry phone.

Originally posted at Crave

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Facebook to promote new U.K. safety app

July 12th, 2010
Britain's online child-safety agency had wanted Facebook to install a mandatory "panic button" throughout the site. The social network disagreed, but is promoting the agency's app and fan page.

Originally posted at The Social

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Microsoft ready to test Windows 7 update

July 12th, 2010
At its partner conference Monday, company will announce it's ready with beta versions of service pack updates to both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

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Microsoft boxing up its Azure cloud

July 12th, 2010
Redmond announces that HP, Dell, and Fujitsu plan to offer server appliances that let large businesses run their own local versions of Microsoft's cloud-based OS.

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Microsoft sets price for Windows Intune

July 12th, 2010
At its partner conference on Monday, Redmond says it will charge $11 per computer per month for its upcoming cloud-based PC protection and management service.

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