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Microsoft Sues DHL Over Xbox-Busting Train Crash [Microsoft]

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2008-10-11 13:30:00 by Dan Nosowitz in Gizmodo
Microsoft is suing delivery service DHL for their refusal to compensate the boys in Redmond for the destruction of over 21,000 Xboxes in a Texas train derailment. The consoles were due for Hong Kong when the train, carrying two large containers of Xboxes, went off the tracks, sustaining a substantial amount of water and impact damage and,...
 
Tags: train, dhl, fiery train wreck, texas train derailment, microsoft, delivery service dhl, xboxes, impact damage, substantial amount
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft sues DHL over Xbox train derailment

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2008-10-11 11:32:00 by Joshua Topolsky in Engadget
...Microsoft hates? No, not Apple. It really hates DHL. Apparently, the delivery service has hit the folks in Redmond where it hurts: in the Xbox. It seems that 21,600 consoles were totally messed over by "impact damage, wetting, pilfering and shortage" when one of the company's freight trains derailed en route to Long Beach, California. The big...
 
Tags: dhl, dhl refuses, delivery service, xbox, common carrier, freight trains, microsoft, impact damage, district court
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Goes Open, Won't Sue Open Source Developers Either [Microsoft]

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2008-02-21 11:49:39 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...Microsoft is going to play nice with open source. They've laid out for new interoperability principles for their biggest products: Vista, Office 2007, Server 2008 (plus some more bizzy wares) and " all future versions of these products ." Their new get-along principles are "ensuring open connections; promoting data portability; enhancing...
 
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Bill Gates' Made Men: The Wild 'n' Crazy Ventures of the Microsoft Millionaires [Bill Gates Retirement Party]

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2008-06-26 11:00:00 by Dan Nosowitz in Gizmodo
...Microsoft minions have become millionaires through the company's runaway success over the past three decades, and more than a few have dedicated themselves to the kinds of causes and business ventures that only the super-well-heeled can afford. Here are some of Bill's Made Men (and Women Name: Paul Allen Current Job: Owning the World Years...
 
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Are you being naughty Microsoft? - Bad Vista Accounting

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2008-05-25 20:03:51 by max in zedomax.com
...Microsoft ( MSFT ), the IT manager tried 7 times to enter his credit card information, in which it cost him total of $1,632 in duplicate transactions Its an obvious flaw in Microsofts web accounting system yet Microsoft is too big and bulky to react to one customer. Theres not word on Microsofts part yet except for automated computer...
 
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Book Review: Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post Gates Era [Bill Gates Retirement Party]

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2008-06-26 15:50:14 by Brian Lam in Gizmodo
...Microsoft for 25 years think about Bill Gates' retirement? Ask Mary Jo Foley, or consider her book, Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post Gates Era . I read and I found it to be somewhat encyclopedic in its breadth and knowledge of the inner workings of Microsoft, every page chock-full of historical context and deep...
 
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Aastralink RP Deput Coincides with Microsoft Response Point SP1 release

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2008-07-08 08:55:00 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...Microsoft Response Point Service Pack 1 (SP1) release would coincide with Aastra's Response Point phone system debut, which is interesting when you consider Aastra got into the IP-PBX game with a Microsoft IP-PBX competitor - the AastraLink Pro 160 appliance , an Asterisk IP-PBX derivative. Well, today marks the launch of Microsoft Response...
 
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Aastralink RP Debut Coincides with Microsoft Response Point SP1 release

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2008-07-08 08:55:00 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...Microsoft Response Point Service Pack 1 (SP1) release would coincide with Aastra's Response Point phone system debut, which is interesting when you consider Aastra got into the IP-PBX game with a Microsoft IP-PBX competitor - the AastraLink Pro 160 appliance , an Asterisk IP-PBX derivative. Well, today marks the launch of Microsoft Response...
 
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Microsoft Wants to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion [Breaking]

2008-02-01 08:03:52 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo