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Microsoft's New Slogan: Hey, It Could Be Worse

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July 23, 2010
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Microsoft's New Slogan: Hey, It Could Be Worse Microsoft's new slogan may be a bit on the strange side, but it's not nearly as bad as some of the company's past attempts at creating catchphrases.
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Microsoft Lands Big Licensing Deal for Arm Chips Microsoft will design its own Arm-compatible chip cores under a new license for Arm microprocessor technology.
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Facebook Passes 500 Million Users: Attempts an Image Reboot Facebook is changing its profile picture, so to speak, to something warm and fuzzy as it begins a march to a billion users and Web dominance.
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PS3 Netflix Disc-Free Streaming Coming by October Netflix announces plans to bring its streaming video service directly to the PS3 and acknowledges Hulu Plus and MVPDs as primary competitive threats.
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Microsoft Fourth Quarter Boosted by Office, Windows Sales UPDATE: Net income was up 48 percent compared to a year ago.
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