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Google, Microsoft Testify About Privacy, Behavioral Advertising

A Senate committee wants to know if current practices jeopardize Internet users' privacy, and if older communications and privacy laws make some behavioral advertising practices illegal.

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Microsoft Testing Windows 7 Server
Though there's been plenty of news and innuendo filtering out about Windows 7, we haven't heard much about the next version of Windows Server. Well, it seems Microsoft's begun testing it.

Microsoft Needs Its Mojo Back
Somewhere in the Silicon Valley, there's a Doctor Evil holding a test tube full of Microsoft Mojo. Unlike the golden age of the 1990s, Microsoft isn't generating excitement anymore. Sure, people still care what Microsoft does, but lately it's more like the industry knows the company is headed for a fall and is just rubbernecking to see the inevitable result.

Microsoft To Show Off Spherical Multitouch Computer
Later this month, Microsoft Research will demonstrate a spherical display that can be interacted with through touch. What it could eventually be used for is anyone's guess: it's apparently been paired with a globe application, but is a study in user interfaces as much as anything else.

Microsoft's PDC Looks To Be Big
During the last few months, with the prospect of significant news about the futures of Windows, Office, and online services, there's been a familiar refrain coming from Microsoft camps, both clearly and implied: wait until PDC.

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