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Microsoft To Acquire Healthcare Specialist

Sentillion buy gives software maker a range of identity and access management tools for hospital IT systems.

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Microsoft's Non-Family Values
A few bloggers such as Ed Bott have noted that Microsoft quickly retracted its special offer of the Windows 7 Family Pack, which allowed home users to upgrade 3 PCs for a reasonable $150 price. Instead, you'll need to shell out about $120 per PC for an upgrade now. But I have a feeling Microsoft wasn't the driving force behind the demise of the Family Pack.

You Can Touch, But It'll Cost You
Michael Arrington's CrunchPad has become the Fusion Garage JooJoo, and it will launch on Friday. To listen to Arrington's talk of legal action last week, it seemed unlikely this tablet device would ever see the light of day. Yet here it is, real enough to sell, at least unless Arringon's lawyers get an injunction.

I Survived The Great Bing Outage
In case you somehow haven't already heard, Microsoft's Bing search engine disappeared from the Internet for about a half-hour on Thursday. Just like any national tragedy, everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news. I sure will, man, because I was there.

The CrunchPad That Never Was
In 2008, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington had a lovely vision for a $200 portable tablet device that would provide wireless web browsing. Sixteen months later, the collaborators on the CrunchPad are going through a messy divorce and it's not likely to see the light of day. Looking at the project's evolution, though, I can't say I'm surprised.

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