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Microsoft Buys Minecraft's Mojang For $2.5bn
Orange News
15 September 2014, 16:33 | Microsoft Buys Minecraft's Mojang For $2.5bn | Tweet | Microsoft has confirmed it is buying the maker of Minecraft, with the game's creator leaving the company because he is a "nerd", not a CEO. | The US tech giant is stumping up $2.5bn (£1.5bn) for Sweden-based Mojang. | ...
A new Microsoft Corp. logo, left, is seen on an exterior wall of a new Microsoft store inside the Prudential Center mall, in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012.
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Microsoft seeks $US2b deal to buy Minecraft maker
Canberra Times
Microsoft could boost Minecraft sales by using its strong position in video games to increase the number of players, and by expanding licensing for things like toys and movies. | Software company Microsoft Corp., which makes the Xbox video-game console, is said to be in discussions to acquire Mojang...
Microsoft postpones release of Xbox One in mainland China
South China Morning Post
Microsoft, the US tech giant targeted in an anti-monopoly probe by Beijing, is delaying the release of its much-anticipated Xbox One game console on the mainland until the end of the year. | The world's largest software firm and its domestic joint-ve...
Microsoft will double your free OneDrive storage if you auto-upload photos
Engadget
Microsoft has been rather generous with free OneDrive storage lately, and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. Now Redmond is bumping the previous gratis 15GB up by 100 percent, to 30GB. What's the catch? There isn't much of one, really.......
Microsoft will double your free OneDrive storage if you auto-upload photos
Atlanta Journal
Microsoft has been rather generous with free OneDrive storage lately, and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. Now Redmond is bumping the previous gratis 15GB up by 100 percent, to 30GB. All Redmond says you have to do (regardless of if you...
Microsoft Delays Xbox One's China Launch Without Explanation
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft's year-old Xbox One videogame system had a troubled birth, and now it has run into an embarrassing snag in China. ...
Minecraft Could Boost Microsoft's Mobile Reach
Newsfactor
's decision to spend $2.5 billion for the creator of the hit game "Minecraft" could help the Xbox maker grab attention on phones, a new priority for the company. | But the move carries risks, as gamers can be fickle. Although the Lego-like multiplaye...
Microsoft Courts iOS 8 Users With OneDrive Free Space Promotion
Mashable
Amid all the iOS 8, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus excitement, Microsoft wants to remind the world that OneDrive is still a thing. | Through the end of September, Microsoft is offering new OneDrive users 30GB of free OneDrive space. That's up from the 15...
Microsoft Promises 10-Year Old It Won’t Mess Up ‘Minecraft’, YouTube Makers To Be Left Alone
The Inquisitr
Sabrina’s letter opened by imploring the company not to change Minecraft and then dove into explaining why the game is fun and educational. “Everyone I know, both boys and girls (except for Ruth), loves Minecraft the way it is. So, Micros...
Science
Cannabis (drug)
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Research is biased against pot to focus on harm, not benefits
Tampa Bay Online
Is America’s scientific research biased to focus on the harmful effects of drugs? | That was one of the questions at the heart of a congressional hearing this summer seeking to understand more comprehensively the scientific evidence related to marijuana. And it was how Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, found ...
Technology
Liam Neeson
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Why Liam Neeson Movies Are A Guaranteed Success At The Box Office
San Francisco Chronicle
Liam Neeson returns to theaters this weekend in new action thriller "A Walk Among the Tombstones." | The film has some steep competition from new young adult adaptation "The Maze Runner," which is expected to bring in north of $35 million this weekend. | Boxoffice.com projects "Tombstones," based on the Lawrence Block novel of the same name, to mak...



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