SEATTLE (AP) — Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist, technology investor and owner of several professional sports teams, has died. He was 65. He died Monday in Seattle, according to his company Vulcan Inc. Earlier this month Allen announced that the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that […]
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Microsoft and RTO Wireless to bring broadband to 125K in Maine
Microsoft and RTO Wireless are partnering to expand broadband internet service to more than 290,000 people in New York and Maine. A spokeswoman said Monday that the project will roll out over a seven-year period, reaching 165,000 people in New York state and 125,000 people in Maine. Shelley McKinley, Microsoft’s head of technology and corporate […]
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Amy D. Lajoie
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Amy Danielle Lajoie, 40, of Oldsmar, Fla., died Sunday, Feb. 11, at Suncoast Hospice Care Center, following a long illness. She was born in Lewiston, May 24, 1977, the daughter of Donna (Gendron) Coburn, now of Sabattus, and Daniel Lajoie of Naples. Amy graduated from Oak Hill High School in Wales and […]
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Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
Linkedin Corporation (LNKD) | FindTheCompany NEW YORK— In a surprise move, Microsoft said Monday that it is buying professional networking service site LinkedIn for about $26.2 billion. It is by far Microsoft’s largest acquisition, bigger than Skype, which the company bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. LinkedIn, based in Mountain View, California, has more than […]
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Microsoft teases new ‘Crackdown,’ ‘Halo’ collection at Electronic Entertainment Expo
LOS ANGELES — It’s all about the games for Microsoft at E3. Microsoft focused exclusively on hyping titles coming to its Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles during its presentation Monday ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the game industry’s annual trade show. The new Xbox One games included a fresh installment of the open-world […]