Comcast Turns the Broadband Meter On, and Moves to Usage-Based Billing

Important for people who stream a whole lot of Internet video, or think they might one day.
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Microsoft Gives Windows a Clean Sweep

Microsoft’s “Signature” PCs are streamlined for a cleaner look and better performance.
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Bing Goes Sleek and More Social

Microsoft’s revamped search engine shows promise — if users can adapt.
Bing's Snapshot column helps users do things like make a hotel reservation. Its Sidebar column, far right, shows friends who may have answers to help with a person's current search.

At 28, Few Tech Titans Could Hold a Candle to Zuck

Happy birthday, Mr. Zuckerberg. Where were your fellow tech luminaries when they turned 28?
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Twilio Taps Say Media Vet Kirkpatrick as CFO

Global expansion means it’s time to get serious about managing the finances. But first? Build a Twilio app.
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Ross Levinsohn’s Yahoo Plan: Back to the Future

Want to figure out what Yahoo’s new boss wants to do with the company? Look back at what he did last year.
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Is He In or Is He Out? Crunchtime for Scott Thompson at Yahoo.

Waiting for a verdict in trial of ResuMess.
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Is YouTube’s Ad Pitch Working?

YouTube is trying to convince advertisers to spend big dollars on its upgraded content. They seem receptive.
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Bing and You’re Modeling Every Object on the Planet

We’re literally no longer indexing text. We’re trying to associate data that exists on the web in all forms with the physical object that spawned it in the first place.

– Bing director Stefan Weitz, in an interview with Fast Company’s E.B. Boyd

Microsoft’s Sneaky Success: The Xbox Is the Most Popular Video Player in the U.S.

New data says the game player serves up more video than the iPad, iPhone or Android. Google TV or Apple TV are so far behind they don’t even make the cut.
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