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Microsoft Investigating Windows Phone Marketplace Problems

Microsoft said Thursday it is looking into why customers can’t seem to access the marketplace that serves as the only means for customers to buy and update applications on their Windows Phone 7 device. “We have received reports that customers are having problems accessing Windows Phone marketplace,” a representative said in an email. “We are investigating these reports and will provide an update when we have more to share.”

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work