Lets take a quick look on some major recent happenings in the Cloud Computing World.

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According to reports, Microsoft wants Samsung to pay them $15 for every Android device they sell. Microsoft claims to own the patent for several Android components.

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Concern have been raised about the boundaries of the US Patriot Act. Some have been suggesting that the Act requires them US based companies to give user data to the US government, if asked for it, regardless of the location of the server.

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There is a good news for Windows Phone 7 users. The highly addictive game – Angry Birds finally makes it way to Windows Phone 7 after a long wait.

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Sticking to the earlier plans, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the launch of Office 365 on Tuesday in an event in New York. This takes out Office 365 from its nine months of beta stage.

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Last month we reported that Microsoft is testing a HTML5 version of SkyDrive that they are planning to release soon. Guess what, they have rolled out the all new HTML5 version of SkyDrive today. The new SkyDrive, built using HTML5 technologies, has replaced the older version which was built using Silverlight. Microsoft has put in…

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According to a report published by Forrester Research, Windows is still the undisputed leader among all other Operating Systems when it comes to corporate usage of computers.

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Microsoft made available yesterday the Kinect for Windows SDK which will allow .Net developers to write Kinecting apps in C++, C#, or VB. The Kinect for Windows SDK beta includes drivers, rich APIs, installation documents, and resource materials.

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With many of the tech giants promoting the Cloud as the next best thing to come, people are looking forward to doing everything on the cloud. In fact, there are already a lot of very good cloud applications – but it is not possible for everyone to leave their desktop software and head to the…

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