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Microsoft today re-confirmed that it will be bringing Xbox Live functionality to PCs -- a move that will come courtesy of the newly showcased

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Odds seem pretty good that, if you're a Linux user who's been aching to give Google Music a spin, you haven't been sitting idly by, waiting to upload your content through official channels.

If you have, in fact, been waiting Google's blessing, however, the time is now.

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Sure, Microsoft might be selling seven copies of Windows 7 a second, but that doesn't mean Redmond isn't planning for the future: the software giant is purportedly beginning to prep ODMs on Windows 8, if these

Some might say that Microsoft just can't catch a break.

Others might argue that it's getting exactly what it deserves.

As Microsoft enters 2009, its video game console may be the "X factor," as the Xbox 360 represents software giant at its best, according to a new report.

"Microsoft delivered a reasonably solid and full- featured product ahead of rivals," said Christopher Saunders of InternetNews.

Microsoft's approach to the "long view" in expansive ventures such as Xbox was the right strategy, according to a new report.

The staff at Redmond's Directions on Microsoft maintains that with Xbox, the software giant sustained breathtaking losses, but gained a foothold in the market.

"Microsoft has always taken the long view. It routinely invests billions of dollars in expansive ventures such as Xbox, MSN, and Dynamics with an eye to far-off opportunities and threats.

Once engaged, it very rarely retreats.

With Microsoft's announcement today to buy cell phone software maker Danger Inc., the deal may not only strengthen the software giant's position in consumer mobile phones and strengthen defenses against Google's Android platform, but also mean a new addition for gamers.

The acquisition will provide more applications to Xbox through existing Danger services, Microsoft said.