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Microsoft's commitment to closing the rural broadband gap with a significant infrastructure boost. ‘Microsoft Airband Initiative’ plan to get broadband in rural areas.

Billionaire Paul Allen, who owned the Seattle Seahawks and the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers has died, The Associated Press is reporting.

Let's take a look at the greatest games the Xbox 360 had to offer, games so great they weren't just memorable, they defined the console.

Reuters reports on Monday, Monsanto and Microsoft announced a partnership to invest in Ag technology startups in Brazil. Monsanto will join a Brazilian investment fund with up to 300 million reais ($92 million), managed by Microsoft, evaluating ideas for new digital tools to be applied to agricultur…

USDA will partner with Microsoft to launch the "Innovation Challenge," a contest designed to explore how climate change will impact the United States' food system. The challenge invites entrants to develop and publish new applications and tools that can analyze multiple sources of informat…

An annual survey of restaurant industry chains suggest that the burger is losing ground to the fast-casual coffee shop concept,. The “Chain Industry Restaurant Review” from GE Capital Franchise Finance shows that consumer dining habits have shifted dramatically as competi…

Microsoft is set to shell out big bucks - a whopping $8.5 billion - to buy Skype Global, the NY Times is reporting.
According to the report, the deal will allow Microsoft to leverage Skype, which last year had 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations, on platforms including Xbox 360, Kine…