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In a new commercial for Bing, Microsoft celebrates the “heroic women” of 2013, including DOMA champion Edith Windsor and distance swimmer Diana Nyad.

Microsoft has purchased Finland-based Nokia’s cell phone business in a $7.2B deal that the New York Times is calling an “audacious effort” to capture the mobile market that has “largely passed it by.” Late Monday, Microsoft and Nokia said 32,000 Nokia employees would join Microsoft as a result of the all-cash deal, which is meant to turn the Finnish mobile …

According to reports released yesterday by two firms that analyze the computer market, PC sales have dropped steeply since the release of Windows 8. The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it’s starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology. As if that news …

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According to Forbes Magazine, there are presently 1342 billionaires in the world. Other notables on the list: Michael Bloomberg (#13, $27B), Jeff Bezos (#19, $25B), Sergey Brin (#21, $23B), George Soros (#30, $19B), Mark Zuckerberg (#66, $13B), Rupert Murdoch (#91, $11B), Giorgio Armani (#131, $8B),  Donald Trump (#423, $3B),  Oprah Winfrey (#503, $3B), and Peter Thiel (#931, $1.6B).

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Microsoft says that Hotmail users will be migrated over to Outlook. Outlook.com is coming out of beta testing and is now ready for primetime. The service, which was announced last July, now has 60 million users and will now replace Hotmail.com, Microsoft’s older webmail system. Microsoft’s Hotmail, which was originally MSN Hotmail, has been online since 1997. Hotmail users will …

Nostalgia for the under-30 set.

Microsoft’s pop-up store in Times Square opened in late October to launch the Surface tablet.  Planet Hollywood occupied that corner for years but closed in June in order to split the space between a smaller version of itself and the Orlando-based Buca di Beppo, which next spring will join Applebee’s, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Ruby Tuesday, Chevys, TGI Friday’s, and …

Bill and Melinda Gates have donated $500,000 to Washington state’s campaign to uphold same-sex marriage. The donation was announced Tuesday by Washington United for Marriage, which is working to approve Referendum 74. The donation was made on Oct. 15, but didn’t publicly post online with the Public Disclosure Commission until Tuesday. Referendum 74 asks voters to either approve or reject …

Microsoft is doing away with Hotmail and replacing it something a jillion times better, swear! On Tuesday, Microsoft took the wraps off its new webmail service, which eventually will replace the highly popular Hotmail. The updated service is a big redesign that allows Outlook.com accounts to be synchronized across a range of devices, and includes integration with social networking sites …

Washington state is the first to jump on board. Facebook, Washington state and Microsoft have teamed up to create an app that allows users to register on the social media site through the state’s new “MyVote” app. The effort came about last fall when Microsoft approached Washington state after Facebook contacted the software giant with the idea. When Facebook users …

Microsoft has announced an unprecedented $6.2B quarterly charge due primarily to its flagging battle with Google over search term advertising. The non-cash charge announced Monday could saddle Microsoft with a loss for its fiscal fourth quarter ending in June. Analysts polled by FactSet had predicted Microsoft would earn about $5.3 billion for the period. Microsoft is scheduled to release its …

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer have each donated $100,000 to Washington state’s marriage equality movement. The AP cites Zach Silk, campaign manager for Washington United for Marriage, who says the checks were cut on Friday and are being reported to the state Public Disclosure Commission Monday afternoon. The Washington state Legislature passed the law allowing same-sex marriage …

If it has a keyboard is it really a tablet? The tablet features many of the now-standard tablet specs, including a 10.6 inch high-definition touchscreen and front and rear facing cameras, which all fit into a 9.3 millimeter, 1.5-pound frame. But Surface also brings some new innovations to the tablet space. The device’s cover, for instance, flips down to become …

It’ll be bigger than Bing! Details.

Select your advance opinion: a) They’re totally copying Apple!b) They’re so behind Apple!c) Why isn’t everyone using Apple? Preview here.

From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today renewed its commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Gates Foundation is giving $750 million through a promissory note—a new and innovative funding mechanism. “These are tough economic times, but that is …