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China's Youth Meet Microsoft: "We are like prisoners... We do not have a life, only work."

http://www.nlcnet.org

Report on manufacturing the Xbox in China: KYE recruits hundreds-even up to 1,000-"work study students" 16 and 17 years of age, who work 15-hour shifts, six and seven days a week. In 2007 and 2008, dozens of the work study students were reported to be just 14 and 15 years old. A typical shift is from 7:45 a.m. to 10:55 p.m.

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The Dogs of War: Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft [graphic]

http://gizmodo.com

What's at stake? Nothing less than the future. Microsoft wants computing to continue to be tied to the desktop—three screens and a cloud, as Ballmer is fond of saying. For Apple, it's all about closed information appliances with lots of third-party apps, computers anybody can use. And for Google, all roads lead to the internet, and the internet is synonymous with Google.

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Google Apps Drops Support for Internet Explorer 6

http://lifehacker.com

More bad news for the browser that just won't die: Google will phase out support for Internet Explorer 6 over the course of 2010, starting with Google Docs and ending by dropping support for Google Calendar and Gmail.

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Global Network Initiative

http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org

a group that includes Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and academic and human rights organizations, endorsed a code of ethics last year that commits companies to "respect, protect and advance user rights to freedom of expression and privacy". Organizers hope to recruit other companies, such as Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/

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Microsoft search to be powered by open source

http://news.cnet.com

As The Register reports, Microsoft's new Kumo search technology is filled with open source and, in fact, the Kumo search team, formerly Powerset, "tr(ies) to use open-source software, if it is available."

In other words, open-source software appears to be the default choice for the Kumo team, not proprietary software. It looks like Microsoft's anti-open-source bubble really has burst.

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Microsoft's Full Body Motion Controller Revealed?

http://kotaku.com

Microsoft says that it will "completely transform how people think about home entertainment" at this year's E3. A newly rumored motion controller that detects "full body" movement may be what the company has planned.

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Gears of War 2--Educational? It's about time!

http://www.usatoday.com

Check this out!

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Kodu Impresssions

http://xboxlive.ign.com

Microsoft gives gamers the chance to become game creators.

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