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Whew, that was a close one. As Microsoft loses its Xbox boss Don Mattrick to Zynga in an effort to save the latter from itself, it turns out that the software giant nearly acquired the social game ...

Here’s a bizarre use for Microsoft’s “Flash-killer” Silverlight—a ballistics calculator. Yes, Silverlight is being used to build an application that lets shooting and hunting enthusiasts “customize ...