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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal Under Justice Department Scrutiny (eWeek)Microsoft Hit Again by i4i in Word Patent-Infringement Case (eWeek)Facebook Open-Sources FriendFeed Real-Time Web Server (eWeek)Microsoft Warns of New Windows Bug, Advises Users to Take Precautions (eWeek)CE-Oh no he didn't! Part LXII: Steve Ballmer publicly ridicules Microsoft employee with iPhone, threatens to smash it (Engadget)Microsoft Delivers Final Versions of Free Deployment Tools for Windows Vista (Microsoft)
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