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Microsoft's Project Natal in Action

The company unveils its new motion-control game console at E3 in Los Angeles

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October 06, 2011

"For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely."

- BILL GATESMicrosoft co-founder, on the death of Steve Jobs
July 14, 2008

"Carl Icahn and Microsoft presented us with a 'take it or leave it' proposal. It is ludicrous."

- ROY BOSTOCK,chairman of Yahoo!, blasting Microsoft's plan to replace Yahoo!'s board of directors to complete a merger of the two companies
May 10, 2011

"This is part of the strategic fight between Microsoft and Google. "

- ROB ENDERLEan independent technology analyst, on Microsoft being in advanced talks to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion, partially, he believes, in order to block Google from gaining ground in Internet communications

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