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Celebrating 25 years of Excellence in Hardware Arena, Microsoft Hardware expertise paved the way for Xbox, Zune and Microsoft Surface. Accoring to cnn.com REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — What began in 1982 with a Microsoft(R) Mouse designed to easily navigate Microsoft Corp.’s first version of Microsoft Word has grown to an extensive lineup of innovative, indispensable products for today’s computer-centered lifestyle. Microsoft Hardware is celebrating its 25th anniversary of staying ahead of the computing curve by delivering groundbreaking peripherals that make the software and services experience better and easier. In recent years, Microsoft tapped the Microsoft Hardware Group’s rich heritage of hardware innovation as it developed the Xbox(R) video game system, Zune(TM) digital media player and the new multi-touch technology breakthrough, Microsoft Surface(TM). (Logo:

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After Changing the Face of Personal Computing & Revolutionizing the Desktop Mr.Bill Gates plans to Retire, and leave the Multi-Billion Dollar Company soon by next year. Below is the transcript of the Article by John Markoff at NYTimes with Mr.Gates, Craig Mundie (head of research and strategy,MS) and Ray Ozzie (software architect,MS) Microsoft’s founder, Bill Gates, flanked by his designated successors: Craig Mundie, left, head of research and strategyMr. Gates, Microsoft’s 51-year-old chairman, shows no sign of fading away. One year into a planned two-year transition, there are few visible cues that Mr. Gates is ready to leave the world’s technology stage to devote his energies principally to the $33 billion foundation he established seven years ago with his wife. Indeed at the company’s annual

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