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The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports at least 120 mules are expected in town for Mule Mania, a mule and donkey show, riding and driving competition and chuck wagon cook-off. Read Full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error

Microsoft's annual partner conference last week featured previews of the Windows 8 server and desktop operating systems, talk of integration between Skype and Lync, and a barrage of insults aimed at the company's competitors. Link Removed

In the second day of its Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft reveals new “Mango” handsets from Samsung and others. And new details about Windows 8 could raise excitement about Microsoft’s presence in the tablet market. Source: Yahoo! News

In what martial arts organizers describe as one of the most vicious acts of poor sportsmanship ever witnessed, a 16-year-old Florida black belt bowed to his teenage opponent, shook his hand and then returned and kicked his victor so hard in the face that he sent him to the hospital for immediate...

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With Google, Amazon and Apple all offering robust online multimedia download portals, most companies would steer clear of such a crowded and competitive market. But not big-box retailer Best Buy, which recently launched its own music service. Not impressed, say industry experts. There are so...

As officials have been hinting in recent weeks, Microsoft has relaunched and updated its Windows Live SkyDrive cloud storage service. Is there any service that Microsoft can keep their greedy hands of of it and not compete with them. All I see is $ signs for Microsoft. Read Full Story...

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows The new Windows 8 user experience has triggered excitement in the Windows user community, but also some fear and loathing for competitors and their supporters, and for developers. I'm happy to see Microsoft's competition on the run for a change, but the...

Companies that take risks don't just make healthy profits for themselves; they can drive a whole industry forward, inspiring competition and forcing older companies to step out of their comfort zone. Source: Yahoo! News

"Fukushima Melt" A delicious new chocolate that doesn't melt in the mouth. This chocolate melts in the box before you even open it. A new nuclear powered chocolate that will melt through the bottom of the box and any flimsy shelving and will creep across the floor and deliver the chocolate to...

In the wake of Microsoft‘s first “Windows 8” preview, reports have surfaced that the PC software giant plans to launch its own Microsoft-branded tablet to compete with Apple‘s iPad line, and the growing variety of Android-based tablets. According to DigiTimes, the device will be a collaborative...

A report from Taiwanese tech site DigiTimes says that Microsoft is considering making its own branded tablet to compete with the iPad. Source: Yahoo! News

Expect two tech announcements on Monday from Microsoft and its competitor Apple. Source: Yahoo! News

A group of pranksters disguised themselves as construction workers on Saturday in order to post a Windows logo onto the facade of a future Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany. The .WAV Collective posted a video of the prank taking place, as noted by MacNN. In the video, a fake construction crew...

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen claims there will be 130 million smartphone devices running Flash by the end of 2011. Maybe - but what about performance and power drain? Indeed, as Walt Mossberg of All Things D told Narayen during a recent interview at the D9 conference, he has "yet to test a...

HP plans on porting its webOS onto other manufacturer's devices, setting the stage for a 2012 conflict between it and Microsoft's Windows 8. Link Removed

Opinion In Windows 8, Microsoft has something that can wreck Apple's 2012 Link Removed

Samsung has fired back at Apple with a motion that would require the company to turn over advance copies of the "final, commercial versions" of the company's unannounced next-generation iPhone and iPad by June 13, 2011. Apple and Samsung are locked in a heated dispute over whether Samsung's...

A group representing over 5,000 users of vector drawing software FreeHand has filed a class action lawsuit against Adobe Inc. in the California District Court for antitrust violations. Adobe almost acquired FreeHand in 1994 when it acquired Aldus, but the Federal Trade Commission put a...

The final, conference-ready code for the #decodeme challenge is here. Each year, at the AusCERT conference, Sophos publishes a challenge in the form of a T-shirt. Visit the Sophos stand and you can pick up a T-shirt for yourself. Solve the challenge and you're on your way to winning a remote...