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• FTC warns of using big data to exclude consumers

  The agency will enforce existing laws related to privacy and discrimination, the FTC's chairwoman says

• Building a more resourceful cloud

  Usenix researchers are looking at ways to offer more flexible pricing and services for cloud computing services

• Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award

  This year's ACM Turning Award goes to Charles Thacker, inventor of the modern PC

• Microsoft starts taking names for Office 2010 preview

  Plans to ship first preview to invite-only testers in July

Features about microsoft research

• 10 Microsoft research projects

  A sneak peek at 10 technologies developed in Microsoft's R&D labs