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ExclusiveMicrosoft Messenger becomes part of Skype

Microsoft is replacing its instant messaging platform with Skype, the online telecom platform it took over in 2011.

Windows Live Messenger - originally known as MSN Messenger - is expected to be ‘retired’ in early 2013.

ExclusiveStruggles for Comet and Sharp, worries about Android apps

In this week's podcast we hear that Comet has gone into administration and that Japanese tech manufacturer Sharp is struggling to survive.

There's also concern about the security of some Android apps, some changes afoot at O2 and a new favourite device at WiFi hotspots.

ExclusiveTeardown analysis suggests Microsoft Surface RT tablet could be more profitable than Apple iPad

A preliminary estimate from the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service suggests that Microsoft is making more money per unit with its new Surface RT tablet than Apple makes from a basic iPad.

After conducting a ‘teardown’ of the Surface RT model with 32GB of memory and an optional black ‘touch cover’, IHS iSuppli calculated that its components were worth $271 and the manufacturing cost was $13, resulting in a total cost of $284.

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