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More Google coattail obsession Household energy conservation is a task typically handled by fathers peevishly moving from room-to-room, turning off lights and closing doors whilst grumbling over the barnyard behavior of his offspring. But now Microsoft wants a piece of the racket.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing (link)

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