Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) discussed thei eight core business at the Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) in Redmond on July 29.

YouTube has increased the upload limit to 15 minutes from the previous 10 minute limit. YouTube encourages people to make a video of your “15 minutes of fame.” If you tag your video with “yt15minutes,” by Wednesday, August 4, YouTube may select it and feature it on the homepage.

Facebook has launched a new Questions service in beta. You can use this service to ask people on the social network anything. Sounds like Facebook wants to give Yahoo! Answers a run for it’s money.

MobileCrunch found out that Research In Motion now owns the domain name BlackPad.com. The discovery was made by doing a WHOIS lookup on the domain. Should have used private domain registration eh, RIM. The domain name was registered just a few days ago.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has announced the acquisition of gaming company Playdom for a deal that is worth as high as $763.2 million. Two hundred million dollars of the deal is connected to a performance-linked pay-out.

GM has made the price of the Chevrolet Volt official. The Volt will cost $41,000 with a $720 destination charge. This is the price of the Volt before the $7,500 federal tax credit, bringing the total cost to $33,500. If you get a three year, the cost is $350 a month after a $2,500 down payment. After the lease, you will also be given a chance to purchase the vehicle. Check out the press release below for more details.

Twitter is testing out a new feature called “Tweet Media.” this feature was temporarily added to several Twitter accounts. This means videos and photos would be embedded in the stream. The Tweet Media feature asked if you want to see photos and videos from everyone in your Twitter stream.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced a new product called the Magic Trackpad. The Magic Trackpad works with Mac desktops. It operates in a similar manner as the multi-touch trackpad on the MacBook Pro. It supports gestures and connects through Bluetooth. It can be used to replace or work with the mouse. The cost is $69.

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