Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Blast From the D Past: Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates at D5 in 2007  —  Apple CEO Steve Jobs is making another appearance onstage, at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference tonight.  —  Since we announced his appearance, BoomTown has been posting videos of previous interviews Jobs has done at past D events.

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Who da’Punk / Mini-Microsoft:
Thoughts on Wrapping Up Microsoft’s FY10  —  Well, here’s to wrapping up FY10.  The kick-off of the Annual Review Season is our long, long, sloppy kiss goodnight to the fiscal year that was.  —  How are various things wrapping up?  —  Entertainment and Devices: with Bach and Allard …

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Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab:
Microsoft’s Challenge With Windows Phone 7 Is Wooing Developers  —  Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers.  Recruiting a ton of them to create a rich app experience for Windows Phone 7 Series is going to be Microsoft’s toughest challenge if it wants to get its groove back in the mobile space.

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer flashed an HTC phone running a version of the company’s mobile software, but said he won’t divulge details until next month.

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