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Microsoft - $1 million in cash and prizes

Microsoft Corp. announced the winners of the 11th annual Microsoft Imagine Cup, the world's premier competition for student technologists, developers and aspiring entrepreneurs to create innovative projects and ultimately bring those ideas to market. Winning projects were announced for the three major Competition categories — Innovation, Games and World Citizenship — as well as three product-specific Challenges and eight special awards from Imagine Cup sponsors.

Microsoft CityNext: Coming to a city near you

Microsoft CityNext, a global initiative empowering cities, businesses and citizens to re-imagine their futures and cultivate vibrant communities. Cities are centers of industrial, economic and entrepreneurial activity that fuel the rest of the world's success. But cities increasingly encounter compelling forces, such as rapid urbanization, modernization mandates, and economic austerity pressures. Microsoft CityNext offers cities a vast and diverse Microsoft Partner Network of more than 430,000 technology experts across the globe to innovate today and create a better tomorrow. Leveraging a broad portfolio of familiar and security-enhanced consumer to business software, devices and services and Microsoft's history of successful education and social programs, CityNext is a collective effort that enables cities and their people to accomplish what's next.

Banana Republic

Banana Republic is proud to support ORACLE TEAM USA as they defend the 34th America's Cup on San Francisco Bay in September 2013.

"It's an honor to be associated with ORACLE TEAM USA, the local champion defending the America's Cup in our hometown, and wardrobe the team with formal suits and dresses from Banana Republic," said Banana Republic Global President, Jack Calhoun.

Microsoft 

At the 2013 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Microsoft Corp. honored the strongest-performing Microsoft Dynamics partners for demonstrating significant customer impact by developing and delivering innovative solutions that help customers drive their businesses forward.

Sony Computer Entertainment America - Playstation®4, Showcases Blockbuster Content For Playstation® Platforms

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) revealed the PlayStation®4 (PS4™) hardware design at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, CA. SCEA also announced that its next-generation platform will launch this holiday in the United States for $399.99 (MSRP). PS4 will also launch this holiday in in Canada for $399.00 and in Europe for €399 and £349. More than 140 games are currently in development for the PS4™, 100 of which will be available within the first year. "We are proud to unveil today the most advanced gaming system ever created, PlayStation 4, which demonstrates everything PlayStation stands for — a relentless focus on the gamer, an inspired community of developers equipped with the most powerful technology, and the long-standing legacy to building worlds without boundaries through one-of-a-kind gaming experiences," said Jack Tretton, President and CEO of SCEA.