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Microsoft will open permanent store at West Edmonton Mall in October (Edmonton Journal)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is opening its second permanent retail store in Canada at West Edmonton Mall in time for the holiday shopping season, the technology giant confirmed in a tweet on Monday. The store will open Oct. 26. Canada’s only other Microsoft Store opened in November 2012 at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. It opened with a concert by Train and the chance to play video games with Wayne Gretzky. No details of Edmonton’s Microsoft Store opening have been released.

Apple throttles iWork for iCloud access for new users (Macworld)
If you haven’t already tried out iWork for iCloud, you may have to wait a while. As first reported by 9to5Mac, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s temporarily disabled access to the online suite for new users, due to “an overwhelming response.” However, if you have already used them, your access to the Web-based versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote will continue unimpeded. Apple invites other users to check back soon for access, and reminds them that they can continue to store their documents in iCloud for the time being, even if they can’t edit them. Macworld has reached out to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) for comment.

It’s war! Siri mocks Google Glass (CNET)
It’s quite clear that within a year we’ll all be walking down the street, talking to pieces of machinery, rather than people. When Siri emerged, the excitement humans felt at being able to talk to their phones was palpable. But along came a rival, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Glass — albeit, a rival with less style. Prompted by @seanmbrage, the Verge began investigating reports that Siri was trash-talking Glass. It seems that when the command “OK Glass” was whispered to Siri, she retorted with various sniffy remarks.

Microsoft’s ‘Scroogled’ Campaign Continues with Bing Ad [VIDEO] (Shalom Life)
It seems Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was mentioned on every popular news source today, but here’s a story that doesn’t involve CEO Steve Ballmer’s forthcoming retirement, that comes via Techcrunch. Continuing with their infamous, and morally questionable ‘Scroogled’ campaign, Microsoft’s latest Bing ad may be the lowest of the low. The short ad features a student telling two parents, though presumably not her own, of what she learned at school in an elevator, much of which, she says, had little to do with education and more to do with advertisements.