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==== Microsoft ====
* Microsoft [https://twitter.com/#!/BuildWindows8/status/194627936115101696 confirmed] that the Windows 8 Release Preview will be coming out in the first week of June
* Facebook signed an agreement with Microsoft to [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226471/Facebook_to_pay_Microsoft_550M_for_AOL_patents purchase and cross-license] 550 former AOL patents and patent applications. Analysts mused that Facebook purchased the assets in order to better justify and defend moves into different markets after its upcoming initial public offering.
==== Opera ====
* Opera, on a quest to deploy the "first true hardware accelerated browser", [http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2012/04/20/update-on-hardware-acceleration-in-opera-12 described how] current Opera 12 snapshots are showing improved DirectX hardware acceleration, rather than OpenGL, and will be making it opt-in.
