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With the settlement Monday of its long-simmering patent dispute with InterTrust Technologies, Microsoft has cleared away legal concerns that have been looming over many of its most important plans.
Finding hidden patterns and trends in masses of corporate data--in real time--takes up enormous processing power, but it can be very profitable.
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