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"link": "https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/17/23794792/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-core-live-gold-replacement"
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"birthDate": "2014-04-02",
"deathDate": "2023-08-31",
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"link": "https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/11/23828311/microsoft-shuts-down-cortana-windows-11"
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"birthDate": "2018-03-01",
"deathDate": "2023-08-30",
"description": "an iOS app that used 3D audio technology to help users get around and explore their surroundings",
"link": "https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/1/22811883/microsoft-soundscape-ios-app-shutdown"
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"description": "a motion sensing input device originally launched as a gaming peripheral and later acted as a development tool for machine learning, visual recognition, and robotics",
"link": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/microsoft-cant-stop-discontinuing-kinect/"
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"name": "Money in Excel",
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"description": "a personal finance management add-in for Excel that allowed users to connect their bank and credit card accounts",
"link": "https://www.howtogeek.com/808679/microsoft-is-shutting-down-money-in-excel-and-more/"
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"deathDate": "2023-03-10",
"description": "a social VR platform that allowed users to attend live events, play games, and watch videos with other users",
"link": "https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/21/23565188/altspace-vr-shutting-down-microsoft-layoffs"
},
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"deathDate": "2023-01-10",
"description": "an optional Unix subsystem for Windows NT-based operating systems",
"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interix"
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"name": "Windows 8.1",
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"deathDate": "2023-01-10",
"description": "a release of the Windows NT operating system succeeding Windows 8 with an improved Start screen",
"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1"
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"deathDate": "2022-12-14",
"description": "a free, cross-platform, open-source text and source code editor developed by GitHub",
"link": "https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/"
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"name": "SQL Server Data Mining",
"birthDate": "2000-01-01",
"deathDate": "2022-11-16",
"description": "an integrated platform for predictive analytics and machine learning",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/analysis-services/data-mining/data-mining-ssas"
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"deathDate": "2022-06-15",
"description": "a proprietary browser engine (aka MSHTML) for Internet Explorer and IE mode of Edge",
"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(software)"
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"name": "JScript",
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"link": "https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/19/22443997/microsoft-internet-explorer-end-of-support-date"
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"link": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-essentials-2707b879-5004-4349-c4a4-e5900945f2a9"
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{
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},
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"description": "the second gaming console from Microsoft and competed with the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii in the seventh generation of console gaming hardware",
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},
{
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"description": "a cancelled 4v1 multiplayer entry in the Fable series before being cancelled and its active beta shutdown before release",
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"description": "a multi-touch digital table for public places that allowed multiple users to interact with the device simultaneously",
"link": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-very-first-surface-largely-184340037.html"
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"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Response_Point"
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"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Agent"
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"name": "Windows Millennium Edition",
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"name": "ASP.NET Web Matrix",
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"description": "a development tool that was a lightweight alternative to Visual Studio and ideal for web application workloads",
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"deathDate": "2001-12-31",
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