Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer (L) and HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou hold the HD2 smartphone during a news conference in Taipei November 4, 2009. Microsoft Corp. and Taiwan's economics ministry said they plan to set up a research center on the island by next year, in the software company's first Asian foray into the budding cloud computing industry. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 27 months ago

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer (L) and HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou hold the HD2 smartphone during a news conference in Taipei November 4, 2009. Microsoft Corp. and Taiwan's economics ministry said they plan to set up a research center on the island by next year, in the software company's first Asian foray into the budding cloud computing industry.

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