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Redmond expands its reach in handsets with purchase of Sidekick software maker.

Microsoft has agreed to buy Silicon Valley–based Danger, maker of the software that drives T-Mobile's Sidekick Web phone and runs Google's new mobile venture. Microsoft did not disclose the purchase price on Monday for privately held Danger. The company, co-founded by Andy Rubin, specializes in software and services designed for the mobile Internet and is best known for the Sidekick, also known as the Hiptop. "With all the excitement about what's going on in the company right now, this is critical to our future and decisive for our future," said Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president of entertainment and devices. RELATED ARTICLES Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Offer Microsoft-Yahoo: Will it Work? What's Waiting For Microsoft-Yahoo in Washington? IDC Sees Handset Growth in Single Digits For '08 For more stories on this... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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