The reason why the Army ended up in charge of strategic defenses (to use Cold War military parlance) was mainly bureaucratic.

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It seems that everyone (well, mainly AppleInsider) is a-flutter over their recent hiring of Julia Miller, who was in charge of marketing for Microsoft's Xbox Live service and who has tons of experience with monthly subscription services.

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