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it's Monday July 16 2012 I'm David Pierce and this is going to be the best 90 seconds on the verge today former Google executive Marissa Meyer is now CEO of Yahoo Meyer led the teams that developed gmail google news and all the company's location services she replaces Scott Thompson who was ousted after only five months when it was discovered he falsified his resume Meyer comes in with a very real degree in computer science from Stanford she begins work tomorrow Microsoft has released the consumer preview for the upcoming office 2013 we spent some time with it and aside from cloud syncing and a more Metro feel this isn't a crazy departure from the last version of microsoft office or any version really office 2013 is compatible with windows 7 and 8 but not vista or XP but then again if you haven't upgraded windows why on earth would you be interested in upgrading office this weekend at comic-con microsoft unveiled a limited edition halo branded xbox 360 for four hundred dollars you'll get a specially branded console with matching controllers plus a copy of halo 4 the bundle will be available in november six the same day as the game's launch Spring has officially launched its 4G LTE network in 15 US cities including Atlanta Dallas and Kansas City the carrier says it will announce more cities in the second half of this year skype confirmed today a rare an unfortunate bug that would occasionally cause messages to be sent to the wrong contacts the company said a fix is coming in the next few days for now please defer all your gossiping and trash talking to gchat and AOL instant messenger and that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow where i will be going kidneys on with the very latest in synthetic organs