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Microsoft has already scored two big time Android IP licensing deals, one with HTC and the other more recently with Samsung. The boys in Redmond have now secured one more epic deal, this time with Taiwan’s Quanta Computer Inc. Wait, who? You might not recognize Quanta — they’re not exactly a household name, after all. But they are a Taiwanese OEM that produces tablets, laptops, and other electronic gadgets for names you do know — folks like RIM, for whom Quanta designed and built the BlackBerry PlayBook. Starting to put the pieces together?

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