Microsoft Silicon Valley offices raided with only iPads stolen

Apple products were the only items taken when thieves targeted Microsoft's research and development centre in California.

• Josh Halliday
• guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 8 January 2013 12.35 GMT
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• Microsoft's reputation as the "less cool" rival to Apple appears to have been reinforced, after thieves raided its Silicon Valley offices – but only stole a collection of iPads.
  
  The thieves made away with five iPads worth more than $3,000 (£1,865) from Microsoft's research and development centre in Mountain View, California, over Christmas.
  
  Microsoft's flagship collection of smartphones and tablet computers remained untouched in the raid, according to Mountain View police who spoke to The Register.
  
  Red-faced Microsoft employees were presumably relieved to find their own company's gadgets had been overlooked when they returned to work after the Christmas holidays – but immediately reported the iPad thefts to police.
  
  News of the raid came to light after a ......
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