Tech companies support Microsoft in overseas data fight with U.S.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Technology companies Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc , AT&T Inc and more than 20 others are supporting Microsoft Corp in the software company's legal battle with the U.S. government over access to customer data stored overseas. The long-running court fight has taken on an urgency for technology and media companies in the wake of revelations about bulk electronic data collection by the U.S. National Security Agency from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. A U.S. judge rul