Microsoft Versus Your TV
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| The problem? None of Gates' media efforts are making money. Microsoft's
| MSN online arm lost $200 million during its most recent quarter. And
| Microsoft's entertainment and devices business, which is built around
| entertainment gizmos such as the company's XBox 360 console and Zune
| music player, lost $315 million. Rupert Murdoch he ain't.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/08/microsoft-tv-gates-tech-cx_bc_0508gates.html?partner=yahootix
More spendings?
Microsoft Signs Web Video Deals
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| Microsoft would not give details about financial or
| product-placement arrangements with Chivas Regal and Volvo,
| part of Ford Motor Co.
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| After Google Inc. made online video a white-hot topic with its
| late 2006 acquisition of YouTube, advertisers and ad brokers
| scrambled to turn the trend into dollars with the Web
| equivalent of TV commercials -- short spots before or
| after a video clip online.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070508/microsoft_advertorials.html?.v=3
Business software needs YouTube jolt - SAP exec
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| Plattner envisions software where all the ugly code is hidden from
| the user and instead delivered as a set of packaged services,
| on-demand -- so-called Software as a Service, or SaaS. This is
| crucial for small businesses that can't afford the technical
| support costs needed to manage complex software.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070508:MTFH93656_2007-05-08_23-46-07_N08466750&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/2qy3tv
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