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I got a curious e-mail today that linked me to an apparent 2006 Microsoft paper that outlines a music sales mechanism that appears to be mimicking what will be used by Microsoft for the Zune player. It's a pretty simple model, you download a music track for free, listen to it up to 3 times, and on the 4th you
Some of you will probably laugh at that headline, but it is the title to a press release that Microsoft put on the street today. The statement contains a list of principles that the company is going to live by in its ongoing desire to bolster the companies image and business practices. Here is a lead sentence to the tenet
Well this is a development worth talking about, Yahoo and Microsoft is starting beta testing interoperability between there instant messaging service. Folks this is off the charts, and could really drive the other player lAOL to pony up to the bar and play as well. I have been using a single IM client "Trillan" for a couple of years now,
Is it not time that Apple, Microsoft, MPAA and the RIAA acknowledge that BitTorrent is good when applied legally, and incorporate BitTorrent into applications such as iTunes, Windows Media Player etc. The only way we are gonna keep the train moving forward with a rocket engine driving the new media growth in videocast, and podcasting is to give some relief
Bill Gates held a press conference today announcing that he is stepping down from day to day activities at Microsoft, in a prepared statement released it says: "Bill Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft effective July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and
If you don't know about Windows calling home to Mama every time you boot up then you are definitely in for a surprise when you read the linked articles. I know Microsoft has a Piracy problem but it does not give them the right to continually make sure my registered copy is legitimate. Please read them in order. [Lauren Weinstein's
In case you missed it Microsoft has opened up the availability for anyone to download Vista for testing. [Scoble]