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    Could Security Issues Tarnish Google's New Chrome Browser? (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Though the software bakes in safety and privacy features, security worries began sticking shortly after its release last week. Google (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) must provide some timely fixes, analysts say, for its browser to compete well against Microsoft's (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) Internet Explorer and other rivals. -- read full article
    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:15:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Zune to start Wi-Fi downloads, streaming (AP)
    AP - Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it is updating its Zune digital media player so the product can wirelessly download and stream songs when users have access to Wi-Fi networks. -- read full article
    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:51:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Zune adds wireless downloads, features (Reuters)

    An engraved Zune Media Player is displayed during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - Come next week, owners of Microsoft Corp's portable music player Zune will be able to download music wirelessly and tag and buy songs they hear on the device's built-in FM radio, Microsoft said on Monday.


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    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:11:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Bill and Jerry Chat as Confusing Windows Blitz Begins (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Microsoft's Seinfeld campaign launched Thursday night. The $300 million campaign starring the well-known comedian Jerry Seinfeld, however, didn't say anything about Windows. -- read full article
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:17:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    App Stores: Microsoft, Google Follow Apple (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - When Apple opened its iTunes App Store in July, the idea of a mass-market Web site that sells downloadable games, tools, and other applications for cell phones was a rarity. Handset owners could buy apps from their carriers or the occasional niche site. But these days, the app store concept is becoming commonplace. The question is, does the world need a warren of wireless app stores? -- read full article
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:06:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps (AP)
    AP - NEW YORK — As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases. -- read full article
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:46:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Boasts One Million Office Live Workspace Users (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - The beta version of Office Live Workspace has one million users just six months after launch, Microsoft announced Wednesday as it released some minor improvements to the service. -- read full article
    Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:46:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Slashes Prices of Xbox 360 Models (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - There is something for everyone, according to Microsoft officials who are touting the company's new prices for all three models of its video game console, the Xbox 360. -- read full article
    Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:11:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Sinking Yahoo: Shares drop to nearly 5-year low (AP)
    AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock sank to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid. -- read full article
    Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:32:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push (Reuters)

    Windows Vista logo decorates downtown Bucharest January 31, 2007. (Mihai Barbu/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.


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    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:33:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Makes Xbox 360 the Cheapest Console (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - It's official: the Xbox 360 has received a price cut, matching lowered prices that had been the subject of rumors. -- read full article
    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:57:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 U.S. price to below Wii (Reuters)

    Lucas Charbit (C) and Thomas Latina, both of France, play Rock Band on a Xbox 360 console at the AMD 'Innovation Experience' during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console to $50 below Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) top-selling Wii.


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    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:49:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Google chief admits to 'defensive component' of browser launch (AFP)

    Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt (seen here in June), admitted Thursday there was a AFP - Google's chief executive admitted Thursday there was a "defensive component" to the Web search giant's launch of its own Internet browser, thereby pitting it against Microsoft's dominant software.


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    Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:57:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Lab test: Google Chrome vs. Internet Explorer 8 (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - They???re back! Just when you thought the ???browser wars??? were over, with the two camps ??? Microsoft and Mozilla.org ??? settling in for a kind of intransigent d??tente, along comes Google to stir things up all over again. Clearly Google is unhappy with the current state of browser geopolitics and feels it needs to roll its own in order to ensure a robust base for its myriad hosted applications (e.g. Gmail, Google Docs, etc.) -- read full article
    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Google polishes product line with Chrome browser (AP)

    Google's Chrome browser shortcut is shown next to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser shortcut during a news conference at Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Spet. 2, 2008. Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser, Chrome, in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.


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    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:37:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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