Microsoft Decides TV Is No Longer King

On Friday, Microsoft disclosed that it had dumped all its Comcast stock by the end of 2008. It's most likely a signal that Microsoft has finally given up on the whole set-top-box idea, started more than a decade ago when the company made its initial $1 billion investment in Comcast and also bought WebTV. The investment in both probably seemed like a good idea at the time, since there were plenty of opinions that the TV might be at the center of the Internet revolution. But it didn't turn out that way. (link)