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Microsoft's Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store [Microsoft]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/14/2009
Microsoft's Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store [Microsoft]
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Microsoft's "Retail Experience Center" is a 20,000 sqft private retail center at Redmond that Microsoft is fiddling around with new retail tech, like real-time cart info and other POS services. It's awesome. Here's why. One, it reminds me a lot of the actual Microsoft retail store that used to ...

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Kotaku:  Take A Tour Of Microsoft's Fake Retail Store [Microsoft]

Gizmodo:  Confirmed: Microsoft Opening Retail Stores [Microsoft]

DVICE Atom Feed:  Microsoft retail experience becomes a retail reality, stores to be announced soon

microsoftontheissues.com - 1/9/2009
Microsoft On The Issues
— microsoftontheissues.com — Workforce Development and Economic Stimulus Given the constant flow of dreary news battering American workers – including today’s announcement that jobless claims soared to 524,000 in December as the unemployment rate jumped to a 16-year high of 7.2 ... (more) Microsoft On The Issues

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online.wsj.com - 1/12/2009
Microsoft Betting Big on 'Touch'
— online.wsj.com — While Apple Inc.'s iPhone kicked off the craze for touch-sensing screens on mobile phones, Microsoft Corp. is pushing a similar technology for personal-computer screens that could eventually replace the computer mouse. N-trig Ltd., an Israeli ... (more) Microsoft Betting Big on 'Touch'

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istartedsomething.com - 1/13/2009
Microsoft opens fake store to demo utopian retail experience; begs question why not open a ...
— istartedsomething.com — David Keaveny said: It looks like a really useful tool; trying to get a user to describe what is happening on screen is ... Want a MircoSuck Experience? said: Jeff you fool! .. who said anything about Apple? :P I'm just saying M$ generally release ... (more) Microsoft opens fake store to demo utopian retail ...

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Take A Tour Of Microsoft's Fake Retail Store [Microsoft]
Kotaku — ... today’s challenging economic conditions". Though really, it could just as easily be a concept for a possible future roll-out of dedicated Microsoft stores. The 20,000-square-foot facility shows what a Microsoft Store would look like, were such a thing to exist. There are 360 games, 360s, 360 demos, accessories & Live points cards, and even some of Microsoft's other stuff on show. Like Zunes. Oh, and Windows. Best part? The exit doors. With the painted-on car park scene. Creepy. Microsoft's Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store [Gizmodo] ...

Confirmed: Microsoft Opening Retail Stores [Microsoft]
Gizmodo — ... Porter's first job is to figure out where the stores will be and when they'll launch. In the past, Microsoft has fiddled with concept stores around its campus. Either way, Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet is right that it'll be great to have a store to demo Microsoft tech and Windows laptops side by side, since so many chains are dropping away. If they're smart, they'll do some variation of the Genius bar, too. [ ...

Microsoft retail experience becomes a retail reality, stores to be announced soon
DVICE Atom Feed — ... When Microsoft demoed its retail experience privately last month, reactions were predictably mixed: some thought it made sense, others found themselves sizing it up with the ...

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