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Microsoft touts new online store as a netbook complement
Microsoft launched in the U.S. this week its online software store and is touting it as one way for netbook users who don't have optical drives to more easily obtain software.
 	Microsoft Store - Home
Microsoft Store - Home
store.microsoft.com — Microsoft Store Home United States | Sign In Shopping Cart Shopping Cart (0) | Help | Account... Search Microsoft Store Xbox 360 Games Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 Game DVD Add to Cart $59.99 An Office for everyone Office Home and Student ... (more) Microsoft Store - Home
 	Microsoft Store - Home
Microsoft Store - Home
store.microsoft.com — Microsoft Store Home United States | Sign In Shopping Cart Shopping Cart (0) | Help | Account... Search Microsoft Store Xbox 360 Games Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 Game DVD Add to Cart $59.99 An Office for everyone Office Home and Student ... (more) Microsoft Store - Home
Introducing the Microsoft Store US
trevinchow.com — We previously launched Microso logo_msft_store_xl ft Store internationally in the UK , Germany and Korea . I’m... now happy to announce that we have officially launched Microsoft Store for the U.S! With this launch, our customers in the U.S. are able to ... (more) Introducing the Microsoft Store US
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Geek In Disguise — ... Another angle on this I hadn’t considered that Mary Jo covers is  how appealing this could be to netbook owners who have a device sans CD/DVD. One thing that irked me about that post though is the use of “ESD” or electronic software distribution. Seriously, can you imagine Apple calling this ESD? ( ...

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