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News: Microsoft "will not be using Home"
computerandvideogames.com - 1/5/2009
News: Microsoft "will not be using Home"
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Monday 5-Jan-2009 5:36 PM MS rubbishes reports it's set to hold business meetings in PS3's virtual world Microsoft has dismissed reports that it's planning to use Sony's PS3 virtual world Home to host business meetings. "Microsoft will not be using Home as a tool for virtual meetings," the ...
edge-online.com - 1/6/2009
MS: 360 Life-to-Date Sales Hit 28m
— edge-online.com — Microsoft proclaimed Monday evening that Xbox 360 has sold 28 million units worldwide through 2008 since its... launch in November 2005. Microsoft director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Aaron Greenberg told Edge in a phone ... (more) MS: 360 Life-to-Date Sales Hit 28m

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msnbc.msn.com - 1/4/2009
Microsoft Readies Cost-Cuts; Though Massive Layoff Unlikely
— msnbc.msn.com — Rumors of Microsoft layoffs are unlikely according to CNBC's Jim Goldman... (more) Microsoft Readies Cost-Cuts; Though Massive Layoff Unlikely

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Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application
techcrunch.com - 1/8/2009
Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application
— techcrunch.com — At CES, Microsoft has introduced its second iPhone app after dipping its toe with the release of... Seadragon Mobile last month. The name of the application is Microsoft Tag , and it enables users to instantly access mobile content, videos, music, ... (more) Microsoft Releases Tag, Its Second iPhone Application

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Kotaku:  Microsoft Denies It's Using PlayStation Home To Virtually Hang Out [Playstation 3]

Joystiq [PlayStation]:  Microsoft doesn't intend on using Home

Joystiq:  Microsoft won't use PlayStation Home, will keep meetings boring

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Microsoft Denies It's Using PlayStation Home To Virtually Hang Out [Playstation 3]
Kotaku — ... Live Party" to meet its needs. Sure. I can see Microsoft execs and middle managers cursing and slandering each other in an Xbox Live Party. No really! It's a shame that this isn't happening. I'd have loved to see a creepy mishmash of totally awesome, Microsoft employee subscribing subcultures coming together in a colleague air-humping dance-off while staring blankly into space. And synergies being discussed, naturally. Guess we'll have to settle for Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young. Microsoft "will not be using Home" [CVG]

Microsoft doesn't intend on using Home
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... to conduct virtual business meetings? It was a fun idea, but one that turns out to be false according to CVG. Microsoft says they "will not be using Home as a tool for virtual meetings. With fantastic Microsoft-developed products and applications like Live Meeting and even Xbox Live Party, we have everything we need to host a virtual meeting in-house" ...

Microsoft won't use PlayStation Home, will keep meetings boring
Joystiq — ... Despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise, Microsoft has told CVG that it will not be using PlayStation Home to facilitate cheaper, virtual meetings. The company insisted that it had access to everything -- including Live Meeting and ...

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