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• MSN offers look at new consumer IM

  Microsoft's MSN unit shows screen shots of its new messenger application and sets a mid-year timeframe for its release.

• Hotmail restricts outgoing messages

  Microsoft's MSN Hotmail, a free Web-based e-mail service, has tightened restrictions on daily outbound messages sent by subscribers, a tactic it says will help curb spam.

• Microsoft's biggest Office XP fear: Pirates

  Pirates ahoy! Microsoft prepares to do battle. When Microsoft releases Office XP in a few months, the company will face off against its two toughest competitors: software pirates and, well, Microsoft.

• Storm brewing over new domain names

  The World Intellectual Property Organisation is preparing itself for a possible flood of complaints over the new .biz and .info domain names.

• ICANN swamped by Net name chaos

  The system for registering domains is in danger of descending into chaos as independent registrars undermine ICANN's grip on the current domain name system.

• 'Oh my god, they killed Clippy'

  Microsoft's obnoxious little Office assistant is losing his job. Clippy will be relegated to a mock layoff site that also trumpets Office XP's lack of need for the feature.

• New Microsoft Office faces dual obstacles

  When Microsoft releases Office XP in a few months, the company will face off against its two toughest competitors: software pirates and, well, Microsoft.

• World Intellectual Property Organisation stumped

  At its two-day forum in Geneva, the World Intellectual Property Organisation has made little headway in offering solutions to difficult questions plaguing online commerce

• MS: Office 10 to be a 'major' release

  You thought Office 95 was a big deal? Microsoft is lifting the veil of secrecy around what it claims will be its 'most significant' desktop suite to date.

• MS issues Outlook security patch

  Virus writers have climbed through Outlook holes to spread their handiwork over the last 18 months. A new security patch released by Microsoft could make their lives more difficult.

• Microsoft's Outlook: Cloudy security

  IT managers and security experts, increasingly cynical and sharply critical over virus assaults through Microsoft Outlook e-mail client, are questioning not only Microsoft's technology but also its reaction to the latest attacks.

• Microsoft addresses bumps in Office 2000 service release

  While the 500,000 customers who have downloaded Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2000 Service Release 1 report few problems so far, some issues have arisen.

• Microsoft patches Office 2000

  When it comes to Office, Microsoft doesn't want to repeat history.

• Cybersquatting goes to court

  Cybersquatters received a warning signal this week when the first international dispute settlement mechanism aimed at curbing the abuse of trademarks on the Internet was launched. The first dispute under the new Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy applicable to the top-level domains (.com, .net and .org) was filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center on December 2, 1999, a day after the new rules took effect.

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