While some critics may chide Microsoft for losing focus over its desire to play in many markets, from desktop software to game consoles to mobile devices, the company's top guy says it's a necessary move to stay relevant in the market.
Microsoft has this week used its MIX08 event in Las Vegas to announce beta releases of Web tools including Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2 and Expression Studio 2 products.
Microsoft on Friday introduced a Web mashup builder for the rest of us.
In a bid to boost its presence in advertising, Microsoft said Friday that it will pay US$6 billion to acquire Aquantive, a digital marketing and services company.
Microsoft has opened the beta program for its new mash-up building system Popfly, unveiling the consumer-orientated tool to the world at last week's Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.
Microsoft hasn't won the war on piracy in China, so why not strike before Google and produce a free OS closely aligned to its digital products and services?
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