[News] XBox Venture Hurts Microsoft Investor Confidence, Starts New Venture

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ahead of the Bell: Microsoft Dips

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070706/microsoft_ahead_of_the_bell.html?.v=1

Friday's Analysts' Upgrades and Downgrades

"Microsoft 2007 estimates lowered at Goldman to $1.41 from $1.49 following
X-Box pretax charge."

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/analystsactions/10366489.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp&cm_cat=FREE&amp&cm_ite=NA#97282438437773339

Will Microsoft new venture be equally successful? All the recent ones have been
hugely unsuccessful (UMPC, Zune, Vista, and so forth).

Skinkers, Microsoft announce live, streaming content venture

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| Currently, Skinkers is taking beta applications, but the LiveStation site 
| warns you up front that only a few people will be chosen as testers.  
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| Update: As posted in the comments below, the LiveStation team does not 
| intend for their product to be a "Joost killer."
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/07/05/livestation-to-offer-live-streaming-television-over-the-internet