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[News] [Rival] Microsoft's Big Failures That BillyPress Tends to Forget/Neglect

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10 Great Microsoft Technologies That Failed

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| WebTV (1997)
| 
| [...]
| 
| Tablet PCs (2002)
| 
| [...]
| 
| WinFS (1990s)
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2325942,00.asp


Recent:

SPOT watches, R.I.P.: 2004 - 2008

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| After a long, painful, nearly anonymous ride on the wrists of a select few 
| uber-geeks, Microsoft's finally throwing in the towel on one of its 
| longstanding pet projects: the SPOT watch. Those who've followed the 
| technology recently (you know who you are) already know that the writing's 
| been on the wall for some time; the applications and content available to the  
| watches haven't been updated in ages, and indeed, the entire line of Abacus 
| Smart Watch 2006 models -- the only type being recently offered -- has been 
| discontinued and out of stock for a few months.      
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/spot-watches-r-i-p-2004-2008


GameStop to Stop Zune Sales

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| Video-game retailer GameStopGME has decided to stop selling Microsoft's Zune
| players at its stores due to what it sees as insufficient demand from
| customers.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/hardware/10418052.html


The Xbox 360 is dead

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| According to a report, if some Australian retailers had their way, the Xbox
| 360 would be dumped from their shelves.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17494/1093/


Windows Live Expo set to expire next month

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| Chalk one point up to Craigslist: Microsoft has decided to shut down Windows
| Live Expo, the classifieds service that it originally launched in February
| 2006.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9961990-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Microsoft Burns Down Book Search

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| Citing poor demand, Microsoft will back away from scanning and indexing books
| and academic works for Live Search
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/23/microsoft-burns-down-book-search


EFF: Microsoft betrayed MSN Music customers

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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Microsoft has "betrayed" MSN
| Music customers and wants the company to make things right by issuing an
| apology, refunds, and eliminate digital rights management technology from the
| Zune music player.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931304-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Microsoft Closing Live Search Books and Academic Projects

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| What do you think about Microsoft's move to end their Live Search Books and
| Academic Projects?
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http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080523-114536


Related:

Microsoft confirms OneCare zaps Outlook, Outlook Express e-mail

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| Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged that a bug in its Windows Live
| OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish
| from Outlook and Outlook Express.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012499
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