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Microsoft shows nothing new at CES
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| It has to be said, Microsoft has shown us nothing new, interesting, or even
| slightly exciting at this years CES show in Las Vegas. I watched the first
| half hour or so of the live feed; Microsoft’s keynote and opportunity to show
| off a few things. I went to bed feeling empty, dissatisfied and
| underwhelmed - a lot like a classic iPod with only 2% storage used.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=766
As Seen at CES: Microsoft Surface Fail
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| Intrepid reader Yves Milord snapped a pic of what might be the first error
| message seen on a Microsoft Surface.
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http://i.gizmodo.com/5128355/microsoft-surface-error-message-at-microsofts-ces-booth
The only news about Microsoft these days are dying products (and debt), not new
products.
Recent:
Microsoft Slaps PC Gamers, Decides to Close Ensemble Studios
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| Despite its legacy of producing some of the very finest strategy games with
| its Age of Empire and Age of Mythology series, Microsoft decided that it
| would be financially disadvantageous to continue to operate the wholly-owned
| Ensemble Studios.
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-ensemble-halo-age-empires,6343.html
Microsoft shuts down Ensemble Studios
http://www.techspot.com/news/31575-microsoft-shuts-down-ensemble-studios.html
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
MSN Music Debacle Highlights EULA Dangers
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| MSN Music’s EULA is a case in point. When active, MSN Music's webpage touted
| that customers could “choose their device and know its going to work”.
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| But when customers went to purchase songs, they were shown legalese that
| stated the download service and the content provided were sold without
| warrantee. In other words, Microsoft doesn't promise you that the service or
| the music will work, or that you will always have access to music you bought.
| The flashy advertising promised your music, your way, but the fine print
| said, our way or the highway.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/msn-music-debacle-highlights-eula-dangers
When DRM detonates your music collection
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| It is all down to the digital rights management (DRM) software that Microsoft
| has embedded in all its music downloads to combat illegal file-sharing. For
| DRM to work it needs a central computer to keep a live record of who has
| registered which songs to which computers. The problem is that the main
| server is now being turned off as the company wants to sell downloads with a
| new type of DRM. How odd that the old system was marketed as PlaysForSure.
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3898784.ece
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