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...Microsoft Starck Optical Mouse...
...Rutan, the raised eyebrows proved he was on the right track. "If you don't have a consensus that it's nonsense," says Rutan, "you don't have a breakthrough." He showed the design to Paul Allen, the reclusive, science-fiction-loving co-founder of Microsoft. "After a few minutes with Burt," says Allen, "you realize just how innovative he is." Allen, the fifth richest guy on the planet, agreed to fund Rutan's X Prize venture...
...mixed week for Microsoft. The good: the company launched a preview beta version of its MSN search engine (at beta.search.msn.com) designed to challenge Google for users and a piece of the growing search-related advertising market. While not as powerful as Google, MSN search is close--fast, accurate and nearly as comprehensive as its rival. The not-so-good: a new challenger arose with the release of Firefox 1.0 (download it at mozilla.org) a Web browser that offers real improvements over Microsoft's Internet Explorer. On Firefox, Web pages load faster, and there are an excellent pop-up blocker...
...just touched down in Miami and you want to go out for a mojito. You have two options: trawl through a weighty guidebook or simply glance at your watch?if it's the new Paparazzi timepiece. Developed by Swiss firm Swatch and software giant Microsoft, the Paparazzi receives and displays chunks of digital text on its face just like a mobile phone. Swatch has hooked up with listings magazine Time Out to provide hot tips on where to eat, drink and dance. Information is transmitted over local, unused FM radio channels, which means that the entertainment tips on your wrist...
...place," reckons Credit Suisse First Boston economist Neville Hill: buoyant oil prices are contributing to higher inflation, but the bank can't raise rates because that would further strengthen the euro. Right now, the most Trichet can do is complain. Dividing to conquer? Could an antitrust cease-fire between Microsoft and its most bitter rivals spell trouble for the E.U.'s competition police? The software behemoth last week convinced its competitor Novell to lay down arms in exchange for a $536 million payoff; Microsoft also ended a battle with the Washington D.C.-based Computer & Communications Industry Association. (Cell-phonemaker Nokia...