Word: msn
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...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...
Watches are no longer just for telling time. With its new Paparazzi model, Swatch has teamed up with MSN Direct to transform timepieces into technological multitaskers capable of providing the wearer with up-to-the-minute news, sports scores, weather reports and stock quotes. Exclusive access to Swatch City, specialized free content provided by Time Out magazine, will keep wearers informed about local cultural events and hip bars in 10 top cities. --By Samantha Hallock
...balk at typing them out on a tiny numeric keypad. AT&T Wireless's Ogo ($99, plus $17.99 a month) offers a solution. It has a wide keyboard, sharp screen and slim profile. You can send not only SMS text messages but also email and instant messages using AOL, MSN or Yahoo...
...Commercial online-music sites have hit it big in the U.S. and Europe, thanks to the success of iTunes, which recently sold its 100 millionth song. Even Microsoft is shouldering its way into the business. Last week, the software giant launched its U.S. online-music store, MSN Music. But to the frustration of millions of willing Asians with MP3 players and broadband connections, buying the latest hits online is difficult, because the big U.S. music sites are ignoring the region and local alternatives...
...launch. Microsoft jumped in last week with the U.S. debut of MSN Music, which is compatible with a range of players (iTunes files only work on the iPod). Hewlett-Packard has begun selling its own Apple-authorized iPod. And Asia may soon get its first regional digital-music store; Singapore's Soundbuzz, co-founded by a former MTV Asia exec, plans to move into Hong Kong, India and Taiwan by year's end. Have the music biz's blues turned to blue sky? Many think so. Downloading "will be as big as the cell-phone market," predicts Sim Wong...