That is the approach taken by Photosynth, a system being developed by researchers at Microsoft's Live Labs, a joint venture between the software giant's research arm and its MSN portal.

微软Live Labs实验室成员们开发中的Photosynth系统正是采取这种方法。这个项目是微软这个软件巨人的研究部门以及MSN poral门户网站共同合资经办的。

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The service will sit within the 'Music' section of MSN and be promoted across the portal.

这项服务将设在MSN网站的“音乐”版块，并在整个门户网站进行推广。

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The same company will, for example, now own an agency that buys web space on behalf of advertisers and one of the biggest sellers of such space-msn, Microsoft's web portal.

例如，同样一家公司在当下拥有的一个机构既能为广告商购入网络空间，而又代表此类空间的最大出售者之一——微软的门户网站MSN——的利益。

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For instance, last month, the company pulled FarmVille off the portal MSN Games, a sign that the game was not performing well on a non-Facebook platform.

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In December, aiming to lure more consumers to its MSN Mobile service--a portal that connects cellphone users to MSN Search, news, Hotmail and instant messaging--Microsoft struck partnerships with MovieTickets.com and Thumbplay The deals enabled MSN Mobile users to access movie listings and reviews, and purchase movie tickets, ringtones and games straight from their cellphones.

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The last was especially suspicious: Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) had its own portal--MSN--to support and was keen to prove its "Net-worthiness" to skeptics.

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