This kit includes a yoke, a throttle quadrant, rudder pedals and a copy of Microsoft's Flight Simulator X Deluxe.

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With the sole exception being its Flight Simulator franchise, Microsoft is aware that it hasn't made great games in-house.

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Microsoft's wireless push takes flight as its large stable of MSN Web services, such Hotmail and Expedia, becomes available on wireless phones and handheld devices.

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If there is a boom coming, the fuse was lit by the 2004 flight of SpaceShipOne, a reusable space vehicle built by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and funded by Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) co-founder Paul Allen .

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