If Newsweek had a particularly timely photo slideshow or video or essay it could get a spot on MSN which meant a huge traffic bonanza, 5 or 10 million page views at a time.
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Roger McNamee, a principal at investment firm Silver Lake Partners, argues that Overture is well positioned, thanks to its msn business and a new deal with Yahoo Japan.
Microsoft's MSN search is a new piece of software, not a rewritten version of Lookout.
Microsoft is spending its money to get back in the game of more content on its MSN network, a losing franchise.
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.
This could be a long battle of attrition, for MSN is trying to grow at a time when the number of new users going online has slowed dramatically.
Vestel's MSN Companion also has a 10-inch LCD, but it stands taller than Compaq's because you can't tilt it.
In contrast to MSN, Xbox has a fundamentally different business model ranging from how it distributes to how it prices.
By the summer of 1999 MSN was in such lousy shape that Microsoft's Steve Ballmer transferred his office from the main campus to MSN's site a couple of miles away.
Consider Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) MSN, which struck a flashy deal with producer Ben Silverman of Reveille, the company behind The Office and Ugly Betty, last year.
Other improvements include more memory and the inclusion of a year of MSN Direct service.
According to a survey by MSN and Impulse Research, another 16% of workers expect to spend five hours or more following the tournament.
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The MSN toolbar also comes with a desktop search application which indexes the contents of your local computer so you can find files and messages quickly.
And as with Lookout, the results of an MSN search are displayed in a window that looks a lot more like a mail client than a Web browser.
But without this nudge, who would bother, given that MSN Messenger was broken for a week, and half a dozen security flaws per month are discovered in Microsoft products?
It lived from 2004-2008 as a product with its MSN Direct data network lasting until 2012.
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They currently have a partnership with their MSN product and Sina (SINA).
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And while Microsoft currently offers digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access in conjunction with its MSN online service, it needs a cable modem offering to drive more traffic to all of its Web properties.
Gail Berman (American Idol, 24) and Lloyd Braun (Lost) are the pair of Hollywood heavyweights behind BermanBraun, the 3 year old production company behind a suite of popular MSN-partnered web sites, including Wonderwall and Glo.
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Just as with America Online (AOL), users pay a monthly fee to use MSN 8 that includes spam filters, e-mail managing software, and other tools.
There have been hacks involving MSN Messenger to relay feeds, but a more mainstream offering -- perhaps a partnership with a feed aggregation service, would greatly enhance personalization.
Tools such as Google's Blogger, MovableType and the recently launched beta version of MSN Spaces are making it easier to run a blog.
James Tate writes for MSN and reports: The new Accord has a sharper look that combines more interior space and some much-needed aesthetic tweaks.
Over the past few years Microsoft has worked hard to build a loyal user base around the MSN identity by giving people access to exclusive content such as online pop concerts.
As part of a push for the Xbox, MSN wants to focus on original programming that will air via Xbox Live on presumably both the current gen system and the Durango, when it finally should appear.
Odom alleged that Best Buy included software with his purchase that provided a six-month free trial to MSN.
Lots of services offered by its online-access business, MSN, use Passport, such as MoneyCentral and a digital photo site.
Although living 130 miles apart, the two formed a friendship last year and began using MSN Messenger and mobile phone texts to keep in daily contact.
The Abacus 2006 is a significant advance over the first generation of MSN Direct watches.
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