Most people who end up purchasing next-generation video game consoles will have them online all the time.

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Microsoft forecasts the online advertising market will nearly double in the next two years, during which time the company also believes it can drive down costs though economies of scale.

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Start-ups like Fab and ILikeWhatYourWearing.com have asked them and, by revolutionizing the status quo online retail experience, they have an easier time positioning themselves as a next gen brand against the status quo.

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For most spectators, the next eight to 12 days involve closely monitoring the race online with the assistance of real-time GPS tracking and video coverage from the trail checkpoints -- available on www.

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But the electronics industry--which was fairly quiet when the broadcast flag was initially devised--might be more vocal the next time around, says Cindy Cohn, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group.

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Microsoft has an opportunity to pull ahead on the next battlefront: online gaming, where two or more players compete against each other on the Web, in real time.

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