Microsoft dumps Office subscription trial

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MICROSOFT HAS DROPPED the pilot for its Office XP End User Subscription Licensing (ESL) program, an initiative that saw consumers rent copies of the office productivity software at discounted prices.

Under the ESL, consumers could rent a version of Office XP at well below the normal boxed price, but the license was not perpetual. This meant that the software would expire at the end of the subscription period. 

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Xbox Live to target hackers?

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Microsoft may backtrack on a pledge not to use its online gaming service to crack down on "mod chips"--chips that modify the Xbox console so it can run copied game discs and unlicensed software.

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Here Comes Windows Media 9 Series

Microsoft 12039 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Late today, Microsoft will unveil the Beta 1 release of Windows Media Player 9, a significant upgrade over the Media Player for Windows XP product the company is now shipping as part of Windows XP, as well as a host of other Windows Media 9 Series products that run the gamut from server-side content delivery to local media encoding. Windows Media 9 Series is the company's most comprehensive multimedia product launch ever.

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Legal threat to Windows

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Firms with valid Microsoft site licences cannot legally install Windows on PCs bought without the operating system, Microsoft has warned. Many companies with volume licences routinely apply a disk image over pre-installed software to achieve a standard configuration. But firms that try to cut costs by purchasing "naked" PCs, sold without an operating system, cannot legally install a Windows image because site licences only permit upgrading from a pre-installed version of Windows.

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Inktomi, Microsoft tie search to content management

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MICROSOFT AND INKTOMI on Wednesday announced a product integration designed to provide immediate access to content as it is being published and managed. The integrated offering, dubbed Connect It for Microsoft Content Management Server, bridges Inktomi's Enterprise Search software and Microsoft's Content Management Server via a Java-based connector.

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