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A major upgrade to Microsoft Corp.'s project management software is expected to take advantage of tighter integration with other components of the company's Office suite of applications, particularly the Microsoft Outlook 2003 client.

Microsoft this week will release its Microsoft Office Project 2003 software to manufacturing, the first component of Office 2003 to reach that stage. The project management software will reach customers when the rest of Office 2003 ships, which is expected in October.

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While Microsoft officials have referred to MSN 9.0 as a "fiscal 2004" deliverable, company watchers expected Microsoft to deliver the next major update to its Internet service during calendar 2003. But according to the MSN 9.0 beta invite that just went out, Microsoft is planning for the beta to run at least through January of 2004.

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This one's not over yet (And by the time it is, ActiveX will probably be a dead technology, anyway.) Eolas, the company that sued Microsoft back in 1999 for alleged violation of its browser plug-in patent, was awarded $521 million by a Chicago jury on Monday. Microsoft was quick to point out that the award was substantially less than the $1.2 billion that Eolas had sought. And Redmond officials already are working on an appeal.

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Microsoft is preparing to launch next month the beta for Microsoft Installer 3.0. The new software-installation program is a key component of Microsoft's evolving strategy to simplify patch-management across its entire product line.

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