Microsoft Corp. responded to Yahoo's re-branding and Google's partnership with Sun Microsystems, early last week, by previewing its two new Internet-based software services - Windows Live and Microsoft Office Live. At a briefing held recently for members of the press and analysts, Bill Gates, Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect, and Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Technical Officer, demonstrated these new offerings for the first time, along with Xbox Live.
Windows Live is a set of personal Internet services and software designed to bring together all of the relationships, information and interests people care about most, with more safety and security features across their PC, devices and the Web. The product will primarily be delivered free to users and supported by advertising, subscription and transaction-based services also will be available. Windows Live extends the capabilities of Windows through standard mechanisms that are publicly available for use by
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