Microsoft's Xbox Live Usage Takes Off in Asia
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One-in-seven Asian Xbox video gamers plays on the Internet just six months after the regional launch of Microsoft's Xbox Live Internet software, a company executive said on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Corp.  on  Wednesday said its Live online service, which has attracted 6  million Xbox 360 console gamers, will be open in May to PC  gamers who use its new Windows Vista operating system.
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Microsoft Corp. will start selling a cheaper model of the Xbox 360 video game machine in Japan to woo gamers there, the U.S. software maker said Monday.
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Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it  will begin shipping a low-cost version of its Windows XP  operating system to three Asian countries and Russia by  early-2005, tapping developing markets as growth slows  elsewhere.
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Asia is set to overtake Europe's early lead in adopting mobile television broadcasting.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O plans to release   a cheaper version of its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan   this autumn to boost sluggish sales in Japan and better compete   with rivals Sony Corp. 6758.T and Nintendo Co. Ltd.   7974.OS, a newspaper said on Friday.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on  Thursday it will begin shipping a low-cost version of its  Windows XP operating system to three Asian countries and Russia  within weeks, tapping developing markets as growth slows  elsewhere.
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Microsoft is making big news in India this week by expanding its Hyderabad campus and signing two lucrative deals in Asiaâs fourth largest economy.
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The China-specific online video gaming host is set to become a multigame operation.
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I spent large chunks of last year playing the same AAA video games everyone else played: "BioShock," "Rock Band," "Super Mario Galaxy" and so on. But if I actually kept track of my gaming hours, I wouldn't be surprised to find that I spent just as much time enjoying the simpler delights of Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade.
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Microsoft announced Wednesday it would offer a low-cost starter edition of its Windows XP operating system in Asia starting in October, as it strives to hold onto market share facing erosion from the open-source Linux system and software piracy.
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Microsoft Corp.  has no plans now to cut the price of its Xbox game console in Japan, where it trails far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd.  and Sony Corp. .
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will display paid search listings from Baidu.comÂ among the search results of certain Microsoft Web sites, the companies announced on Thursday. Baidu, which operates China's most popular search engine, will have paid search listings on MSN, Windows Live, and other partner Web sites in China. Baidu battles Google in China, although not necessarily in the same areas.Â Baidu goes head to head with Google in searchÂ and has the biggest share of China's search market, but its reach is limited by its focus on Chinese-language searching. It has attempted to compete against its rivals through deals with major international players. In October, Viacom's MTV Networks and Nickelodeon said it will make 15,000 hours of theirÂ content available in China via Baidu Web site. That included both English and Chinese-language programs, including Nickelodeon's "Sponge Bob Square Pants" and MTV's "Pimp My Ride," along with programs produced locally for Chinese audiences. Viacom does, however, have similar arrangements with Google and AOL. Financial terms of the deal with Microsoft were not disclosed.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft's Japan unit plans to study more closely the use of digital technology in the lives of average Japanese to gain insight that it might use overseas, the head of its Japanese unit said Monday. "Microsoft has a lot to learn from Japan's digital lifestyle," said Darren Huston, president of Microsoft Co. Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo. Huston used the event to outline progress made in the Japanese market over the last financial year and outline plans for the coming year. In addition to looking more closely at how Japanese consumers use their digital gadgets, such as cellphones and personal computers with built-in TV and video recording, Huston will also continue the company's push of its Windows Mobile platform and Xbox 360. Huston said he was "super proud" that Japanese carriers are beginning to sell Windows Mobile devices. Three years ago when he took charge there were none available, he said. Over the next 12 months Microsoft's Japan unit will also devote more resources to both pushing information technology into the Japanese workplace, which he said was several years behind those of the U.S. or Europe in terms of IT adoption. "There is a tremendous opportunity to increase worker productivity with IT," said Huston. Many small Japanese companies still rely on piecemeal collections of personal computers and often have only one or no central server. Microsoft has been trying to change this by promoting its Windows Server products and the job of pushing penetration of IT into the enterprise will go to Yasuyuki Higuchi, chief operating officer of the company who joined earlier this year. That's in contrast to digital lifestyles, which are several years ahead of the West, Huston said.
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XBox Live Video buckles Thursday and Friday under the weight of countless subscribers. Microsoft issues a mea culpa. In Gear Factor.
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Six Apart and LiveJournal combine to boast 6.5 million users and a growing business. Also: Microsoft unveils antivirus software.... Canada may stop internet drug sales to America.... and more.
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Microsoft announced it would set up its second Asian research facility in India's technology hub of Bangalore.