Microsoft starts pilot in Russia
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Microsoft will begin offering less expensive versions of its Windows operating system on personal computers sold in Russia and India as part of a broader pilot program to test how it can get a better foothold in developing markets.
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It&#39;s part of the company&#39;s effort to beat back Linux and piracy efforts in developing technology markets. Microsoft says it will offer a simplified and lower-priced version of Windows XP in Russia, matching
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The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant today announced a year-long pilot program to start shipping the Windows XP Starter Edition to India in early 2005.
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Excerpt from report by Russian Channel One Europe TV on 8 September  [Presenter] A new facility started up today in Kirov Region, in a village whose name appears on not a single map of Russia.
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Russia unveils a new passenger jet it hopes will establish its place as a global seller of commercial aircraft.
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Microsoft on Friday released a new preview of the presentation subsystem of its upcoming Longhorn version of Windows. The Redmond, Wash.
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Microsoft MSFT.O said on Thursday it   was on track to launch its Windows Vista operating system in   Europe in January but again asked the European Commission to   detail concerns it may have with the system.
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Microsoft  has struck a deal  with MTS , Russia's largest mobile phone operator, to  offer services and laptops installed with its Vista operating  system on subscription as it reaches out to small businesses.
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A Russian mobile-phone operator is the latest service provider to team with Microsoft to offer Windows-based PCs on a subscription basis through the company's Unlimited Potential program.
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a pilot program targeting first-time and beginning computer users -- comes on the heels of a similar customized version for Russia.
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Software giant Microsoft Corp. is  setting up a research and development center in Shanghai for  its online MSN service, its first such center outside the  United States, sources familiar with the plan said on  Wednesday.
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The Russian wireless market is a springboard for growth.
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Microsoft this week added Russia to the list of the countries that will see a budget-priced version of Windows XP, what developer dubs &quot;Starter Edition.
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Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo said it was launching its i-mode Internet service in Russia and three other former Soviet republics through an agreement with Russia's largest provider Mobile TeleSystems (MTS).
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InfoWorld - Microsoft and one of Asia&#39;s leading discount airlines teamed up on Wednesday to promote the use of a new software program, or desktop gadget, to access Internet information on the Vista OS.
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Top-notch grads could help Russian IT service providers compete with Indian and Chinese counterparts.
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Fast on the heels of its announcement that Russia would be the fourth of five countries in a pilot program of a low-cost, limited-functionality version of Windows XP, Microsoft named India as the fifth country.