March 2002 - Page 2 of 7

March 20, 2002

Microsoft Hosts “Women Who Make a Difference”

Media alert: “Women Who Make a Difference”

March 20, 2002

Microsoft Announces Software Development Kit for Visio 2002

Kit Enables Developers to Build on the Strength of the Visio Diagramming Platform

March 20, 2002

Richard Roeper’s Oscar Picks Revealed on “OutSmart”

Popular Online Game Show Exposes Roeper’s Oscar Predictions, Puts the Film Critic and Co-Host of “Ebert & Roeper” Show to the Test

March 20, 2002

Citigroup and Microsoft Create Agreement to Deliver Enhanced Convenience To Citigroup Online Customers

Citigroup Will Implement .NET Technologies to Streamline Customer Access — Citi Cards to Become a Preferred Payments Provider for Microsoft, Including Promotion in Key Areas on MSN

March 20, 2002

Microsoft and Vendors Unite to Deliver Unprecedented Support For Assistive Technologies via Windows XP

Assistive Technology Vendors Unveil New Products That Take Advantage of Windows XP, Microsoft’s Most Accessible Operating System

March 19, 2002

First Native XML Web Services Tool For the Java Language Nears Completion

Second Beta of Visual J# .NET Now Available for Download

March 19, 2002

Winning Microsoft Products Team Up for Special Edition Desktop

Office Keyboard, Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer Now Together in Color

March 19, 2002

Microsoft Game Studios’ “Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge” Landing on Xbox

Hop into the cockpit of a high-flying, fully loaded aerial hotrod in “Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge,” the newest game under exclusive development for the Xbox video game system.

March 19, 2002

Microsoft Releases DirectPlay for Pocket PC 2002

Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of the DirectPlay API for Pocket PC 2002, a free download for developers of games and multiuser online applications that enables games and other applications to connect and interoperate over wired and wireless networks.

March 19, 2002

Microsoft Showcases Groundbreaking Game Technologies Of DirectX at GDC 2002

Microsoft Corp. will showcase the powerful multimedia application development capabilities of the DirectX 8.1 API for the game development community.