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September 20, 2001

Microsoft TV Photo Viewer Provides a Simple New Way to View Digital Photos on Home Television Sets

Digital camera users can go live on the big screen with Microsoft TV Photo Viewer, a new product that enables consumers to use their PCs to easily organize, share and view their favorite digital pictures on their home television set.

September 20, 2001

Q&A: Open Passport Enables a “Network of Trust”

Christopher Payne, vice president of Microsoft’s .NET Core Services Platform, discusses the company’s announcement that Passport, the world’s largest Web authentication system, will be open to “federation,” or interoperation among multiple enterprises and service providers.

September 20, 2001

Microsoft Expands Passport to Enable Universal Single Sign-In

Industry’s Leading Authentication Service to Offer Open and Trusted Interoperability with Enterprises, Service Operators

September 20, 2001

Microsoft Exposes New Way to View Digital Photos

TV Photo Viewer Brings Photo Albums to TV for Easy Sharing With Family, Friends

September 20, 2001

Charter Communications to Deliver MSN Content and Services to Charter Pipeline Customers

Charter Selects MSN as Online Partner to Provide Industry-Leading Technology Expertise and Award Winning Content to Broadband Customers

September 19, 2001

Microsoft, OpenNetwork Report Web Access Control Solution Supports Unprecedented Numbers of Users at Lowest Total Cost of Ownership for Corporate Extranet Environment

Record Performance Results of Web Access Control Tests Confirm Solution Supports 15 Million Users for as Low as 1.8 Cents Per User Annually

September 19, 2001

Enhancements, Improvements and New Features Abound In Microsoft Entourage X for Mac

Available in November, Office v. X for Mac Includes the Refined and Enhanced E-Mail And Personal Information Management Application, Entourage X

September 18, 2001

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Trounces the Competition

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 came out a winner in the 2001 Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Survey conducted by Survey.com and published by The OLAP Report.

September 18, 2001

Viewers, Broadcasters and Developers Give Thumbs Up To Interactive TV

First Results From Deployments of Microsoft TV With TV Cabo and TAK Show Heavy Usage of Interactive Features by Viewers and Strong Developer Support

September 18, 2001

Microsoft and Philips Reach Major Milestone With AvailabilityOf Advanced iTV Cable Set-Top Box Solutions

Philips Digital Networks and Microsoft TV to Help Network Operators Reap New Benefits of Next-Generation Set-Top Box Platform