November 2002 - Stories

November 28, 2002

MSN Enters Holiday Season as No. 1 Shopping Portal

MSN Dollars Tops Promotions Expected to Attract Shoppers to MSN This Holiday Season

November 26, 2002

Say It Like You Mean It: Microsoft Research Teaching Computers Subtleties of Speech

The Speech Group at Microsoft Research Asia is developing a series of technologies to make human-to-computer — and human-to-human — interaction more meaningful by teaching computers how people really talk.

November 25, 2002

FRx Software Launches Online Training Program

Company Offers Array of Training Options to Meet Customers’ Needs

November 25, 2002

Upgrades to the Microsoft Solution for Intranets, New Partner Solution Offering From Groove Networks Provide Customers With Enhanced Collaboration Opportunities

Groove Workspace to Work With New MSI 1.5 Offering

November 24, 2002

New Harris Poll Shows Personal Computer As Home’s Digital Nerve Center

“Digital Lifestyle” Becoming Reality, Consumers Planning Additional Technology Purchases This Holiday Season

November 22, 2002

Xbox Live Starter Kits Virtually Sell Out in First Week of Sales

Sales Hit 150,000 in First Week as Xbox Live Players Storm the Online Arena, Making Xbox Live the First Broadband Service to Surpass 100,000 Subscribers; Sales of NFL Fever 2003 Jump 120 Percent Since Going Online

November 21, 2002

Hyperion, Microsoft and SAS Release New Specification of XML for Analysis

New Specification and New XMLA Advisory Council Members Help Drive XMLA as an Industry Standard

November 21, 2002

Xbox Lounges to Open at Vans Skateparks

Visitors to Vans Skateparks Throughout the United States Can Play the Hottest New Xbox Games Against Each Other and Against Others Online Using Xbox Live

November 21, 2002

Showdown in Texas as National Finalists Compete For “Zoo Tycoon” Ultimate Zookeeper Title

Microsoft Donates $20,000 Toward Animal Care to Zoo New England, Home to Winning Keeper and Newest PC Game Character Download

November 20, 2002

Microsoft SQL Server Turns 10

User Community Celebrates 10 Years of Technology and Innovation That Has Helped Reshape and Redefine the Database Landscape