August 2004 - Page 3 of 5

August 16, 2004

Best-Selling Author Tom Peters Takes It Live With Microsoft Office Live Meeting

Live Meeting Will Drive New Series of Interactive and Engaging Seminars That Help Participants Realize Business Excellence

August 12, 2004

MSN Movies Premieres New Star-Studded Offerings

New and Improved MSN Movies Site Adds Partners and Functionality To Become the Leading Online Movies Destination Through New Deals With Blockbuster, CinemaNow and MovieTickets.com

August 12, 2004

Q&A: Microsoft Hosts Industry Sender ID Summit in Fight Against Spam and Phishing

Craig Spiezle, director of industry and partner relations for Microsoft’s Safety Technology and Strategy Team, and Trevor Hughes, executive director of the ESPC, discuss Sender ID and the use of authenticated e-mail solutions to combat the problems of spam, domain spoofing and phishing.

August 11, 2004

Microsoft Announces Windows XP Starter Edition Pilot Program

Low-Cost Windows Pilot Will Bring Social and Economic Benefits of Personal Computing To Consumers in Developing Technology Markets of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand

August 11, 2004

Microsoft Speaks Up: Voice Command Is Now Available at Retailers Nationwide

Successful Pocket PC Software Offered at Retail, Compatible With New HP iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC Phone Edition

August 11, 2004

Microsoft Expands Options to Bring More Choices and Flexibility To Customers Buying Its Office Live Meeting Service

New Subscription Models and Naming Cater to Growing Adoption of Web Conferencing, Making It Easier for Customers to Extend Live Meeting to All Levels of Their Organization

August 10, 2004

BEA, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Sun Microsystems Submit WS-Addressing Specification To W3C for Standardization

It Is a Milestone in Enabling Customers to Build Interoperable Web Services Applications

August 10, 2004

It’s a Snap! Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10 Gets Pictures Perfect

New One-Click Auto Fixes, Advanced Editing Features and Intelligent Panoramic Stitching Create Professional-Quality Photos

August 9, 2004

Microsoft Continues Commitment to XML Web Services With New SharePoint Products and Technologies Toolkits

Two new Web Part toolkits and a Web services toolkit for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies enable them to connect systems from multiple vendors using XML Web services standards.

August 9, 2004

Microsoft Research to Present Graphics Breakthroughs at SIGGRAPH

Senior Researcher Hugues Hoppe Receives 2004 Computer Graphics Achievement Award, Graphics Veteran Kurt Akeley Signs On at Microsoft Research