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August 26, 2002

Xbox Brings Early Holiday Cheer With Free DVD Movie Playback Kit

$30 (U.S.) Mail-In Rebate Available With Purchase of Xbox Console and DVD Playback Kit

August 26, 2002

Microsoft TV IPG Earns ACADIA Validation Through The Horizon Program on Additional Motorola Digital Set-Tops

Validation for Interactive Program Guide Extended to Motorola’s DCT1000 and DCT1200Set-Tops

August 21, 2002

New Subscription Services Will Extend MSN Experience to Mac OS X

MSN Subscription Services, Including Broadband and Dial-Up Connectivity, To Become Available to Macintosh OS X Audience for the First Time

August 20, 2002

Microsoft Advances Digital Imaging With the Introduction Of Picture It! Digital Image Pro

New Advanced Photo-Editing Software Boasts Add Flash, Backlighting, Levels Adjustment And Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Filter Support

August 20, 2002

MSNBC.com and MSN Sign Agreement With Weather.com to Provide Expanded Weather Coverage

The Weather Channel Forecasts Available to Users of MSNBC.com and MSN; MSN Alerts With Weather Information Coming This Fall

August 20, 2002

World’s First Internet Portal for Visually Impaired Children Brings Honors to Microsoft Canada and Bill Gates

The Canadian National Institute for the Blind honors Microsoft for helping build one of the world’s most advanced digital-access systems for the blind, including a unique Internet portal that will boost blind children’s access to digital information.

August 19, 2002

Microsoft’s Fall Lineup for Consumers: More Productive, Better Connected, Totally Entertained

A broad list of fall releases for consumers includes MSN 8, Xbox Live, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Windows Powered Smart Displays, Windows Media 9 Series Platform, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Microsoft PC Games, Bluetooth Desktop devices, mice, keyboards and wireless hardware.

August 8, 2002

Hail to the Master Chief! “Halo 2” Is Coming to an Xbox Near You

Microsoft Game Studios Announces “Halo 2” and “Project Gotham Racing 2,” Highly Anticipated Sequels to Top-Selling Xbox Games

August 8, 2002

Study Reveals Parents’ Homework Challenges

National PTA and Microsoft’s “Calling All Parents” Survey Shows What Parents Really Know About Their Kids’ Homework

August 8, 2002

Back to School with Microsoft: New Tools, New Technology

Microsoft helps connect students, teachers and parents with new tools, an updated research library, and donation of a portion of sales to National PTA.