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December 20, 2002

Xbox November Console Sales Hit Record Highs for 2002

Strong Game Portfolio and Xbox Live Launch Fuel Growth

December 17, 2002

“Age of Mythology” Catapults to Top-Selling Rank

Consumer Excitement Solidifies Game’s Status as One of Year’s Major Entertainment Releases

December 16, 2002

MSN Shopping Offers Holiday Panic Button for Procrastinators

Help Is on the Way for Last-Minute Shoppers With MSN Shopping’s Procrastination Central

December 16, 2002

Microsoft Announces Plus! Digital Media Edition, The Ultimate Photo, Music and Movie Enhancement Pack for Windows XP

Plus! Digital Media Edition Will Be First Microsoft Product Retailed as Download Via Web; Sign Up and Save Promotion Starting Today Offers 25 Percent Discount To Users Who Reserve Their Copy Early

December 16, 2002

Holiday Support Center Brightens the Season for Consumers

Microsoft’s Holiday Support Hub provides customers with easy access to technical support for the holidays to help ensure holiday software gifts can be enjoyed over the holidays.

December 6, 2002

Microsoft Announces Agreement With Uvision and Willamette Broadband To Deploy Microsoft TV Interactive Program Guide

Microsoft Corp. released information at BroadbandPlus — The New Western Show confirming that both Uvision LLC and Willamette Broadband LLC will deploy the Microsoft TV Interactive Program Guide (IPG) across their cable systems.

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 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

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