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Microsoft looks to be TV player, again...

Tags: Microsoft + IPTV + Xbox + Zune

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Posted by Ambassador 2 years 2 days ago; via news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061...

Microsoft has spent the last decade trying to crack the TV market with billion-dollar investments in cable and telecom companies, numerous attempts at moving into the set-top box with limited success and an acquisition of WebTV, a service to allow people to browse the Internet through a TV set.

None of these investments delivered the results Microsoft had hoped: a prominent place near the couch.

This time, Microsoft thinks the technology infrastructure and, more importantly, the consumers are finally ready for IPTV, an application that...

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Microsoft game, device unit sees loss in '07

Tags: Microsoft + Xbox + Zune + Smartphone + Robbie Bach

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Posted by lupus 2 years 2 months ago; via today.reuters.com/stocks/...

Microsoft forecast another year of losses at its mobile phone, games and device business before turning a profit in the business year ending June 30, 2008.

Microsoft said investments for its new "Zune" media player and another year of losses at its Xbox game unit will continue to weigh on the entertainment and devices unit's earnings this year. The division posted a loss last year.

The entertainment and devices division encompasses much of Microsoft's consumer-oriented products, such as Windows-based smartphones, the Xbox 360 game...

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