Microsoft refines its Net game

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Microsoft's first venture online resulted in some expensive mistakes, but the vendor's second coming looks set to earn Bill Gates more millions

Mention the word 'media' around Bill Gates and he squirms in his chair and screws up his face as if he's swallowed a bad oyster. 'The notion that Microsoft is a media company is a strange thing to ...

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