20090701 Microsoft's Channel 8 and Channel 10 Are Kaput
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Microsoft plans to fold enthusiast sites into overhauled 'Channel 9' http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_consolidating_enthusiast_sites_under_Channel_9_umbrella_49235682.html
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Microsoft ditches Live Search product upload tool
The firm confirmed to users that the tool, which was used by retailers to get their products into Microsoft’s search database, had been discontinued late last week.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/microsoft_live_search_product_upload/
Microsoft cuts CSR spend across Europe
Across Europe and the UK, it is thought as much as a quarter of Microsoft’s citizenship PR spend is being shelved. Similar cuts have been made in Asia, while a source said pullbacks in global and US budgets were ‘imminent’.
http://www.prweek.com/uk/sectors/publicsector/article/900492/microsoft-cuts-csr-spend-across-europe/
Microsoft calls off summer picnic, cites need to reduce expenses
"The big reason is to pay attention to costs," said Lou Gellos, a Microsoft spokesman.
Microsoft Cancels 2009 BI Conference, Schedules It For Every Two Years
Citing the recession and cutbacks in travel budgets, Microsoft has canceled this year's October Microsoft BI Conference, according to a posting on the company's Web site blog.
http://www.crn.com/software/217000139;jsessionid=CNK2VEB0UQI3SQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN
Microsoft Origami site to fold by end of April
Microsoft’s Origami campaign came in for both praise and criticism, and while they can’t claim to entirely control the UMPC (or subsequent MID) markets they’ve were at least initially responsible for promoting ultramobile PCs. Now Microsoft have decided to shut down their official Origami project site, three years after it was founded.
http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-origami-site-to-fold-by-end-of-april-2041282/
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