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Microsoft stealth-launches ad-funded Works office suite

Microsoft stealth-launches ad-funded Works office suite

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A cheap version of Microsoft Office codenamed Albany may still be a few months away, but the Redmond-based company seems convinced that ad-funded business applications could help it achieve even further penetration in the SMB market. A Sponsored Edition of Microsoft Works has been launched to this effect and is currently being tested in the United States, France, Canada, Poland and the United Kingdom, countries where Works' big brother, Microsoft Office is firmly...



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News Mobile & Telco

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