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Major and small internet radio stations are planned to go silent on June 26 to protest a rise of royalty rates that could bankrupt the entire industry. SaveNetRadio Coalition is organizing the event, and the group is hoping that the silent protest would raise public awareness on the issue. The new royalty will be in effect on July 15.
Microsoft has unveiled Student Innovation Suite for youth in developing nations. The new suite includes Microsoft Windows XP Starter Edition, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Microsoft Math 3.0, and Learning Essentials 2.0. The new suite costs $3 each, and Microsoft is planning to sell them to certain developing nations. The new strategy comes as Microsoft lags behind open source alternatives in many developing countries, where they cannot afford the high license fees for Microsoft’s software.
Yahoo announced that it will give users unlimited e-mail storage to celebrate the 10 year e-mail service. The company will be changing the new e-mail storage in stages. Yahoo has currently the largest e-mail user-base in the web. Many analysts find the move as a response to Google's Gmail service which has initially offered 1 GB of e-mail storage for free to its users. Neither Microsoft nor Google has plans for increasing e-mail storage in response to Yahoo's announcement.
Microsoft announced that it would be offering video content for its XBox Live users on November 22. Microsoft acquired rights to rent and distribute contents from various media corporations. Users will be able to download movies and TV shows with some in high-definition quality. Users can keep the TV shows indefinitely, but movies will expire based on a rental period. Analysts believe the move in significant, because it would bring more possible revenue for Microsoft while competing in multiple fronts in gaming and entertainment sectors of the market.
