eWeek> Expanding its reach into new content services, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday acknowledged that its MSN division will launch a beta of its blogging service next week. However, the new service will be offered only in Japan.
MSN officials said they have no information on when Microsoft plans to broaden the beta to the rest of the world. In addition, MSN also has not said when it plans to offer the service commercially……The new MSN will allow customers to construct and author Web logs. The spokeswoman said she was not sure if MSN also will host customers’ blogs as part of the service. ”
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