The Daily News - Microsoft creates Spaces for blogging
Microsoft Corp is becoming the latest company aiming to bring blogging to the masses with a free new tool that lets people easily set up Web journals
Spaces which debuts in test form Thursday is targeted at home users who want to share things like vacation pictures text journals or a list of favorite songs The service free to anyone with a Hotmail email or Messenger account is part of Microsofts effort to keep people in a Microsoftbranded universe for all their online communication needs
Spaces will be supported by banner ads that appear at the top of the Web logs...
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Microsoft Corp is becoming the latest company aiming to bring blogging to the masses with a free new tool that lets people easily set up Web journals
Spaces which debuts in test form Thursday is targeted at home users who want to share things like vacation pictures text journals or a list of favorite songs The service free to anyone with a Hotmail email or Messenger account is part of Microsofts effort to keep people in a Microsoftbranded universe for all their online communication needs
Spaces will be supported by banner ads that appear at the top of the Web logs...
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Reported Size Figures
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