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Daily Debrief: Microsoft's missteps
Created: 07/08/2008
Video description: On Tuesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News' Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried discuss the day's Microsoft news. The good includes the pricing for the company's new, pay-as-you-go business apps for the Web. The bad is the launch (or lack thereof) of its Vista Compatibility Center, incongruously introduced 18 months after the release of Vista.

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