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International Features

	Spain's Largest Publisher Chooses Microsoft Reader To Launch Its eBook Businesses; Italy's Largest Business Press Becomes Fifth Leading European Publisher to Support Microsoft Reader Planeta Actimedia, Il Sole 24 Ore to Offer eBook Titles for Their Respective Markets
	MSN Hotmail Announces Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian Language Versions to Deliver the Everyday Web Around the World E-Mail Extended to Make the Web a More Integral Part of Lives of Users Worldwide; World's Largest E-Mail Provider Exceeds 52 Million Active Users
	Towngas Partners With Microsoft to Provide Innovative TV-based Internet Services in Hong Kong Microsoft will partner with iCare.com Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Towngas, to provide the enabling technologies for a comprehensive range of Internet services for state-of-the-art TV-based set-top boxes.
	Brazilian 'Social Entrepreneur' Works to Bridge Digital Divide Assisted by cash and software donations from Microsoft Brazil, Rodrigo Baggio is working to provide technology access and training to the country's disadvantaged communities.
	Q&A: Microsoft Joins Bluetooth Special Interest Group In a conversation with PressPass, Microsoft planning manager Mike Wehrs discusses the company's participation in the Bluetooth SIG, a group of companies working together to promote Bluetooth low-cost wireless networking and communication technology.
	Microsoft Delivers Windows for Smart Cards at Cartes 99 Powerful Tool Set Released With Widespread Industry Support in Smart-Card Security, Identification, Closed User Group and Telecommunication Applications
	Investing in the "African Renaissance" Microsoft South Africa this week opened its new offices in Johannesburg, commemorating the occasion with an appearance by Nelson Mandela and the announcement of a $15 million investment in Modern Africa, a fund geared toward businesses in sub-Saharan Africa.
	One Year Later: Microsoft Research China Poised For Breakthroughs With a focus on hiring the best computer scientists available, MSR’s Beijing lab is exploring next-generation user interfaces using speech and other interaction methods, multimedia technologies, and Chinese information processing improvements.
	Iniziativa Soluzioni2000: Tin.it e Microsoft insieme per lo sviluppo tecnologico delle piccole e medie imprese italiane Parte oggi "Iniziativa Soluzioni2000" che coinvolge, attorno a Tin.it, il Service Provider di Telecom Italia, e Microsoft, un ampio gruppo di Partner qualificati con l'obiettivo di avvicinare ad Internet le PMI e gli studi professionali e di alimentarne lo sviluppo tecnologico.
	Microsoft and NTT DoCoMo Create New Company to Provide Mobile Data Services in Japan MobiMagic Co., Ltd., is expected to provide users of mobile phones, Palm-size PCs and other mobile devices wireless access to email, scheduling and similar intranet-based applications beginning in mid-2000.
	Bringing the Best of the Web to Spanish-Speaking Consumers In a conversation with PressPass, Microsoft Latin America Vice President Mauricio Santillan explains how the company's joint venture with TELMEX will bring best-of-breed communications, search and shopping services to Spanish-speaking Internet users throughout the Americas.
	Microsoft Hong Kong Declares Strong Support for Hong Kong SAR's IT Initiatives Commits to HK$10m investment in variety of initiatives to support local software developers, including Cyberport.
	Presenting... the World’s First eBook Awards Microsoft announces its founding sponsorship of the Frankfurt eBook Awards, designed to honor literary achievements in the emerging eBook industry.
	Microsoft Expands on Broadband Vision at Telecom 99 At Telecom 99 in Geneva, Microsoft executives outlined the company's efforts to partner with the telecommunications industry to promote a faster, easier-to-use Internet that brings better services to consumers and greater opportunities to businesses.
	Microsoft Announces New Independent Content Providers to Lotus and Microsoft to Integrate Windows Media Technologies into Lotus Notes and Domino Release 5 New Agreement Expands Integration Between Companies' Products to Deliver Streaming Media Solutions. (en Français)