Broadband Future

WSJ.com - Microsoft Will Unveil Internet Push: "The software giant has been battling the perception that Internet-based companies have taken the lead in technology innovation. Where Microsoft has struggled to get users to buy and install new versions of its Windows operating system and Office productivity programs, companies such as Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. have grown quickly by offering 'hosted' software, which runs on the companies' computers and is accessed by customers over the Internet."