Article: Microsoft to release Office Live soon

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is preparing to officially release software that helps small companies do things like build a Web site and maintain business contacts, and plans to link the product to its platform for selling online advertising.

Microsoft said Monday that it will officially release Office Live in the United States Nov. 15, and simultaneously launch test versions of the software in France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Office Live, which has been available to U.S. companies in test form for more than eight months, is one element of Microsoft's major push to offer more Web-based products so it can compete with companies such as Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. Microsoft, ...

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