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Microsoft Will Try Out Blog Service In Japan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-there-any-more-annoying-word-than-blog dept.

theodp writes "Signaling its growing awareness of blogging as both a potential threat and a new business opportunity, Microsoft is turning to Japan to launch its first blog service and aims to have 1 million users in the first year. Not surprisingly, Microsoft's offering targets mobile bloggers, since nearly 90 percent of Japan's cell phones have Internet capability."

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  1. Want to know what Microsoft is going to do next? by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just look at what Google is doing today.

  2. Shouldn't that be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Brog Service in Japan.

  3. Blog is an annoying word? by seldolivaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    I actually quite like it... Slashdot is just pissed off because it used to be a News Site and now everyone is calling it a Blog :-)

    1. Re:Blog is an annoying word? by fritter · · Score: 4, Funny

      I actually quite like it... Slashdot is just pissed off because it used to be a News Site and now everyone is calling it a Blog :-)

      That's completely crazy. A blog is typically just a bunch of links to other sites of interest, with a poorly edited introduction that's usually tainted by unfounded personal opinion. Then there's a spot where people can post their own stupid opinions about that particular blog entry. On Slashdot, on the other hand, you can give them money and you don't have to see ads.

    2. Re:Blog is an annoying word? by Sebby · · Score: 4, Funny
      "On Slashdot, on the other hand, you can give them money and you don't have to see ads."

      But you do get to see those wonderful 503's!

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  4. Fastest meme progression to world domination ever? by Tackhead · · Score: 3, Funny
    Damn. That's gotta be the fastest metamorphasis from Slashdot in-joke to business plan ever!

    So on to the important question: will the Slashdot duplicate read "Microsoft will try out blog service in Japan... in Japan"?

  5. Re:Want to know what Microsoft is going to do next by daeley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just look at what Google is doing today.

    Or what Apple did yesterday. ;)

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  6. Mmm.... mobile blogs!!! by Anita+Coney · · Score: 3, Funny

    "im on trn
    hm soon
    btw im nt wrkin wknd."

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    1. Re:Mmm.... mobile blogs!!! by awtbfb · · Score: 4, Funny

      "dmn. blu scrn o dth!"

  7. Not Again by whfsdude · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes another bad idea from Microsoft. When is Microsoft going to issue a public apology for Windows ME? All jokes aside, it looks like Microsoft is trying to counter Google's blogger.com

  8. The old country by zippo01 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I remember when blogging ment beating the shit out of someone. And buy reading the post I'm not sure it's not, I can see Microsoft, beating people over the internet. Or atleast letting random people in todo it through the window.

  9. Re:Yeah, yeah. by modifried · · Score: 5, Funny
    (I get the feeling that the most popular screen colour for these Japanese blogs will be blue, for some reason.)

    A fatal exception 0xFE7 has occurred in blog. The current blog will be terminated.
    • Press any key to terminate the current blog.
    • Press ALT+CTRL+DEL again to restart your computer. You will lose any information posted in your blog.)
  10. Re:Want to know what Microsoft is going to do next by proudlyindian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or what Zerox did day before yesterday ;) ;)

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  11. Re:Want to know what Microsoft is going to do next by jpmkm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or what Microsoft is doing the day after yesterday.

  12. Re:Yeah, yeah. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee:

    "You call that a search engine? THIS is a search engine!

  13. Aah, the 80's... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 2, Funny



    Aah when you blog in Japan-tonight...
    Blog in Japan-be-tight...
    Blog in Japan...ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Blog in Japan-alright
    Pay! - Then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are newsy when you blog in Japan
    Oh when you blog in Japan...

  14. Japanese bloggers vs. American bloggers by BillLeeLee · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just hope there's not a Japanese equivalent of "I ate a sandwich today. It sucked. I hate my life and my parents because they make me do homework. Linkin Park is the only thing I relate to. " (grammar and spelling have been corrected)

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    1. Re:Japanese bloggers vs. American bloggers by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sorry, there is....

      Kyou wa sandoicchi wo tabeta. Mazui datta. Oreni shukudai wo okonawaserunode, oya oyobi bokuno jinnsei wo daikirai. Ore wa rinnkinn pa-ku dake ni kankei ga arieru.

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  15. PageRanking... by SpiritOfGrandeur · · Score: 2, Funny

    By including a link to their sites in each blog entry, M$ sites will finally have a high enough pageranking on Google!

  16. Re:Blog Service? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    1) How is a Blog Service any different from Slashdot journals?
    2) Why would people pay money to Microsoft to post comments and short, misspelled paragraphs about their lives?

    Well, people pay Slashdot for 503 errors. So why wouldn't they pay Microsoft to post comments and short, misspelled paragraphs.

    I mean, they would actually be able to access the website, unlike Slashdot.