The well-known high-tech company Microsoft presented its brand-new generation door-to-door media player the new Zune 2. It has bleak big 3.2 8 inch display and slim body. Moreover, the new flash based Zune with 4 GB and 8 GB model which has smaller size and smaller screen; both can be found in lots of colours such as pink, glossy red, green, and black.

Halo 3, launched this Tuesday has clocked in good sales. The final version of the epic Halo trilogy has proved to be biggest launch in recent time with sales of more than $172 million in first 24 hours. Microsoft had spent lot of money on development and promotion of the game. Bungie Studios have delivered a nice product which has enough power to shake Sony and Nintendo.

Seattle: Microsoft Corp. is all set to bring out three different versions of its  suite in January next year (2008). Microsoft said that Office 2008 for Mac Home and student version that comprises three licenses for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage, an e-mail/calendar/contacts program, will be available at just $150.

The social networking space may see more action in coming days as Software Giant Microsoft Corp is planning to invest in Social networking website Facebook. The company plans to buy up to 5% stake in fast growing online social network with an investment of nearly US $400 million.

Google has also shown interest in buying stake in Facebook, but there has been no official statement regarding the issue. Google also operates a social networking website orkut. Microsoft will get better access to a very huge user base of Facebook after this investment.