Microsoft is planning on launching a new shopping website called "Windows Marketplace". This website will offer software, hardware, and peripherals. PCWorld reports that it will be advertised in the "Windows XP Start Menu and Internet Explorer Web browser". So far Microsoft has signed Dell, HP, Circuit City, Buy.com, and Best Buy are all expected to sell their products though the store.
Microsoft is working on a new shopping Web site for software, hardware, and peripherals that it plans to advertise in the Windows XP Start Menu and the Internet Explorer Web browser. Called "Windows Marketplace," the Web site is slated to go live for U.S. Windows users by year's end, according to Microsoft, which plans to officially announce the online store on Monday at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto.
The Windows Marketplace will be a way for Microsoft partners to peddle their wares to the millions of Windows users, the Redmond, Washington-based software vendor says in a statement. Providers that are expected to sell their products through the store include Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Circuit City Stores, Buy.com, and Best Buy Company, according to Microsoft. Products that have gained a "Designed for Windows" logo will be easier to find on the Web store through a special search filter, the software maker says.
News source: PCWorld.com
