Microsoft Launches YouTube Rival In Public Beta

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I-Week reports: Microsoft has launched in public beta MSN Soapbox, an online video service that would compete with Google's YouTube.
Like YouTube, Soapbox lets people upload video in almost any digital format. Users can then tag and categorize videos, so others can more easily find them. One difference is that Soapbox users can watch and browse from the same screen. But the site apparently supports only Internet Explorer, and doesn't work with Firefox. Read on by clicking on the above shown link.