Microsoft creates a YouTube clone

    As Bill Gates had hinted before , Microsoft is working to create its own version of the popular service for publishing amateur YouTube videos . The service, codenamed Warhol, will receive the commercial name MSN Soapbox. Now the website at soapbox.msn.com is open for internal access only. Apparently, the service will begin its work in the near future. This is reported by insiders and even publish a small screenshot of the site.

    Expected MSN Soapbox functionality:
    * hosting video files in almost any format with a maximum size of up to 100 MB;
    * support for tags and thematic categories;
    * Watching videos and surfing the site simultaneously in one window;
    * installation of personal RSS feeds;
    * Common user profiles with the social network Live Spaces ;
    * Export videos to pages of other sites and blogs.

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