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The BBC has signed an agreement with Microsoft to explore ways of developing its digital services.
The non-exclusive memorandum of understanding sets out a framework for joint projects between the two organisations.
This includes plans for next-generation web 2.0 and ways to share online content in the future.
BBC director general Mark Thompson said there had been unprecedented rates of change in technology.
He said: "To ensure that the BBC is able to embrace the creative challenges of the digital future, we need to forge strategic partnerships with technology companies and distributors for the benefit of licence payers."
I don't think this is a really sigificant agreement; maybe it could mean Windoes Live Passport Style login, orgiginally earlier in the year they was a BBC competition for designing a new BBC Site, which was hidden away on the BBC Site (See posts on this forum), I think they just need some people in their web department so they hired a few of the Microsoft Lads.