71.   Now in our new digital age that same spotlight has fallen on Microsoft and the software giant is fighting back hard.

72.   On one hand are concerns that the software giant will not be able to handle a potential flood of online surfers.

73.   One path leads to a presumed guilty verdict, coupled with stiff sanctions against the software giant.

74.   Only when the software giant began to spend money on marketing did Mindscape know Microsoft was serious.

75.   Over time, the software giant may introduce email programs, an Internet browser, and other products that run on Xbox.

76.   Pleased by the results, top executives at the Redmond, Wash-based software giant said they anticipate similar numbers for the current quarter.

77.   Rather, Reback said, the government should promote competition by breaking up the software giant.

78.   Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., delivered a lengthy speech on the floor of the Senate defending the Redmond-based software giant.

79.   Shoppers at microsoftSF, the only store in the world dedicated to the software giant, were tepid about the prospect of splitting the company.

80.   Since the Justice Department accused Microsoft of monopolistic practices in October, the software giant has taken a battering in the press and on Capitol Hill.