During the dot-com boom, people who didn't want to miss out on the Web and e-mail craze but didn't want to buy a real computer could get WebTV, which delivered the Internet through the warm, friendly glow of their TV sets. Now that personal computers are cheaper and considerably easier to use, WebTV's original allure — even for newbies — has faded. But Microsoft Corp., which bought WebTV in 1997 for $425-million and rebranded it MSN TV, hasn't given up.
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