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Microsoft released an SDK to access several download sites via an XML Web services-based API.
Use the Microsoft.com Web Service SDK to start developing applications that integrate download information into your applications, business processes, and Web sites.

The Microsoft.com Web Service is an XML Web service that will enable you to integrate information and services from MSDN, Technet, other Microsoft.com sites, and Microsoft Support. In order to serve as a test for our new architecture, Version 1.0 of the Microsoft.com Web Service is limited to providing information about top downloads from Microsoft.com. Future releases will build on this architecture to provide access to a broader variety of Microsoft content and services.

It seems, unfortunately, that we cannot access to the Microsoft Knowledge Base through the Web services API ... :-( It is actually just about downloads.