2010

Some more on Tracking Protection

Today IE announced its Tracking Protection technology in a blog post on the IE Team blog.  Along with it came posts from MS Advertising and MS on the Issues, touting the privacy protections, opt-in model, and open specifications …

IE9 Tracking Protection: a built in IE9 ad blocker?

StopThis morning the IE team announced a new set of functionality to the upcoming Release Candidate of IE9, Tracking Protection and Tracking Protection Lists.  In short, Tracking Protection offers users (and very interesting that the IE team blog chose to …

Office Web Apps available in 15 more countries

The Office Web Apps (on Windows Live SkyDrive and Hotmail) became available in 15 new countries including China, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and Turkey.

These additions bring …

What features should be added to Windows Live Writer?

That’s the question Aaron Bregel is asking you:

At the end of every product cycle and after a product has been released to manufacturing or released to web the next logical step is to start to plan for the

Silverlight FireStarter Event: Announcing Silverlight 5

Yesterday at the Silverlight FireStarter Event Scott Guthrie announced Silverlight 5. Not as in “It’s here now, go get it!”, but announced as in telling that a Silverlight 5 beta will be available in the first half of next …

Xbox Live Rewards

Microsoft has launched a reward program for Xbox Live subscribers: Xbox Live Rewards

Players can earn reward points for tasks such as purchasing or renewing an Xbox Live Gold membership, buying Marketplace content, taking surveys and participating in Xbox promotions. …

Get into shape with MSN/fitbie

MSNWhilst everybody is getting more and more into the Holiday spirit, MSN is already one step ahead. They are thinking about getting you into shape (after all those lovely Holiday meals?)! In partnership with Rodale, the authoritative source for fitness, …

Windows Live Essentials 2011 QFE released: you can update now

Thanks to a tip from our friends at Wikikou.fr, we learn tonight that there’s been a QFE (Quick Fix Engineering – meaning a bug fix update, not UI changes) for almost all of Windows Live Essentials, updating most of …

We can has a Windows Phone 7 App

With Windows Phone 7 numbers going through the roof, and the devices being able to be very easily unlocked, we thought now was the best time ever to jump on the huge bandwagon that is Windows Phone 7 …

New Bing shopping feature: Bing Shopping List

Decisions, decisions, decisions. Lots of those have to be made when shopping, and quite often you wish you could just ask your friends and family for advice. Starting today Bing Shopping is making that easier for you to do. They …