MSN Toolbar beta commences – Signup now

As we posted at the end of last week, there is now a new MSN Toolbar beta in town. If you want to signup to use the beta, you can now do so on ... Read more »

Tafiti and Windows Live Quick Apps

As Kip already said in his article, Windows Live Platform Announcements: Cool new toys just in time for Mix, some new WL Quick Apps were added. In this article I want to highlight an ... Read more »

Microsoft to launch new MSN Toolbar beta – Powered by Silverlight

Later today we should see the reincarnation of MSN Toolbar in beta form (codename Salsa). Like many older MSN products, it migrated over to the new Windows Live brand early 2007, however as part of the ... Read more »

New Outlook Connector in the works with Calendar synch for all

At the start of the year there was some discussion around whether MSN Premium offered good value for money in light of all these new and free Windows Live services. While we still think its ... Read more »

Microsoft DreamSpark – Free software development tools for students

On Live in Europe, Brian Groth reported students can get free software development tools: Over on Channel 8, the video blog for students, Bill Gates just announced free software for students in a program ... Read more »

Are you receiving password reset emails? Let the email support team know

When we wrote about Omar Shahine’s hijacked email account last night, we showed it around a little and heard of some problems regarding password reset emails.  Apparently some users are receiving emails informing them ... Read more »

Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft’s Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo!

Just now Yahoo! posted the following Press Release: Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft’s Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo! SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, ... Read more »

Take our poll on Microsoft + Yahoo!

While we catch up on our reading about the latest acquisition news, we put up a little poll for you to let us know what you think about the announcement that Microsoft has made ... Read more »

Horizon & Windows Live Core – Microsoft registers domains for dogfood

Its been almost a year since we first mentioned Windows Live Core, the project lead by Ray Ozzie to establish Microsoft’s software as a service platform and not much has been said since then. Microsoft ... Read more »

Windows 7 details emerge – look Software + Services

Right now everyone is getting excited over the apparent distribution of early Windows 7 builds to external Microsoft partners. One poster over at Neowin is claiming to have installed the build and while unsurprisingly ... Read more »