Today, Microsoft rolled out more invitations to test its new product, Windows Live Family Safety Settings. Windows Live Family Safety Settings lets concerned parents filter their children's content. This content is divided up into the following categories:
– Alcohol…
David Cole, who has been with Microsoft for nearly 20 years, and the MSN division for the last 6, announced to employees Friday that he will be taking a 1 year sabbatical in April. In the e-mail, Cole says …
Info World is reporting that the newly re-designed MSN Search home page will be re-branded Windows Live Search before the end of June, according to an MSN product manager. The Microsoft employee, Justin Osmer, said in the article that "We're …
At this year's CES, Microsoft announced a partnership with DirecTV to bring more content into the living room. It seems we are starting to see some of the results of this partnership today. A scan of the March 2006 issue …
Today, Microsoft notified testers of Windows Live Favorites, its "roaming favorites" solution, of the impending release of new features in a coming refresh. An email from the beta team read:
…"I'm sure you all have noticed that we did
Finally a new Windows Live service to blog about (the first of several!):
Family Safety Settings is an easy-to-use parental control application that is designed to monitor, control and filter online activity. By creating specific accounts for your children, you …
…that is, mixed between "nothing but a re-hash", and "no it doesn't mean a web version of Microsoft Office".
In the "nothing but a rehash" camp, David Hunter points out the similiarities between the bCentral press release of 1999 and …
Microsoft Corp. today announced the beta availability of Microsoft Office Live (http://www.OfficeLive.com), offering small-business customers a cost-free opportunity to experience the company's new Internet-based software services firsthand. A milestone for the online services previewed last fall, Microsoft Office …
Yes, Office Live invites are finally being sent out. Dare posted his thoughts on the beta, you can read more here (Screenshots included).
As Dare notes, you need to provide credit card details upon signup, a method to dissuade spammers …
Apologies for this news being rather slow, we're all actually under NDA for this beta so couldn't post it. Yes we do respect all our contractual obligations, despite the content of certain posts we make.
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