Sun Microsystems To Distribute MSN Toolbar As Part Of Java Runtime Environment To US Residents

Starting today every US resident who downloads Sun’s Java Runtime Environment with Internet Explorer will be offered MSN Toolbar. This Microsoft Silverlight powered toolbar delivers one click access to Live Search, news, entertainment, sports ... Read more »

MSN Groups to Close: Windows Live Groups to begin Nov. 17

We’ve been hearing rumors of the closure of MSN Groups and its replacement by Windows Live Groups for years now, last having written about it almost exactly a year ago.  Now, however, in an ... Read more »

Silverlight: MSN UK’s New Experimental Viewer

In an attempt to provide an enhanced, fresh, new browsing experience, MSN UK created Viewer. Viewer utilizes Microsoft Silverlight technology and is a window into all parts of the portal, from Cars to Entertainment ... Read more »

Microsoft continues testing different shapes of MSN.com v11

Since we learned about the upcoming version of MSN.com featuring a tighter Windows Live integration and a fresh new look a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft has continued to evolve the page before releasing ... Read more »

Here comes MSN.com v11 – new look, hotmail integration, more

  Looks like we’ll be seeing a new MSN.com homepage soon, even though it leaves Mini-Microsoft cold: And some of the projects he’s (ed: Kevin Johnson) interested in and driving just leave me cold ... Read more »

MSN Toolbar goes global – well, almost

The new MSN Toolbar which uses Silverlight (works with Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2) that was released to the US market about a month ago  is going global. You can now download ... Read more »

MSN customised page gets beta update

We haven’t mentioned MSN for a while, mainly due to all the Microsoft-Yahoo talk that’s been going on. However a few days ago the My MSN customised homepage launched a new beta version, available ... Read more »

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 released: now MSN Toolbar works

Bill Gates announced the availability of a new build of Silverlight at his TechEd keynote, and now the new version, Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is available for download. I won’t get into all the ... Read more »

MSN Toolbar released – yes another toolbar. Is this one different?

After a couple of months of beta testing, the MSN Toolbar is ready for release.  We first told you about it in March, and while yes, it’s another toolbar, the new MSN Toolbar is ... Read more »

MSN China: “prayers and blessings” to earthquake victims

Our thoughts and prayers go out to victims of the recent earthquake in China, and MSN China is helping to remember those who suffered through the earthquake by remembering them with a Rainbow symbol ... Read more »