Google wins injunction against Microsoft in BPOS email conflict

The hosted email wars keep heating up as today Google has won a temporary injunction against the Department of the Interior, who Google accused of improperly awarding a contract to Microsoft to provide email ... Read more »

Microsoft All in, all over

One thing we learned this week at PDC, Microsoft is All In, all over the place.  This year, they’ve been All In with Azure and the cloud.. “For the cloud, we’re all in,” said ... Read more »

Is Ray Ozzie going down fighting?

Last week Steve Ballmer announced that Ray Ozzie would be stepping down from his position as Chief Software Architect at Microsoft, and today , Ozzie published a memo he wrote to “Executive Staff and ... Read more »

Directions on Microsoft: Matt Rosoff moves on

If you’ve ever been to Microsoft, the lobby of most if not all of the buildings on campus contain some nice artwork, some comfortable chairs and couches, and a stack of copies of Directions ... Read more »

Bing: Portland, music and food

Bing sure loves Portland! Just released is a new Bing Map App called the Bing Food Cart Finder, which helps you find over 250 food carts in the area! You can filter food vendors ... Read more »

Microsoft ready to land big CA email contract: Google cries foul

The state of California has that government’s email systems up for contract, a $60 million prize servicing some 200,000 users, according to an article in the LA Times.  The state has announced its intentions ... Read more »

Loose lips sink ships

This week it’s TechReady at Microsoft in Seattle, a semi-annual event (this is TechReady 11) where Microsoft product teams show off their new stuff internally, a kind of a top secret product fair. Microsoft ... Read more »

Microsoft shakes up E&D Division: Bach, Allard out, David Treadwell in

In an email to employees this morning, Microsoft has announced that Entertainment and Devices President Robbie Bach and Senior Vice President J Allard will be leaving the company in a shake-up of the division ... Read more »

Coming up today: Microsoft Windows Community Live Meeting

FYI: Microsoft Windows Community – (Public Informational) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 9:00AM – 10:00AM Pacific Time Join the Event Join an online live conversation with Microsoft Community Managers Matt Bernardy and Jake Grey ... Read more »

Microsoft-bound: local boy does good

We’re very pleased to be able to announce that one of our own, LiveSide co-founder Harrison Hoffman, has accepted a position at Microsoft, and will be moving to the Seattle area this summer to ... Read more »