July, 2007

Windows Live QnA experiences problems

A heads up for those of you who use Windows Live QnA beta – apparently it’s experiencing some difficulties at the moment:

(from the QnA blog)

Hi folks,

The QnA site is currently encountering problems, as many of

Windows Live Folders beta expands tomorrow

Hot off the press is an email sent to some of those who signed up for the Windows Live Folders beta and don’t yet have access.

“Subject: Windows Live Folders — opening soon!

Thanks for signing up for the Windows

Windows Live Wave 2 – How it looks so far

With the Windows Live Wave 2 rollout expected this autumn/fall, Kevin Johnson describes it as “the must-have free upgrade to the Windows experience.” Is Kevin being optimistic or is there enough available already to warrant this description?

The launch of …

Financial Analyst Meeting 2007: Windows Live Suite, Live ID, and Cloud Infrastructure

As you may or may not know, Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting wrapped up a few days ago.  There were a few important points for Windows Live that were talked about, so let’s jump right into that.

Windows Live Suite

Yes Hotmail was having a few problems

I love the blogging policy and speed of the Hotmail team.

“Just wanted to let everyone know we’re aware of the difficulties accessing Hotmail/Live Hotmail right now – you may get “Server is Temporarily Unavailable” when logging in. We’re working

Microsoft and Ask.com call for search privacy protection

Microsoft announced Sunday evening a “commitment to call on the industry to develop global privacy principles for data collection, use and protection related to searching and online advertising.”  According to the press release:

“Microsoft and Ask.com are proposing that leading

Spaces site unavailable after the upgrade? Here’s the workaround

Our new friend Belem, a Chinese Spaces MVP from Beijing, alerted us tonight to a workaround to an annoying little problem for a select few Spaces users, which has appeared after the “M2” update.  Apparently a number of users …

A sneak peek at Gatineau, Microsoft’s web analytics tool

Gatineau, Microsoft’s web analytics tool, looks like it is getting close to seeing the light of day.  Apparently after an adChamps briefing in London, an attendee, Dave Naylor, got hold of some Gatineau screenshots and posted them.  Then Ian

Windows Live at MGX

With all the fuss about a “leaked” powerpoint from the MGX conference (that gives a tentative date for Windows 7 of 2010,) you’d be forgiven for missing the few points made relating to Windows Live. Here’s a couple of blog posts …

Microsoft’s Fourth Quarter Earnings Report is out: Big spending for Online Services

The big news today is that Microsoft released their Fourth Quarter Earnings Report.  Well, that report brought some interesting news from the Online Services Group.  According to the report, the Online Services Group, which includes Windows Live, lost 732 …