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[2006-02-28] MSN Pulls A Street-Side Drive-By
The Virtual Earth team at MSN has managed to go from concept to launch in a matter of weeks with their on-the-street perspective of Seattle and San Francisco.
[2006-02-28] Live Expo Nudges Craigslist, Papers
A public beta test of Microsoft's social listing service, Expo Live, debuted online today to stake out the company's claim on the classifieds market.
[2006-02-28] Microsoft Windows Live Local Technology Preview
Today, via the Internet, Windows Live Local is offering up a limited Technical Preview of ‘street-side' a new feature that Microsoft is building for its Windows Live Local consumer local search and mapping site.
[2006-02-24] Windows Live Registering A Lot Of Domains
IPWalk has looked at the registrar Microsoft is using for Microsoft Office Live, and shows that in just its first five days, over 4,000 domain names were registered by the service.
[2006-02-24] Teenagers Plotting Parental Control Workarounds
Layne Heiny has an excellent article at Windows Vista Buzz detailing how tech-savvy children (who almost always know more about computers than their parents) are already thinking up pretty good ways to beat Windows Vista's parental controls.
[2006-02-22] Feature Complete Vista Expected This Week
IDG says Microsoft will release a new Community Technology Preview of Windows Vista this week.
[2006-02-22] IBM Subpoenas Microsoft About SCO
The long legal feud between IBM and SCO over alleged infringement of source code owned by SCO took a dramatic step in its discovery phase.
[2006-02-21] MSN Search Now Searches Microsoft.com
The tech company has shifted from using its dated search technology to implementing MSN Search throughout Microsoft.com.
[2006-02-21] Eight Versions Of Vista Revealed
Paul Thurrott posts that a web page on Microsoft's website temporarily revealed the different versions of Windows Vista that will be made available.
[2006-02-20] Windows Live Code Name “Vegas”
Microsoft is starting beta testing of a Windows Live service code-named "Vegas".
[2006-02-16] Microsoft Opens Office Live Test
The beta version of Office Live provides its small business testers with a free top-level domain name, website design tools, site hosting, and email with its Basics configuration.
[2006-02-16] Om Malik: the Revenge of Windows Mobile
Is Microsoft coming into the mobile space fast and furious? Yes and Om Malik noticed.
[2006-02-15] Microsoft Goes Sweet On Open Source CRM
A technical collaboration between Microsoft and SugarCRM should enhance how SugarCRM's product works on Windows Server platforms.
[2006-02-12] End Of The Road For Win98 / Me
Jubo reminds that June 30, 2006 brings the end of extended support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows Me, which is the final death for any Microsoft operating system.
[2006-02-11] WindowBlinds workaround for Windows Vista
John Peddie's TechWatch: [...] Over 600 million PCs shipped in the last 3 years, and are still in service.
[2006-02-10] Microsoft Campus Feels Middle-Age Spread
The company plans to spend $1 billion over the next three years to add fourteen buildings to its Redmond campus, a move they had originally said would be performed over a twenty-year period.
[2006-02-10] Microsoft Opens Up Windows Live Expo
Windows Live Expo (previously code-named Fremont) has opened for business, and since BetaNews is talking about, that means I don't need to worry about my NDA (much) anymore on this one.
[2006-02-10] Windows Live Messenger Beta Refresh
Neowin reports on and has screenshots of the Windows Live Messenger beta refresh that features a different UI and new features.
[2006-02-10] Battle Begins Over Vista Setup Screens
Ars reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has received a complaint from a company, likely HP, that Microsoft is not complying with earlier antitrust rulings in regards to the Windows Vista setup process.
[2006-02-08] Windows Live Local Hidden Feature: Wildcards
Want to look at a block and see what stores there are on the block?
[2006-02-07] Finally, Info On OneCare Pricing
CNET has an anonymous source telling them that Microsoft will announce this week that it plans to ship the release version of Windows OneCare Live before the summer.
[2006-02-06] Internet Explorer 7 Tip: Use What You Used To Hate
Omar Shahine points out that a preference that people normally turn off in Internet Explorer is actually a nice plus in IE7.
[2006-02-03] Microsoft Increases Computer Training Funding
The "Wizard of Redmond" better known as Bill Gates announced this week Microsoft would increase funding for its Unlimited Potential (UP) program while delivering the keynote address at the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Europe in Lisbon, Portugal.
[2006-02-03] Windows Live Local PC Mag Editor’s Choice
PC Magazine has done a roundup of trip planning tools, and newcomer Windows Live Local has gottent the Editor's Choice over hype-champion Google Local and longtime stalwarts like MS's Street's and Trips.
[2006-02-03] Congrats to Windows Live Local Team
It used to be a big deal when you got a great review in one of the computer magazines.
[2006-02-03] Calendaring Heats Up
Steven Sinofsky, check this out! (Steven is the guy who runs the Microsoft Office team and I believe is the highest ranking blogger currently at Microsoft).
[2006-02-03] Dave Worries About Microsoft
Dave Winer is worried that Microsoft is going to throw its weight around when it comes to RSS. I worry about that too. A lot.
[2006-02-02] Windows Live Local SuperBowl Tour
Windows Live Local, at the ViaVirtualEarth site, is running a virtual Super Bowl tour.
[2006-02-02] Windows Live Favorites In MSN Spaces
Just because you ship an update one week, doesn't mean you can't do it again a week later.
[2006-02-01] Microsoft IE 7 Beta - Have you Tested it Yet?
Just an FYI, developers and hackers have been messing around with the latest web browser now in Beta from Microsoft, IE 7.
[2006-02-01] Windows OneCare Firewall Hole
News.com reports that the firewall in the Windows OneCare beta comes with blanket default rules for the Java Virtual Machine, creating a security hole that would be a major exploit point if OneCare were in wide use.
[2006-02-01] IE7 Bug Reports Start To Come In
The advantages of such a highly publicized beta: Lots of people noticing the quirks you might have missed in testing.
[2006-02-01] Free Windows Of Memory-Sucking Device Drivers
Download Squad links to a great tip for freeing Windows of device drivers you don't use, which sit in system memory.
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