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How big is Windows Live Messenger worldwide? Really Big

In a press release issued today , comScore breaks down the time spent online globally by properties, with Microsoft sites leading the way with nearly 15 percent of all time spent online (out of some 27 billion hours per month!): However in an interesting...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2009 12:58 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Microsoft, Messenger, Online
FY09: Windows Live loses $560 million; changes in earnings report

When Microsoft announced its 4th quarter earnings, as Todd Bishop reports in TechFlash , the company made some changes in the way it reports Windows Live income, which Microsoft detailed Sept. 22. Previously, Windows Live was included within the Online...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2009 11:36 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Microsoft, Earnings
Bing flavored #koolaid at the company meeting

Microsoft held its annual company meeting earlier today (Wed Sept 10) at SafeCo Field (where the Mariners play major league baseball), and from the tweets and various snippets of posts that filtered out of the stadium seemed to cast Bing and Windows Live...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2009 1:57 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Microsoft, Bing, company meeting
Microsoft Wave Launched

No, not Wave 4 , we are still waiting for that, but Microsoft Wave . Microsoft Wave is a new site from Microsoft’s UK team that shows off the latest developments and products to come out of Microsoft. You will come across technologies we’ve been covering...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 9:30 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Microsoft, New blog
Microsoft SQL Services Is Now Microsoft SQL Azure, More Software + Services News Next Week At WPC09

Microsoft is updating the branding for SQL Services and SQL Data Services. From now on SQL Services will be called Microsoft SQL Azure and SQL Data Services will be called Microsoft Azure Database : This name change doesn’t reflect a change in the products...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2009 8:23 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Microsoft, Windows 7, cloud computing, Office, Azure, WPC09
Microsoft India - Windows Live Planet

One of our readers, nikhil_jain , pointed out Windows Live Planet . Curious me just had to investigate. Windows live Planet is a social network from Microsoft India. It will help you find people with similar interests as you. You can also “Populate...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2009 9:50 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Windows Live, Microsoft, Social Networks
Two More Mega Data Centers Online In July

In order to fulfill the ever growing demand of data centers (Online Live and Cloud services), Microsoft is opening two more mega data centers this July. The first one to open (July 1st) is located in Dublin (Ireland) and is the first mega data center...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 6:11 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Microsoft, Data Center, Global Foundation Services
Why Windows Live Messenger Is Shut Off For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US

Last week we told you about Microsoft Shutting Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US (Error 810003c1) . We can tell you a little bit more about the “why” today. Let’s take a look at what can, and can’t, be banned by...

Published Fri, May 05 2009 11:55 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Windows Live, Microsoft, Messenger
Microsoft Shuts Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US (Error 810003c1) [Updated]

Users in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea can no longer IM with Windows Live Messenger . When trying to log in they will be left with error message: 810003c1 : We were unable to sign you in to the .NET Messenger Service. Reason: Microsoft has...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 4:29 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Windows Live, Microsoft, Messenger, Featured
Webware 100 Awards 2009 – And The Winners Are…

Back in April we told you about the Windows Live and other Microsoft products nominations for the Webware 100 Awards 2009 . Well, the winners just got announced . Nearly 630,000 votes were cast during the voting this year to pick the best Web 2.0 sites...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 5:01 PM by Sunshine

Filed under: Windows Live, Microsoft
Happy Earth Day!

Today is Earth Day , a day designated nearly 40 years ago to inspire awareness of and appreciation for our environment. But it isn’t easy to be green, according to this study from MSN . Nearly 70 percent of people said that they would never limit toilet...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 5:23 PM by Sunshine

Filed under: Microsoft, MSN, Virtual Earth, Research, windows live search, Earth Day
Zune HD Specs, What We Do & Don’t Know

With all the rumors flying around this week, Its been difficult to discern the fact from the fan-fiction. To help clear up some of this fog, me and Sean Bradford over at neowin.net decided to put our facts together. We came up with a confirmed list of...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 3:08 PM by RyanRCRea

Filed under: LiveSide, Microsoft, Zune, Featured
Why All The Zune Leaks? The Buzz Is Deafening!

I don’t know about you, but my head is spinning from all this Zune news. Well the buzz from the leaks may be deafening, the silence from Microsoft is positively ear shattering. Trying to keep something under wraps in this day and age, is akin to plugging...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 1:20 AM by RyanRCRea

Filed under: LiveSide, Microsoft, Zune
How many Softies use Live Search?

In a blog post today, Ina Fried at CNET News quoted a Microsoft employee who recalled hearing some sobering statistics about Google vs. Live Search usage within Microsoft: At a company meeting about a year ago, one Microsoft worker recalls hearing that...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2009 8:20 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Microsoft, Live Search, kumo
What in the world is Tegra?

Tegra is Nvidia's 1st foray into the mobile computing realm. Nvidia is the company that makes the awesome video cards for your desktops and laptops. Most higher end machines use some type of powerful GPU made by ether Nvidia or ATI. For instance, my Gateway...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2009 1:15 AM by RyanRCRea

Filed under: LiveSide, Microsoft, Zune, Window Mobile

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