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( Note: while we've been serving up a number of potential new Windows Live logos recently, this isn't one of them. I just happen to like Clifford the Big Red Dog ) Much has been made recently about last night's announcement of the Google App Engine, along with some discussion of the seeming...
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We just can't get enough of Ray Ozzie's latest project Live Mesh , so much so that when we saw what could be the current logo on the dogfood mobile login page , we just had to share. It reminds us of the Silverlight logo thanks to the use of that dazzling blue. Unfortunately for...
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So today at Mix08 Ray Ozzie went back to basics. If you compare the headings of his speech to that of his famous memo , there is a lot of common ground. So if you're an exec, how do you keep yourself entertained during these keynotes when repeating the same key concepts but can't start announcing...
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If you took the time to check out our feed sampler you may have already noticed the news that Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft and the successor to Bill Gates when he steps down from daily duties this July, has been added as a speaker at Mix08, to join the stage with Scott Guthrie. From...
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The Microsoft Company Meeting was held on Wednesday (Sept 5) in Seattle, and along with paper airplane throwing, BillG's last company meeting, some stuff about busses, and the waving around of a phantom Zune, there was some interesting Windows Live information, as well. (Before the black helicopters...
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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 that caught our eye. Ray Ozzie gave a keynote and showed again that he...
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Farwan Thawar , a Product Manager for Live Search in Toronto, has posted a nice 3 part interview with Blake Irving, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live Platform. Part One Part Two Part Three In the interview, Irving talks about the power of Microsoft's vast "audience" when it comes to monetizing...
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Mix 07, the Microsoft sponsored web developers conference in Las Vegas begins with registration tonight and the Ray Ozzie/Scott Guthrie keynote set for 9:30 PDT tomorrow (Monday April 30). So what to expect? Well lots of news and in depth coverage of a whole new set of APIs (application programming interfaces...
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While Ray Ozzie has been keeping details of his Software as a Service platform quiet, some small bits of information are emerging from other members on his team. Two of his direct reports , David Treadwell and Amitabh Srivastava are both listed as working on developing the next generation Live services...
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There's been lots of talk about Windows Live OneCare in the last two weeks, particularly around its poor detection rate in some recent malware tests . On Thursday the OneCare team respond on their team blog , though while it's good for Microsoft to come out and address these issues, the response time...