As much as I like the relative anonymity that comes with being an unfamiliar face, I feel as though a brief introduction is in order.  

My name is Chris Poirier. I am a two time Windows Live MVP Award Recipient, …

Well it was probably only a matter of time, but GMail has introduced a new feature that makes it easier for users of other email services with POP access to migrate their accounts.

Of course Hotmail, after what seemed to …

Another Laptop Hunters ad is out (this time they buy a Dell), and the ad sticks true to form – Go to Best Buy, thumb your nose at the Mac, walk away happy.  These ads were good right out of …

Following on from my previous tutorial on how to integrate the Windows Live Web Bar into your site, we’ll build upon this and show you some of the other UI controls that you can use in your site.

One thing …

Just announced this morning is the news that OnStar, the General Motors “in vehicle safety and security” subscription service, will soon be using Microsoft’s Virtual Earth in their emergency response system.  This means that OnStar operators will have access …

Want to game and improve your geographical skills at the same time? Then UMapper’s Virtual Earth game “Geodart” is for you. GeoDart is a geography trivia game that invites users to answer geographical questions by placing answers …

The recently released Facebook Application for Windows Mobile already got an update. The team heard there were users having problems with installation, so they addressed this in a new version of the app. The update fixes hanging errors and …

Some 90,000 Microsoft employees are currently testing a new version of Live Search under the name Kumo (well, some of them are testing it, the other half are using Google, apparently).  Expected to be released (or at least announced) …

This morning a couple of tweets by “OfficeTheMovie”, which has now been confirmed to be not coming from Microsoft (the Office 2010 Twitter account is @office2010themovie), got everyone all atwitter about the possibility of a Zune phone launch …

Windows Mobile Marketplace, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by Steve Ballmer, is opening the doors for developers as promised. The Windows Mobile Team announced it on their blog as follows:

In the latest update to http://developer.windowsmobile.com