2009

More fun with numbers (is Bing losing share?)

There isn’t any question that since launching the new Bing brand in June, Microsoft has gained lots of attention (if not more market share) for its shiny “new” search engine.  In fact, it’s becoming quite the game to get out …

Microsoft Security Essentials: some first impressions (and some FUD)

Microsoft Security Essentials Microsoft released its new free anti-malware product, Microsoft Security Essentials, this week, and the reviews are starting to roll in.  We’ve been using MSE since the first beta, and have found it to be unobtrusive, simple, and a refreshing alternative …

MSN takes Health Vault mainstream, releases “My Health Info”

Today MSN is debuting a US only (so far) beta of “My Health Info”, a new online service to help people manage their health information on the web.  The new service, along with a specialized swine flu information center, is …

BuddyFuse International Release: Enhance Windows Live Messenger With Google Talk, Twitter And Hyves

BuddyFuse_5F00_7F046E21[1] The first international version of BuddyFuse has been released.

BuddyFuse, created by Dutch Computer Science student Yousef El-Dardiry, Jeroen Bransen and friends, is a free extension for Windows Live Messenger, which seamlessly integrates chat and social networks into the …

Microsoft Security Essentials available for download

Yesterday Sunshine told you that MSE would be available today (September 29), and indeed, as of 8am or so Pacific Standard Time, MSE is ready for download

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The new version, 1.0.1611.0, installs easily over the latest beta version (1500), here, …

I’m A PC And I Use Fix It And I’m 4 And 3/4

Can a little girl fix a computer? In the below video a little girl tries to fix her computer, IE is missing from her desktop.

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Smart as she is, being able to read/write at that age an all, she …

Microsoft Security Essentials Available For Download Tomorrow, Sept 29

7510.MSE_5F00_5F00_5F00_thumb_5F00_5F00_5F00_63FCB6FA1_5F00_thumb_5F00_5BDB965D[1] After reporting that Microsoft Security Essentials will be final in the coming weeks only a week ago, we can now tell you that it will be available tomorrow, September 29.

Microsoft Security Essentials, independently certified by West Coast Labs, is …

Want Bing on your iPhone? Search and map with these two apps

There isn’t any native way to change the search engine on iPhone to Bing, but thanks to a 99 cent app from IronSoft and their BingGo app, now you can have a great Bing experience on the iPhone.

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Exclusive: First Look at Word Web App’s Editing View

Following on from yesterday’s post on OneNote Web App, we’ve got the chance to take a look the Editing View of the Word Web App, currently disabled in the recently released Office Web Apps technical preview. Here’s a screenshot …

WL Messenger Web Toolkit v3.5 released

Last March, at Mix09, Microsoft released the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit, a way to incorporate Messenger directly into your website, and today, they’ve released a new version 3.5.  Designed to enhance the user experience, and make it easier …