2009

Carol Bartz, CEO Of Yahoo!, Willing To Sell Search For “Boatloads Of Money”

In an entertaining, slightly off color, and by some accounts inspiring performance at D: the All Things Digital conference, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz left the door open for a search deal.  That deal would have to be made …

LiveSide registration temporarily unavailable, sorry

We’re having a little issue currently with our user registration as some jokers try to take advantage of our generous registration policies.  While we continue to figure out how to best deal with the problem (and clear out the hundreds …

Live Writer for Windows Mobile?

Twitter has been abuzz the last 48 hours about a new project that appeared on CodePlex: Windows Live Writer for Windows Mobile. This sounds very promising, and looks like quite a good little project (albeit a slightly iffy UI). …

Some more on Bing.com – that confusing trademark will soon become Blinko

Microsoft acquired Bing.com in March, and has a network all set up:

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but as we reported last week, there’s that pesky little US Patent and Trademark Office to get around.  The problem is with Bing Mobile, which is …

Setting the (search) stage this week: New name, new version, new partnership?

This is a big week or so for Microsoft, and for Live Search.  According to reports from the Wall St. Journal, the widely anticipated new version of Live Search, code named Kumo, is set to be unveiled at D: …

What does Microsoft have in store for E3?

E3 is one short week away, and speculation is rampant as to what is going to be announced.

If the initial buzz is any indication, between their June 1st press briefing and their booth, Microsoft should have a strong showing …

Live Search Translator new feature: Auto-Detect your language

Translator logo It seems like Live Search Translator just got updated with a new feature – the ability to automatically detect the language you wish to translate!

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In the screenshot above, I simply typed “http://www.livesino.net” into the text box and Live Search …

Windows Live Alerts gets the Wave 3 look…finally!

Windows Live Alerts have finally gotten a facelift and joins the rest of the Windows Live family in getting the “Wave 3” look – making it one of the last Windows Live services to make the switch (Video Messages

Windows Live Web Toolbar Mashup – MessyTwit

A lot of people nowadays have Twitter accounts, a Facebook account etc. and if you’re reading this then I’m also assuming you have a Windows Live account and some interest in Windows Live Services. Each of these have their own …

US Trademark Office rejects Bing – “likelihood of confusion”

In a document filed this morning and mailed to Microsoft, the US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Microsoft’s filing of “Bing” as a trademark name for “computer search engine software; graphical user interface software, namely, toolbar software for use …