With all of the news on the Windows Live side, I thought that I would throw up just a little update on the Xbox Live front. Yesterday, (Yes, the 28th yet again. What is Microsoft's obsession with this day??) the …

Back on November 3, 2005, Microsoft acquired a file sharing service called FolderShare. I have been using this for quite some time and it is definitely a great solution for sharing and distributing files securely amongst your friends.

The …

Yesterday (Feburary 28th), Microsoft made their social listing service, Windows Live Expo, available to the public. Last week, we told you that the beta would be up this week. Well, here it is, amidst all of the craziness that …

Steve Kafka, PM of Hotmail, today blogged about the new features of the "M5" release of Windows Live Mail beta [codename Kahuna], which is expected to be released Thursday. The feature list includes:

 – Hotmail classic theme with new …

Today MSN Advertising sent e-mails to customers announcing the availability of the MSN adCenter pilot in the USA. adCenter [codename Moonshot], which officially launched in France on September 26, 2005 and Singapore on August 31, 2005, is now going mainstream …

At this year's CES, Microsoft announced a partnership with DirecTV to bring more content into the living room. It seems we are starting to see some of the results of this partnership today. A scan of the March 2006 issue …

Today, Microsoft notified testers of Windows Live Favorites, its "roaming favorites" solution, of the impending release of new features in a coming refresh. An email from the beta team read:

"I'm sure you all have noticed that we did

Today, Microsoft announced that they had acquired the mobile search company, MotionBridge. Christopher Payne, Corporate Vice President of MSN Search, had this to say,

"The emerging field of mobile search is strategically important and crucial to delivering on our vision

MSN Offers $1 Million in Prizes and Charitable Donations With Search and Win

REDMOND, Wash. – Feb. 13, 2006 – Want a new flat-screen high-definition TV? Craving a new pair of Atomic skis? Wish you could bestow a $50,000 donation to your

Yesterday, Windows Live Expo was released…if you happen to work for Boeing, Washington Mutual, Safeco, if you attend University of Washington, or you are a current or former Microsoft employee (available to MS employees prior to yesterday).

Although it is …