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At CTIA Wireless, Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.1, new version of Internet Explorer Mobile

It’s true, not an April Fools joke after all. Windows Mobile 6.1 just got announced at CTIA in addition to the new version of Internet Explorer Mobile:

LAS VEGAS— April 1, 2008 —Windows Mobile is improving smartphones to

Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6

Because a large population is still using IE6 and web developers are struggling to get their sites IE6 compliant, Ron Goff and Kevin Thompson of the Conveyor Group started a campaign:

SaveDevelopers Save The Developers – Say No to IE 6

Changes to Windows Live Spaces

There are a few changes to Windows Live Spaces based on feedback the team received. 

Based on what we’ve heard from you, here’s the latest round of changes we’ve made:

  • You now have the ability to remove updates from specific

Virtual Earth Sites and Data Updates

Virtual Earth Site for Business Decision Makers

A few months ago the new Virtual Earth marketing site www.microsoft.com/virtualearth launched. This site is a great place for a business decision maker to read up on Virtual Earth. You will find News, …

Windows Mobile 6.1 to be released on April 1st?

Pocket-lint has learnt from sources close to the matter that Microsoft will announce the much-rumoured refresh to its mobile phone operating system, Windows Mobile, on April 1st 2008.

Windows Mobile adds features to your mobile that have previously only …

Windows Live Messenger gains new Activity

As of this evening users of Windows Live Messenger in France have a new Activity at their disposal, Messenger TV. Messenger TV brings Video to Messenger. It offers a daily selection of the best of MSN Video (France), which …

Executive leaves Microsoft for ad company

Microsoft executive Joanne Bradford (Corporate Vice President, chief Media Officer, MSN), is leaving Microsoft to join Spot Runner Inc.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Spot Runner develops technology solutions that revolutionize the way advertising is created, targeted, bought and sold. The …

MIX 08 – Microsoft Unveils Next Generation Web Technologies at MIX

Today at MIX 08 Microsoft announced/unveiled the following:

· Internet Explorer 8 beta 1: Microsoft unveiled for the first time Internet Explorer 8, showcasing Internet Explorer’s commitment to developers. Internet Explorer 8 offers an unprecedented level of interoperability and tools, …

Microsoft SearchTogether

In my article Tafiti and Windows Live Quick Apps, I told you how you can do a search project with one, or more, of your live Messenger contacts with Tafiti search Visualisation. There’s another method to search together …

IE8 Beta 1 launched, links working now