Time to take a closer look at IM.

Here we can see that worldwide MSN-Windows Live Messenger is taking a big lead, whereas Yahoo! Messenger is taking the lead in the U.S. Google is way behind.

Some features compared:

Virtual Earth For Government reports that New York City Transit has adopted Virtual Earth for their public trip planner:

Arguably the largest transit in the world, New York City Transit, today announced that it has released a new version of

Over at The UsefulTechnology Blog an article appeared on StatCounter. Besides putting a counter up on a "regular" Website you can also put one up at your Live Space with StatCounter.

To add StatCounter to your Windows Live Space,

Over at his blog, Phil Holden wrote a Mobile World Congress 2008 update. First he updates us on the expansion of Windows Live Mobile services in Latin America:

The first thing we have is a nice endorsement of

Just now Yahoo! posted the following Press Release:

Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft’s Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo!

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today said the Yahoo! Board of

Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington is reporting that Yahoo! is going to reject Microsoft’s offer on Monday. But will this No be a definite No or is it a polite way to ask for a little more money?

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Last time we took a look at Search, let us take a look at Mail now.

Looking at the above, the rankings are:
1. Yahoo! – Yahoo! Mail
2. Microsoft – Windows Live Hotmail
3. Google – Gmail

In this …

The use of Windows Live Messenger IM Control is getting more and more popular. Angus Logan just posted on his blog that the Dutch Microsoft ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Team is putting it to good use. ALM describes methods to …

Lots of talk about the Microsoft proposal to Yahoo. Google has made an offer to Yahoo! now too. Looks like the battle over Yahoo! and it’s services has begun. Let us take a look at Search.

Yesterday two partnership announcements appeared concerning MSN Video, one with MTV Networks and one with Sony BMG. They are European deals, but who says it won’t expanded in the future? MSN Video is currently available in over 23 countries. On …