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MSNbot crawling issues: update

The Live Search Webmaster Center blog just posted a follow up regarding numerous complaints about the behavior of MSNbot, which last month was wreaking havoc on some of the websites it was crawling, according to reports.

Last week, a patch …

Windows Mobile Marketplace Update

MobileMarketplace_5F00_thumb_5F00_1488D40D[1] In our previous article about Windows Mobile Marketplace, we reported that developers outside of the US had problems signing up. Today we can tell you that, at this point, registration is open to English language markets (en-*) in the …

Microsoft Shuts Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US (Error 810003c1) [Updated]

WLMessenger Users in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea can no longer IM with Windows Live Messenger.

When trying to log in they will be left with error message:
810003c1: We were unable to sign you in to

Windows Media Center Brings Netflix To Consumers Using Silverlight

SilverlightLogo Windows Media Center supports Microsoft Silverlight as of today! It starts by offering the Netflix Service on Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. The following announcement appeared on the Silverlight Blog:

It’s official! As of today Silverlight is now

Email woes

Well the fun just never stops around here.  Without going into detail, we’ve been fighting some email issues recently.  In an attempt to deal with them, we made some configuration changes yesterday that seemed to have caused a bit of …

My Phone Beta Opened To All Users!

MyPhoneLogoWe notified you yesterday about the My Phone service update. All finished now, so what’s in the update?

– The My Phone web site got a makeover
Not only with the new logo, but also with a Video

Windows Live Messenger Hackathon

In San Francisco next week?  Want some free beer, pizza and expert help on the new Messenger APIs?  The Live Services team is holding a Hackathon at Microsoft’s San Francisco offices on Market Street in San Francisco (near the …

Webware 100 Awards 2009 – And The Winners Are…

Webware2009_5F00_7268B596[1] Back in April we told you about the Windows Live and other Microsoft products nominations for the Webware 100 Awards 2009. Well, the winners just got announced. Nearly 630,000 votes were cast during the voting this year to …

On the eve of Kumo, is Live Search better than you think?

Kumo, the for now name of a newly rebranded Microsoft Live Search, should be upon us soon.  Kumo has been in corporate wide internal testing at Microsoft since early March (oops added the time frame), and at least parts of …

My Phone Update Scheduled On May 18 [updated]

MyPhoneNewLogoJust so you know:

The My Phone service will be not be available on May 18 to enable deployment of a service upgrade. During this maintenance period, you will be unable to access the My Phone web site or to