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Traffic Count in Windows Live Spaces: try StatCounter

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,

More from Mobile Congress 2008: Windows Live Mobile Services in Latin America extended; Windows Live Mobile Developer Program; mobile advertising progress

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

Are you receiving password reset emails? Let the email support team know

When we wrote about Omar Shahine’s hijacked email account last night, we showed it around a little and heard of some problems regarding password reset emails.  Apparently some users are receiving emails informing them that there has been a request …

Yahoo! snags exclusive T-Mobile search rights in Europe

yahoopressroom Hoo boy another press release (via BetaNews)! This time it’s Yahoo! announcing an exclusive deal with T-Mobile in Europe to use Yahoo! oneSearch as its exclusive search provider.  While of course this fits into the realm of Windows Live …

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

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

Hotmail Lead Program Manager’s email compromised

Wow don’t really know what to say about this.  Omar Shahine, a Lead Program Manager for Hotmail, who we’ve interviewed and had numerous conversations with about Hotmail, has apparently had his email account hijacked. Omar posted this tonight:

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Office Live announces V2: no premium tiers; e-commerce

olsb Microsoft has just announced its version 2 of Office Live Small Business (and no, Henry Blodget, its not an online version of Office), the website management suite of tools for building and managing a small business online presence.  According …

Yahoo!’s No, a real No or a polite way to ask for a little more money?

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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Microsoft-Yahoo ping-pong continues – Microsoft stands firm with offer

After Yahoo’s response to the Microsoft board earlier in the day, Microsoft has now responded back to Yahoo, re-iterating its committment to the original offer of $31. You can catch the press release over on Yahoo Business, ironically its

News from Mobile Congress 2008: MSN Direct; Danger acquisition; Sony Ericsson deal, and a Windows Live Mobile Dev announcement, whew!

msndirect Quite a bit of Microsoft news coming out of the Mobile World Congress 2008, held in Barcelona, Spain.  The most recent news is a free Technology Preview of MSN Direct, the technology behind Spot watches and MSN Direct radios …