Microsoft has been sending out invitations to people who have previously tested versions of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) to test a new version of security software. Users can accept the invitation from Microsoft Connect to take part in the new …

Today Skype, Microsoft’s recent acquisition, has announced that users of its PC and Mac clients can now link their Facebook profile to their Skype account to allow users to video their Facebook friends. This builds upon the vide chat feature …

Microsoft has today announced that its 2nd generation Microsoft Surface, SUR40, manufactured by Samsung is now available for people (although only really businesses) to order in select countries around the world. The SUR40 is available for pre-order in 23 …

Yesterday, on the Inside Windows Live blog, Hotmail PM Dick Craddock posted on “10 Reasons to switch to Hotmail if you use Outlook”.  We’ll let you read the post for all the details, but here’s a quick summary:…

After Microsoft Flight Simulator (and Aces Game Studio) was axed back in January 2009 as part of a cost cutting move, we’ve been getting occasional and fairly cryptic messages from something new from Games for Windows Live called “Microsoft Flight”, …

The Microsoft Translator team, which powers the translation service behind Bing, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and recently Facebook and other global services like eBay and Trip Advisor, recently launched a new portal called Language Labs. The new portal …

First revealed during E3 in June 2011, Microsoft had been preparing the new Xbox 360 dashboard update for a while now. And just a few days ago, the company also announced that they will be launching a makeover of Xbox.com’s …

Today, Microsoft released a number of “important” updates for Microsoft Office 2010, and the updates for OneNote 2010 include a number of new Windows Live and SkyDrive related features designed to make it easier to use OneNote 2010 on your …

Just over a month ago, Microsoft revealed several new features coming to the next Hotmail update, asking users to “give Hotmail another look”. Last week, our friend Michael Gillett was also able to get in touch with the …

A blog post on the Xbox.com Forums today announced a “significant update” to Xbox.com, which will do away with the “My Xbox” section and replace it with a new “Social” section, and new sections for Video and Music:

The …