Yahoo and Microsoft: is the honeymoon over?

Yahoo_Logo_3This week a couple of news items seem to suggest that Microsoft and Yahoo, while still closely linked via their Search agreement, are beginning to air their differences.  As both partners and competitors, this is probably to be expected, but …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 20th, 2011 at 11:29 am

Hotmail Wave 5 to get HTML5 offline storage support – replacing Windows Live Mail?

Windows Live HotmailWe know that Microsoft had been working on a HTML5 version of Bing, which was released to a lucky few recently. But Microsoft is slated to go “all in” with HTML5, with Mary Jo Foley received a tip today …

By damaster in Featured News
April 20th, 2011 at 2:33 am

Windows Phone (post Walshie) gets a “Samsung update”

A couple of weeks ago, after Microsoft released a “Windows Phone Support Tool”, complete with wide open dlls that allowed ChevronWP7 “homebrew” hacker Chris Walsh to create his own little NoDo updater tool, we crossed our fingers and updated our …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured Mobile
April 19th, 2011 at 11:45 am

Can Windows Phone turn a post-NoDo corner?

It hasn’t been the best of launches for Windows Phone.  Starting off late last year with short supplies at launch both in the US and in Europe, a late start for the Dell Venue Pro, and then a string of …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
April 19th, 2011 at 10:01 am

New from Bing Mobile: PhotoSynth for the iPhone

More from the Bing/iPhone camp, the latest news comes via a tweet that there’s a new PhotoSynth app now available for the iPhone.

The app allows you to capture images, create PhotoSynths, and share them to PhotoSynth.net, …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
April 18th, 2011 at 9:14 am

Leaked Windows 8 system resources confirms cloud syncing capabilities

Back in November last year, LiveSide reported that Windows 8 will have cloud-based identity and roaming settings. Earlier this month through leaked screenshots of Windows Explorer in Windows 8 we saw that Windows 8 might be having Windows Live …

By damaster in Featured News
April 18th, 2011 at 6:59 am

AT&T starts selling WP7-Certified microSD cards, phones to get NoDo April 19th with unique features

WP7 Certified microSDWhen the first batch of Windows Phone 7 devices first came out, attention was paid to the availability of the microSD card slot in several phones, particularly the Samsung Focus. Unfortunately, while Samsung Focus supports microSD card expansion, several caveats …

By damaster in Mobile
April 15th, 2011 at 10:39 pm

Full Metro UI shown in Office “15” screenshot leak – what will Windows Live Wave 5 look like?

Screenshots of the next version of Microsoft Office – often referred to as “Office 15”, have begun to surface around the web. Today TheHotFix.net leaked a brand new screenshot showing Microsoft Outlook “15” with an overhaul of the Metro user …

By damaster in News
April 15th, 2011 at 6:23 pm

Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner finally discontinued

Windows Live OneCare Safety ScannerBack in November 2008, Microsoft discontinued their subscription-based anti-virus software Windows Live OneCare and replaced it with the free Microsoft Security Essentials tool. However, one of it’s closely related product – Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner, an online anti-malware scanning, …

By damaster in News
April 15th, 2011 at 7:05 am

Windows Phone “Mango” to bring Private and Beta marketplace distribution options

After all the excitements from the MIX11 keynote yesterday on the upcoming Windows Phone "Mango" update, there is another piece of information coming out from one of the MIX11 Windows Phone sessions. MobilityDigest.com posted a slide from the session …

By damaster in Mobile
April 15th, 2011 at 2:52 am
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