The state of California has that government’s email systems up for contract, a $60 million prize servicing some 200,000 users, according to an article in the LA Times. The state has announced its intentions to award the contract to …
Problems with the new Hotmail? Working better now?
Just noticed a comment from Michael that Hotmail is working for him in Opera, now, possibly after a hotfix we wrote about yesterday. Here’s the current description of the problems some Hotmail users may be encountering currently, as posted …
Hotmail issues: bug fix coming
Problems for a subset of users continue to be a hot topic on the Hotmail forums at Windows Live Solution Center, and today a moderator representing Microsoft, Roopa S, posted some new information:
…Update as of 08/11:
A hotfix
Thoughts on the Live Gallery/Live Writer Plug-in Change
Windows Live Gallery is dead! Ok, technically it’s not, but it looks like it hasn’t long left of this world. Yes, yes, I know, we’re basing this on purely one section of the site being cut off and …
A first look at Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync on the iOS
Earlier today, reports are coming in that users are getting Hotmail’s Exchange ActiveSync working again. I went in and tried it on my iPod touch, and to my surprise it actually worked perfectly – it synced all my mails, …
Live Writer to move plug-ins off WL Gallery (is it doomed?)
Well it looks like Gallery.live.com may be nearing the end of its days. According to a blog post by Aaron Bregel from the Live Writer team, an email was sent out today (August 10th), informing Writer plug-in authors that they …
“Beta 2” version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 due next week?
A number of sites including Mary Jo Foley’s All About Microsoft, Neowin, and Francisco Martin’s Microsoft Journal are reporting their expectation of a new beta version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 (or Wave 4), due next week (according …
LinkedIn Connected Service makes an appearance – preparing for launch soon?
For those of you on the Wave 4 beta of Windows Live Messenger, if you’re lucky you might’ve noticed something different today – an icon to connect LinkedIn to your Windows Live service. If you scroll all the way …
Bing Dynamic–RSS updated Bing Windows 7 Wallpaper
Running Windows 7? Want a fresh new Bing background delivered via RSS every week for 3 months? Check out Bing Dynamic:
…Switch it up! Receive a new photo from Bing every week for three months, with this Windows 7
Bing Maps user contributed content, on the way?
A couple of days ago Robert Scoble posted on his visit to Vexcel, the wholly owned Microsoft facility that helps to produce Bing Maps imagery, where he toured the 5 petabyte data storage containers used by Bing Maps. He …
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