Ars Technica is reporting that the full version of Bing will arrive in Australia, Canada, China, Japan, and the UK “in the next few weeks”. Emil Protalinski at Ars Technica does not provide any attribution or link to a source …
Live Messenger Web Toolkit goes multi-lingual
Siebe announced yesterday on the Messenger Developer blog that the UI Controls now available in over 40 languages!
…Hello! Hallo! Guten Tag! Buenos días! Hola! Alo! Hallå!
It’s just a selection of some of the languages the UI controls are
Bing Translator: Hebrew Added, What Do You Want To See Next?
Hebrew has just been added to the list of supported languages of Bing Translator. You can use it in the translator but also in the IE8 activity, with the widget, with the messenger bot, inside Office…
Fisher Fire websites back up – except for Bing Travel
Nearly 30 hours after some problems with overheated switches caused the fire system to dump water in the Fisher Plaza data center, most of the websites affected have come back online. Here’s a description of what happened, from TechFlash:…
Blown transformer takes out Bing Travel
A blown transformer in the Fisher Plaza building (home to local ABC affiliate television station KOMO-TV and KOMO Radio) in downtown Seattle has affected a data center there, and Bing Travel among numerous other sites have been affected. An explanation …
Michael Jackson In Silverlight
MSN UK has a whole page dedicated to the recently departed Michael Jackson. Who doesn’t know what he ment for music and dance? You can find just about anything about Michael Jackson on this tribute page. Most prominent is a …
A Bit Of Twitter In Bing
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The Bing team is bringing a bit of Twitter to Bing search results. Not indexing all of Twitter at this time… just a small set of prominent and prolific Twitterers (a few thousand) to start. This includes Tweets from folks …
Microsoft ends Windows Live Butterfly beta testers program
As reported by Mary Jo Foley, the Windows Live Butterfly program, a group of beta testers who signed on to test whatever was thrown their way, is sputtering to a close. From a statement issued by Microsoft on the …
Bing Homepage Photos Coming To More Markets + Photo Contest! [updated]
One of the favorite features of Bing for many users is the daily image that appears on the homepage each day. Whilst not yet available in every country, this will change! According to this blogpost, international markets will also …
Microsoft India – Windows Live Planet
One of our readers, nikhil_jain, pointed out Windows Live Planet. Curious me just had to investigate. 
Windows live Planet is a social network from Microsoft India. It will help you find people with similar interests as you. …
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