BBC and Microsoft run UK developer event – Mashed

If you’re a developer and interested in working with some cool technologies at a BBC hack day, then check out Mashed 08. Being held in London at the Alexandra Palace on June 21-22, this is the BBC’s very own …

By Chris in Developer
May 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am

Windows Live Agents SDK Released

The Windows Live Agents blog posted a couple of weeks back that a new version of the Platform and SDK was coming soon, and that day is seemingly upon us. In a blog entry that has just gone up …

By kip in Developer
May 28th, 2008 at 12:59 am

Why Sinofsky’s head-in-sand approach doesn’t work for Windows Live

What happens when you take the man in charge of the world’s most-used operating system and ask him to talk about the future? Not a lot when that man is Steven Sinofsky.

Ina Fried from Cnet today posted an interview…

By Chris in Opinion
May 27th, 2008 at 5:52 am

Virtual Earth Control for Visual Studio 2008 Previewed at Remix Australia

I was very proud to announce and show for the first time in public Microsoft’s upcoming Virtual Earth control for Visual Studio 2008 as part of the Windows Live session at Australia’s remix event. Remix Australia was held last week …

By John OBrien in News
May 26th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

Live Search Books, Academic to shut down

In a memo posted this morning on the Live Search blog by Senior Vice President Search, Portal and Advertising Satya Nadella, both Live Search Books and Live Search Academic will be shut down next week.

Today we informed our partners

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By Kip Kniskern in News
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:58 am

Farecast, Product search, mobile demos from Satya Nadella at Advance08

I’ve been getting a little more familiar with the little video camera I picked up a few weeks ago. Today at the Advance08 advertisers summit at Microsoft in Redmond, as part of the keynote with Bill Gates and Satya Nadella, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Hot New Updates To SkyDrive!

Skydrive received new updates today. It’s now available in 62 countries and regions, with 24 new ones added today: Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, …

By Sunshine in News
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 am

Disrupting Search: Live Search CashBack, Engagement Mapping, and more

Last week, in a memo to employees, Microsoft President Kevin Johnson outlined plans for Microsoft’s continued push into the online services business:

We have been executing against the core strategy I first presented at our Financial Analyst Meeting in

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By Kip Kniskern in News
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:41 am

Live Search CashBack goes live early –“The Search that pays you back”

Live Search CashBack, at least one of the big announcements slated for tomorrow’s (Seattle time) Advance08 advertisers conference, is up and running now, at least for the moment.  Apparently not having learned from the multiple early sightings of the …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 21st, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Is Microsoft starting to get its branding act together?

Today, at Advance08, Microsoft unveiled a new brand name, Microsoft Advertising, and a new logo, which amazingly enough seems to fit into an overall scheme of recent logos.  Take a look at these:

msadvertising

live mesh

silverlight

wwt

(there are more, thanks to VasiS for …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
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