Microsoft adCenter Analytics (Project Gatineau) releases Beta 2

Microsoft’s analytics piece of their adCenter product has just received an update, and a quick run-through shows some new features, significantly improved performance, and the end of the $5 sign-up fee (although I’m not finding a link to the free …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:50 am

Tafiti and Windows Live Quick Apps

As Kip already said in his article, Windows Live Platform Announcements: Cool new toys just in time for Mix, some new WL Quick Apps were added. In this article I want to highlight an updated WL Quick App: Tafiti

By Gregor in Featured News
March 1st, 2008 at 8:30 am

What’s on the cards for Mix08?

So with only a few days to go until Mix08 starts, we thought it was time to take a quick look at the keynoters and join the dots to what we think they will be showing:

 – Dean Hachamovitch – Internet Explorer

By Chris in Opinion
March 1st, 2008 at 3:56 am

Office Live Workspace – first feature update goes live

Office Live Workspace launched last December and just got its first update, what’s new:

  • A new Activity pane to help you keep track of what’s happening in your workspaces and email notifications so you always know when the people
By Sunshine in News
February 29th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

Microsoft to launch new MSN Toolbar beta – Powered by Silverlight

Later today we should see the reincarnation of MSN Toolbar in beta form (codename Salsa). Like many older MSN products, it migrated over to the new Windows Live brand early 2007, however as part of the gradual drift back, its been …

By Chris in Featured News
February 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

Windows Live service restored (again?, still?)

See, is this so hard?  The Email Support Space blog posts tonight, reporting that “nearly all customers are once again able to sign in”, with some specific information coming for customers who are still unable to login, “once you …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 29th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

Windows Live Platform Announcements: Cool new toys just in time for Mix

With Mix08 less than a week away, details of what’s coming are slowly creeping out: details of the IE8 beta, Scott Guthrie has posted details about Silverlight 2.0. And now the Windows Live Platform team is announcing today …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 28th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Microsoft launches WorldWide Telescope into private alpha

It made Scoble cry, and soon it can make you cry too. The website for the latest Microsoft Research project, WorldWide Telescope, is now up at http://wwtelescope.com/. Here’s how Robert describes it:

“So, back to the World Wide Telescope.

By Chris in News
February 28th, 2008 at 8:10 am

Windows Live ID issues continue – Transparency: 0, Switching to GMail: 1

The Times of London is reporting an admission by Microsoft that problems that surfaced two days ago in signing in to Windows Live services continue for some, in spite of Microsoft’s proclamation that the issue had been resolved.  In a …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
February 28th, 2008 at 6:10 am

Musings on MSFT-YHOO

I keep dropping stuff in both the NewsGator Clippings folder and del.icio.us on our MSFT-YHOO page, but since Dare was kind enough to work up a chart I was just thinking about, I thought I would add a few …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
February 27th, 2008 at 4:34 pm