Hotmail Lead Program Manager’s email compromised

Wow don’t really know what to say about this.  Omar Shahine, a Lead Program Manager for Hotmail, who we’ve interviewed and had numerous conversations with about Hotmail, has apparently had his email account hijacked. Omar posted this tonight:

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By Kip Kniskern in News
February 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

Office Live announces V2: no premium tiers; e-commerce

olsb Microsoft has just announced its version 2 of Office Live Small Business (and no, Henry Blodget, its not an online version of Office), the website management suite of tools for building and managing a small business online presence.  According …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 11th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

Yahoo!’s No, a real No or a polite way to ask for a little more money?

Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington is reporting that Yahoo! is going to reject Microsoft’s offer on Monday. But will this No be a definite No or is it a polite way to ask for a little more money?

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By Sunshine in News
February 11th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Microsoft-Yahoo ping-pong continues – Microsoft stands firm with offer

After Yahoo’s response to the Microsoft board earlier in the day, Microsoft has now responded back to Yahoo, re-iterating its committment to the original offer of $31. You can catch the press release over on Yahoo Business, ironically its

By Chris in News
February 11th, 2008 at 7:08 am

News from Mobile Congress 2008: MSN Direct; Danger acquisition; Sony Ericsson deal, and a Windows Live Mobile Dev announcement, whew!

msndirect Quite a bit of Microsoft news coming out of the Mobile World Congress 2008, held in Barcelona, Spain.  The most recent news is a free Technology Preview of MSN Direct, the technology behind Spot watches and MSN Direct radios …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 11th, 2008 at 3:01 am

Yahoo board pitches for a larger offer

After yesterday’s story that the Yahoo board were going to make a decision on the Microsoft offer, today’s story in the WSJ is that the Yahoo board want more money. Unsurprising this isn’t, however the price being discussed of $40 …

By Chris in News
February 10th, 2008 at 8:34 am

Microsoft, Yahoo!, the merger and Google – Mail

Last time we took a look at Search, let us take a look at Mail now.

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Looking at the above, the rankings are:
1. Yahoo! – Yahoo! Mail
2. Microsoft – Windows Live Hotmail
3. Google – Gmail

In this …

By Sunshine in News
February 10th, 2008 at 1:43 am

MSN/Live market share declines slightly in January, Yahoo! more than that, according to Compete.com

The latest search market share numbers for January show a slight decline for MSN/Live Search, a nosedive for Yahoo!, and more steady increases for Google, according to an entry in the Compete.com blog.

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We compared Compete, Nielsen, and

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 9th, 2008 at 2:09 am

adCenter Gatineau web analytics beta now available in other countries

Gatineau, the code name for the web analytics beta run as a tab in Microsoft adCenter, will soon be available outside the US, in the UK, France, and Canada.

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The service features fancy graphics, integrated demographics data for web …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 9th, 2008 at 1:50 am

MSFT-YHOO: Yahoo to decide its fate today?

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch is reporting that Yahoo! is holding a special board of directors meeting "to determine, effectively, the fate of the company". No one has stepped up to save Yahoo! from Microsoft, according to Arrington, with SoftBank bowing …

By Kip Kniskern in Developer News
February 8th, 2008 at 3:37 am