Microsoft announced today plans to acquire Norwegian enterprise search leader FAST for about $1.2 billion US dollars cash, or a 42% premium on the company’s current price on the Norwegian stock market. FAST is a leader in the enterprise search …
Microsoft Online Services @ CES 2008 keynote – Not much to report
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We don’t cover Xbox Live enough here on LiveSide, but we’ve been following the news of some problems in accessing Xbox Live over the holidays. In a nutshell, apparently Xbox Live couldn’t keep up with unprecedented traffic, and connections have …
MSN Premium a ripoff? Maybe, but maybe not
So suddenly out of nowhere a discussion has blown up about how Microsoft is charging its MSN Premium users for services that are being made available for free to other users*. As Ina Friend points out, a large number of users …
A look at the Live Maps high-res cameras [Updated]
Didn’t get the digital camera you wanted for Christmas? Then maybe you should consider buying yourself one of these, an UltraCamX Large Format Digital Aerial Camera. Producing images with a 216 megapixel resolution, these cameras are used to take the …
The LiveSide 2007 recap and a look at 2008
Its at this time of year that people post their yearly recaps and scorecards, whilst looking ahead to the following year. While I’ve seen a generic Microsoft 2007 scorecard and a reminder of the branding mess that Microsoft created for itself in 2006, I haven’t seen …
Messenger InterOp: Old news is no news
Things at LiveSide have been a little quiet lately, as we enjoy the holiday season, and frankly enjoy a little break as Windows Live news has slowed until the new year. News, and our snooping around it, will pick up …
Microsoft places FeedSync under Open Specifications Promise
Received a nice email today from Steven Lees, a member of the CSA Concept Development Team at Microsoft, announcing that Microsoft has placed FeedSync under the Open Specifications Promise. According to Lees from his email:
…"As I think I
Apparently a Trojan virus on LiveSide came from our Google Adsense
I came home from work today to find multiple notifications from readers that LiveSide (and other sites) had been setting off Anti-Virus detectors, and a link to an article on ZDNet: Antivirus firm: Google text ad Trojan detected. According …
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