Since our post earlier in the week concerning Microsoft's plans for its MSN portal, many bloggers have been discussing the brand confusion that Microsoft's new online plans are causing. It seems as though Microsoft's PR department has taken note, …
Confused about Microsoft’s online branding?
Following my recent post on MSN become the MSN Media Network, several bloggers have commented about the brand confusion Microsoft is subjecting consumers too. I'd encourage you to read some of the posts and their comments as all of …
Microsoft finalizes security suite details
Microsoft announced that Windows OneCare Live codename "A1", which has been in public beta testing since November 2005, is going to launch in early June of this year. The service, which offers an "all-in-one, automatic and self-updating PC care service" …
Crystal Quest Released on Live Arcade
The Mac classic, Crystal Quest, is now up on Xbox Live Arcade. I haven't really had any experience with the game, so download it and let us know what you think!
Thanks Major Nelson …
MSN becomes the MSN Media Network
Several sources have indicated to us that MSN plans to relaunch itself as the MSN Media Network, whilst at the same time expanding its range of interactive and content rich services. As well as continuing to deliver content through MSN.com …
How Passport Works: First in a series from Trevin
Trevin, who works on the Passport team, posts a nice overview of an annoying problem with Passport, Why does Passport sign-in Suck?. In the post, Trevin seems to hint at some changes coming that might make Passport suck somewhat …
Windows Live Messenger: week roundup
Early last week Microsoft released a support tool for Windows Live Messenger users, aiming to resolve some of the conflicts that testers have been experiencing with Shared Folders. The Sharing Assistant Utility "is a tool designed to assist users …
Almost Live (again)
Hmmm, well that was interesting. Anyway, glad to be back – looks like we're just in time, too, as there's lots to talk about, so we'll try and get caught up quickly. Windows Live Favorites suddenly got a lot more …
LiveSide is back
Apologies for the recent downtime. A combination of factors led to us being offline, so we took the opportunity to move to a new dedicated server. Unfortunately we missed posting a few good things, so we'll try and catch up …
Microsoft serious about VOIP? You bet
In a BusinessWeek article published today, Olga Kharif talks about Microsoft's expansion into VOIP in and how consumers can expect to see it integrated into future products and services.
– In Windows Live Messenger and Mail users can call their …
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