April 8 Nokia 900 launch on ATT official: is the Windows Phone tide turning?

nokia 900Nokia and AT&T officially announced the widely expected launch of the Nokia 900 today, at an eye-popping $99 (with a new 2 year contract), and getting a bit of buzz from the tech press in the process.  The new phone, …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
March 26th, 2012 at 11:12 am

Xfinity on Demand for Xbox Live: coming soon?

xfinity-logoLast October, Microsoft announced plans to “transform TV” by partnering with a number of entertainment providers, including Comcast’s Xfinity, but with only a few of the services available at launch.  Now, it looks like US customers of Comcast may soon …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 25th, 2012 at 11:55 pm

Another Metro-styled Bing homepage in testing, with collapsible taskbar

Tips has been coming into our inbox that Bing is currently testing a new and slightly improved Metro-styled Bing homepage recently. The new design adds more information to the “taskbar” at the bottom of the Bing homepage image, which looks …

By damaster in Bing
March 24th, 2012 at 4:53 pm

Do we believe MSNerd? Reddit AMAA

Last night, noted and self proclaimed Microsoft “leaker” MSNerd (@MSNerd on Twitter) set up a Reddit AMAA (Ask Me About Anything) that is getting a bit of attention this morning, with some “revelations” about Xbox, Windows Phone, and Windows 8 …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 22nd, 2012 at 10:55 am

Microsoft: How not to do an update?

Yesterday Microsoft released an update to Windows Live Essentials, notable in that we haven’t seen a significant update to the software suite in over a year.  Although the update was announced on the Windows Experience blog (and remember: Windows Live …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 22nd, 2012 at 9:39 am

Windows Live Essentials Updated!

Microsoft has released an update for Windows Live Essentials:

Today, we released an update for Windows Live Essentials 2011 in all 48 languages. This minor release includes numerous updates across all of the programs in the Essential package, including Windows

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By kip in News
March 21st, 2012 at 3:37 am

A flurry of Nokia 900 “news”, and then a bit of news, too

Earlier today, WPCentral reported on what they thought was a Facebook direct message exchange between one Aamer Khan and Windows Phone VP Joe Belfiore, noting that “problems” with the 900 was delaying the launch until sometime in April.  We were …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
March 19th, 2012 at 12:51 am

Microsoft is getting ready for next version of Office Web Apps preview for SkyDrive

Microsoft Office Web AppsOffice 15 had been a hot topic recently in the press, with a series of screenshots leaked from the Office 15 technical preview. As part of the Office productivity suite, there is also a cloud-counterpart called Office Web Apps, which …

By damaster in Featured News
March 18th, 2012 at 2:16 am

Fifth Nokia Windows Phone – Nokia Lumia 719 device image leaked

NokiaWe’ve seen the device name Nokia Lumia 719 popped up several times before, both on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) website as well as the Chinese SRRC radio management agency. Details had been vague about the device, and …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
March 17th, 2012 at 7:06 am

A sneak peek at Office 15, (and some questions about Windows Live Writer)

This morning Paul Thurrott posted an extensive Office 15 “Preview”, after he was able to “get his hands on a copy” of the Office 15 Technical Preview, which was released a few weeks ago to a select group of Microsoft …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 15th, 2012 at 9:44 am
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