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Preview of new MSN homepage, getting socialized
11/4/2009 10:44:10 AM, mynetx
Today Microsoft unvealed its new format for the MSN.com homepage in a public preview. What are the most interesting changes? First of all, the new MSN is lighter. All this stuffed, bloated site is gone. A new, simplified MSN butterfly logo has ...
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Malicious Windows Update mails in the wild
10/25/2009 6:35:06 AM, mynetx
When I opened my mail this morning, I found a message pretending to be from Microsoft. It offered me to install a Critical Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721), and also sent the download link. The sender pretended to be ...
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Office 2010 Beta: Technical Preview will close
10/24/2009 2:42:13 AM, mynetx
Being part of the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview program on Connect, I just received the following e-mail (as have all participants). Connect is Microsoft’s place for testers. We wanted to notify you the Office 2010 Beta will be available for ...
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Windows Live Sync updated
10/23/2009 11:29:06 AM, mynetx
You can use Windows Live Sync to synchronize folders with multiple computers. The Sync team has released an update that fixes a compatibility problem with Windows EasyTransfer (view full announcement). Get the update at ...
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How Would YOU Change the World?
10/21/2009 1:47:00 PM, Corrine
To celebrate the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft wants to discover creative ways that a PC running Windows can help an organization make an even greater impact in the community Do you have an idea how you could use Windows 7 to help your local community? ...
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What happened to my.live.com?
10/21/2009 1:45:31 AM, mynetx
“Windows Live Personalised Experience”—this is what Wikipedia calls my.live.com, the successor of start.com. This service allowed you to put together your own home page with gadgets and other stuff to get you a home on the Web. Much like iGoogle, to be ...
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What happened to my.live.com?
10/17/2009 3:41:55 AM, mynetx
“Windows Live Personalised Experience”—this is what Wikipedia calls my.live.com, the successor of start.com. This service allowed you to put together your own home page with gadgets and other stuff to get you a home on the Web. Much like iGoogle, to be ...
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Windows Live Web Messenger, reinvented
10/14/2009 1:19:26 PM, mynetx
Microsoft Singapore have recently released their web-based Messenger, built on top of the Messenger Library. You don’t need to install anything, as messaging works out-of-the-box. Check it out for free: http://webim.live.sg/ What do you think? Related ...
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Windows Live and You: “Listen to and talk with customers all over the world” (Marcus Schmidt, Microsoft)
10/8/2009 5:34:47 AM, mynetx
Summer is over—but my interview series “Windows Live and You” is not. Today I talked with Marcus Schmidt, who is working for Microsoft and keeping in touch with people like you, to find out what users truly think about Windows and Windows Live. Marcus ...
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Messenger problems: Your login data can’t be remembered?
10/7/2009 7:18:25 AM, mynetx
If Messenger doesn’t remember your e-mail address or your password, then you have installed both Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. You have to revert a registry setting that has been changed while Yahoo Messenger was installing. Then you will ...