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Windows Phone 7 Series Developer Session 2 – Auri’s Journal
3/15/2010 2:48:48 PM, Auri Rahimzadeh
Presented by Charlie Kindel @ckindel Two dev approaches: Silverlight and XNA. If it's Silverlight 3, it will work. Some elements of Silverlight 4 are in there. Charlie says the version of .NET doesn't matter. WCF is there as a key feature. Photo ...
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Microsoft settles IM spamming case
3/13/2010 2:05:22 PM, mynetx
Today, Microsoft has settled a lawsuit with a Hongkong-based spammer out of court. The company Funmobile had sent its advertisement messages to Windows Live Messenger users. Besides advertisements, phishing messages have been sent, tempting users to ...
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I wish to (humbly) report that there is now yet another “Windows Live” MVP…
1/2/2010 11:21:29 AM, X-Evolutionist
I was not sure if I would write this blog or not. I felt funny about “bragging” about myself. But, my buddy, Greg Edwards, (Congratulations, Greg!) who got the same news the other day, wrote a blog about it. So, I’m going to follow Greg’s example…… First, ...
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The 2009 Summary (III): What Happened Recently?
12/26/2009 3:49:34 AM, mynetx
From the Messenger Plus Contest to the anticipated Windows 7 release, from Office Web Apps to the first images of Messenger 2010: The recent six months of 2009 were as interesting for me as January to June. Here is a short summary. July 2009 The 8th ...
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The 2009 Summary (II): What Happened?
12/22/2009 10:28:24 AM, mynetx
From the release of Windows Live Essentials 2009 (Wave 3) to POP3 for every Hotmail user, from Internet Explorer 8 to Windows 7 Release Candidate: there have been many happenings around Microsoft in the first half of 2009. A retrospective of events, ...
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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? ...
