Windows Vista Team Blog:
After seeing Brad Brooks’ demo of Play To in Windows 7 a couple weeks ago at the New York City Windows 7 Launch Party, I decided immediately that I must use Play To in my home. I went out a picked up a Linksys DMP100 Wireless-N Music Extender by Cisco. This device is on the market today with firmware that is currently compa (Read More)
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, finished up his 2009 Microsoft College Tour at the University of Washington on Thursday. He spoke to a packed audience at Kane Hall Room 120 and demoed a few prototype technologies Microsoft Research is working on. (Read More)
Mashable!:
From disliking on Facebook, to the launch of the Motorola Droid, to the debut of Twitter Lists, it’s been an exciting week in the social media and tech space.Here’s our pick of the top 10 stories this week, from the serious to the bizarre.1. HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists – Twitter has launched Lists, a new way to organize peopl (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name: DocVerseQuick Pitch: DocVerse brings the collaboration functionality of (Read More)
Mashable!:
We’ve had a number of close calls here during our Web Faceoff series, but this wasn’t one of them. This week we pitted TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop against each other in a bar room brawl for favorite Twitter client. Now, the results are in.Whereas last week’s Windows 7 versus OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard battle was a close one, (Read More)
Windows Vista Team Blog:
Now that Windows 7 is available, a recent blog by Chester Wisnieski (who works at security vendor Sophos), entitled Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses, which has stirred some interest.Here's a quick summary for those who missed Chester's blog. During a test SophosLabs conducted, they subjected Windows 7 to "10 uniq (Read More)
All about Microsoft:
Microsoft is making available for download the near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of its "Geneva" framework, the technology officially known as Windows Identity Foundation. Meanwhile, a new test build of the Microsoft Oslo modeling platform is waiting in the wings. (Read More)
All about Microsoft:
Microsoft is planning to show off a new visualization language, codenamed "Vedea" at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles in mid-November. (Read More)
Epicenter:
Music fans are increasingly watching live concerts without gassing up cars, driving to venues, or paying for expensive tickets and convenience fees. Music webcasting has shown promise for over a decade, but the stage is being set now for an online live-music renaissance.YouTube webcast its first-ever live concert last Sunda (Read More)
Microsoft Watch:
Apple has been earning a lot of press lately about the oft-rumored Tablet PC--I did my own scuttlebutt round-up about it earlier this week, complete with an analyst stating that Apple's partners make it harder and harder to keep secrets.They're not alone in either the tablet PC or scurrilous-rumors category, though: Gizmodo (Read More)
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows:
Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't as bad as the naysayers claim. In the first part of my review, I examine the features Microsoft added to this new system. (Read More)
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
This holiday season, more kids want a new Nintendo DSi, Sony PlayStation 3 or Nintendo Wii than want a Microsoft Xbox 360, according to a survey by Game Crazy. (Read More)
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Windows Live Messenger led Microsoft's Web properties in capturing 14.5 percent of total time spent online in September worldwide, handily beating Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other sites, according to analysis firm comScore. (Read More)
Xbox Lives Major Nelson:
 As some of you might be aware, those under the age of 18 are not able to access Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm in our public preview. I want to you let you know that this will remain the case when it launches to the world soon. We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use (Read More)
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews:
In a press release issued today, comScore breaks down the time spent online globally by properties, with Microsoft sites leading the way with nearly 15 percent of all time spent online (out of some 27 billion hours per month!):However in an interesting little sidelight, comScore reveals that “Microsoft’s Windows Live Messen (Read More)