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Windows Live Support Moves To Forums
Microsoft is moving its Windows Live support to online forums, which sounds like a step down, until you realize that it was previously email-based. Today, Microsoft announced changes to the way Windows Live customers will receive support. »
It’s Official: Valve is Bringing Steam to the Mac
What was long rumored is now true. Here's the word : Valve announced today it will bring Steam, Valve's gaming service, and Source, Valve's gaming engine, to the Mac. Steam and Valve's library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series will be available in... »
Google Begins Implementing Auto-Captioning on YouTube
And just like that, it renders my arguments about the company being evil completely moot. Because, as it turns out, I have a deaf son with cochlear implants. »
Live Mesh: It’s Alive!
Because I use and recommend the ever-in-beta Live Mesh service from Microsoft, I get a lot of questions about it, and how I use it. But with Microsoft not updating its Live Mesh blog since last summer, fears have grown that Microsoft had given up on one of its best offerings »
Microsoft Expands Search Partnership with Facebook
Microsoft and Facebook announced an expanded search partnership today. »
Microsoft: IE 8 Is the World’s Most-Used Browser
A post at the Windows Experience Blog (and not the IE Blog as one might expect) notes that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is now the world's most-used web browser. This week, Net Applications released their January browser market share report . Their report shows that Internet Explorer 8 is not only the most... »
Steve Jobs and Control
When Steve Jobs was demonstrating the iPad last week and the screen suddenly showed one of those broken icons on the New York Times web page, indicating that a Flash animation was unavailable, I realized that the guy wasn't making a rare gaff--i.e. mistakenly showing a poorly-rendered web page--but rather indicating that the... »
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Now Available
Just a heads-up that Mozilla has shipped Firefox 3.6, the next version of its web browser. Mozilla, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Web, today released Firefox® 3.6, an update to its popular, free and open source Web browser. The latest version of Firefox introduces cutting-edge features, support... »
Bing Maps Challenge
Microsoft is giving away a $100 MasterCard gift card to the winner of a new contest, the Bing Maps Challenge, which involves checking out the new service and identifying famous places in New York City. Here's the scoop: Following the Bing Maps beta tag removal , Microsoft has launched a Bing Maps Challenge... »
Soocial: One Hassle-Free Address Book
This service will sync the address books in your phone, PC, and numerous web services (Gmail, Windows Live, Yahoo!, etc.), providing you with a single, hassle-free address book. Keep your contacts in sync - Your phone, your computer and web applications will have the same address book. Never lose your address book again!... »