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Microsoft is trying to get an edge over Google and one of the ways that they plan to do this is through Bing Cashback.  This program allows you to earn cash on select purchases made using the Bing search engine.  The items eligible for the cashback program will appear within… Continue Reading »

Hotmail has started offering its web messaging service to users in multiple countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, China and other parts of Europe and Asia.  With Web Messenger, you can send instant messages from Windows Live pages without the need to download and install Windows Live… Continue Reading »

Today, Microsoft has announced the merger of Office Live and Windows Live.  Instead of offering the applications as two different programs, consumers will have the ability to access both sets of services from one web location.  Office Live is a collection of services appealing to small businesses and are designed… Continue Reading »

By now we knew what to expect from Microsoft’s CES booth.  As we could tell by Steve Ballmer’s keynote yesterday, the company is starting to make a big push for Windows 7 (since the press is over Vista).  The company had several demo stations set up allowing you to click… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Microsoft's booth at CES 2009

Click for a larger image. At Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote, an innovative feature was introduced for Windows Live Mail.  Here’s the situation: you’re meeting up with a bunch of friends for dinner and you need to send out the name of the restaurant, address, and link to a map to… Continue Reading »

Not only is Microsoft wanting to be one of the new boys in town in the social networking arena, with their new Microsoft Live platform; they are also planning to muscle in on the digitally distributed PC gaming market. General manager for Windows Live, Chris Early, confirmed in an interview… Continue Reading »

Because we all need all that extra stuff on our system when we bring it home from the store….right? Yeah. It seems as though Microsoft may actually be making a move in the right direction with this call. Their upcoming Windows 7 won’t include several of those built-in programs for… Continue Reading »

RIM maybe a tad late when it comes to bringing the Windows Live Messenger onto their BlackBerry handsets, but it still maybe worth the wait after all, and for some it will be a welcome addition to the BlackBerry’s already useful functionality. Utilizing push technology for receiving e-mails and messages,… Continue Reading »

Portable apps are great, they are now becoming more and more popular and users can choose to run just about anything from email clients to web browsers to office suites all from a USB drive. Scott Kingery, a blogger at TechLifeBlogged recently wrote about his application, Windows Live Writer Portable.… Continue Reading »

As part of the its commitment to data portability, Microsoft Live has teamed up with 5 top social networks to facilitate and make it easier for members of those social networks who are also using the Windows Live Messenger to import their address book from their social networking profiles into… Continue Reading »