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Have you tried the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP 1 Beta yet?
Have you downloaded the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP Beta yet?
Say it with video and photos
As Doug mentioned in his blog post last week, Messenger is even more social now. The new feed in Messenger makes it easier than ever to stay up to date with the best of what your friends are doing across the web, whether it’s posting photos on Flickr, or updating their Facebook and MySpace profiles.
Say it with video and photos
As Doug mentioned in his blog post last week, Messenger is even more social now. The new feed in Messenger makes it easier than ever to stay up to date with the best of what your friends are doing across the web, whether it’s posting photos on Flickr, or updating their Facebook and MySpace profiles.
Hotmail rollout picks up steam!
Here at Hotmail, we’ve been busy getting our latest release out to our customers – upgrading server clusters, building the new indexes for conversation threading, and making tweaks to our site metrics and deployment software.
Windows Phone 7 at GDGT Seattle
For all you in the Seattle area, Windows Phone will join the Windows team and Zune tonight at GDGT Seattle at the Showbox SoDo from 7-10pm.
Windows Phone 7 Design Resources – UI Guide and Design Templates
With the Windows Phone Developer Tools in
Join us at gdgt live in Seattle!
Are you in the Seattle area? Join us today from 7pm – 10pm at the Showbox SoDo for gdgt live in Seattle. This event, put on by the awesome folks at gdgt, is for anybody interesting in checking out some of the hottest new gadgets.
Device Stage Visual Editor Now Available
You’ve heard us talk about some great Device Stage implementations such as Sierra Wireless AirCards, Kodak EasyShare M530, Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro and
Messenger Companion – Have conversations with your friends directly in Internet Explorer
In this release of Windows Live, you can now see your friends’ activity in all the social networks you use. Last week, for example, Douglas Pearce blogged about what this means for the new Messenger. He discussed how Messenger Highlights is designed to be the most complete view of what your friends are doing across the web. Messenger Companion is an exciting extension of that effort.
Hit the road with a Summer travel PC!
Update 7/26/10, 8:33am: Having some techncial issues with the video that will be fixed shortly.
And our Round 4 winner is…
Congrats @bonekeep! You’re a teacher, gamer, dad and now winner!
Shoot me a DM @winashbrown with your email.
Ashley
A Couple Snacks to Finish the Week
Ah Friday, what a good friend. Before we head out for the weekend I wanted to share a couple Windows Phone 7 bites that you might have missed. Erik over in the Online Services Division [the folks that bring you Bing] posted some great screenshots of the Bing experience in Windows Phone 7. As a power user of Windows Phone, I can attest Bing rocks. It’s really nice to have that high fidelity search experience you get from Bing on the Web, now on Windows Phone.
The ASUS UL30vt: This PC’s battery will last longer than you will!
For those of you who are regular readers of my posts, you know that I’ve waxed poetic about the ASUS UL30vt a few times. Those mentions generated a lot of questions, so I wanted to dig a little deeper into the machine that I said I loved so much, I felt like I was cheating on my wife.
Internet Explorer 8 SmartScreen® Filter Reaches Important Milestone
The SmartScreen® team just informed me that we’ve reached an amazing milestone – Internet Explorer 8 has blocked 1 billion attempts to download malware!
Windows 7 Momentum Continues: 175 Million Licenses Sold
Today is earnings day and Windows continues to have a strong showing. We announced a new milestone in Windows 7 sales - 175 million copies. This continues our record breaking pace of more than 7 copies sold per second. And as of today – Windows 7 is now running on more than 16% of all PCs worldwide. It's exciting to see this kind of response from customers who have helped make Windows 7 the fastest selling operating system in history.
A behind-the-scenes look at designing the new Hotmail: part one
Talking to customers gives us great ideas about how to make Hotmail better.
Windows Recession Sweepstakes #4: What’s a Picture Worth?
Everyone needs a new look from time to time. After all, you might not know Stefani Germanotta or Norma Baker, but I bet you know Lady Gaga and Marilyn Monroe. The same holds true for companies fighting for eyeballs in a world saturated with imagery.
Congrats @NYCityMuse
You are the Windows Recession Sweepstakes Round 3 winner!
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Ashley
Beta for Next Version of Microsoft Security Essentials Now Available
Today we are announcing the beta for the next version of Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft Security Essentials was first released in September 2009 and is our award-winning no-cost light weight anti-malware service. It’s designed to help address the ongoing security needs of PCs running genuine Windows – helping keep people protected from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
