Not to be outdone by the likes of other online vendors, Microsoft [MSFT] has posted its own Black Friday sale, which extends from November 28 until November 30 evening. I’d missed the initial report from Larry about the sale, but I noticed it when logged into Xbox LIVE earlier today. On the whole, not a [...]
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Microsoft’s [MSFT] Major Nelson (yeah, it’s Larry Hryb) reports that there will be another Xbox LIVE service outage, in line with the upcoming NXE launch. The outage will be on November 17, 2008, starting at 2:00 AM PST (about 5:00 AM EST), and it is expected to last around 45 minutes or so. This impacts [...]
A couple of days ago, eWeek reported that Microsoft [MSFT] is launching their new BizSpark program, intended to help startups develop their products using Microsoft products. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Gee, isn’t that just like programs from other companies, like Sun?” Well, yes, but– no. The Startup Essentials from Sun [JAVA] is an [...]
Given all of the speculation surrounding whether AOL [TWX] and Yahoo [YHOO] are being sincere in their talks, and the current mega-swirl in CBS’ [CBS] declining value, here’s an interesting notion: Hey, Jeff Bewkes, why not sell AOL to Yahoo, and then buy up CBS? This would give Time Warner that pure broadcast play that [...]
Tomorrow, Microsoft’s [MSFT] Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 starts, and runs until October 30, 2008. In addition to a schedule chock-full of content for developers, there is some anticipation among the reporters and analysts that maybe more details will be revealed about Windows 7. N.B. If you aren’t able to attend PDC 2008, but you [...]
A lot of upset Vista users are already quite perturbed about the Mojave “experiment” debacle. Now, several weeks after those commercials were launched onto an unsuspecting TV-viewing public, Microsoft’s [MSFT] Mike Nash has announced that Windows 7 is going to be the next major Windows release, on the Windows team blog. This happened back on [...]
Earlier this week, the Xbox Dashboard began running the promotional info for the upcoming “New Xbox LIVE Experience” (NXE) that was initially shown publicly during Microsoft’s [MSFT] PAX 2008 showing. In addition to the information provided via the Dashboard, a Web site segment (they’re calling it a “microsite”, ::grin::) was set up to provide similar [...]
