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No Xbox Live tomorrow, upgrading for Xbox 360
Via Inside Microsoft: "Microsoft has announced a planned single day closure of its online console...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/23/2005
More listening (markets really are conversations)
Further proof on the 'markets really are conversations' front. I got this email today: "You reported...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/22/2005
R2-D2 Case Mod
I have to get my 4-year-old son one of these R2-D2 Case Mods. (not me of course - I'm faaar too...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
introducing it
introducing it. via Business2.0blog
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
GANs - Global Area Networks
You've heard of LANs, (Local Area Networks) and you've probably heard of WANs (Wide Area Networks)....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
How online applications model human behaviour
Joshua Porter has been recently exploring the notion of how online applications model human...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
Friday Web 2.0 tickles
Bubble 2.0 blog has rendered a new version of the Web 2.0 Meme Map. It tickled me. Via Pete...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
RSS feeds: concise summaries or vague excerpts?
Bill Higgins on RSS feeds, concise summaries and vague excerpts: "Maybe it's just me, but frequently...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
Do a screencast, fly to NYC or Boston or Philadelphia or Washington D.C or...
Thom Robbins: "Are you a video jockey! Create a screencast starring Microsoft Visual Studio Team...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
Video: Windows Vista Sidebar and Gadgets
Robert Scoble has posted video on Channel 9: "Sidebar lives!But it's even better, here Sean...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
Saw this tagspam today :-(
Saw this tagspam today :-( Not good.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/20/2005
5 bln txt msgs snt inda us mntly
5 bln txt msgs snt inda us mntly. datsa lotov txt.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/20/2005
Search Engine for sale on eBay ++ Update
Yesterday I posted about this search engine up for sale on eBay. It started at a dollar, and at the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
Geek Dinner in London with Molly Holzschlag
I won't be to make this Geek Dinner (London, Nov 24th) organised by Ian Forrester. I wish I was....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
Windows Media Connect 2.0 released
Sean Alexander has a great blog covering digital media. Sean is a Group Program Manager at Microsoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
Coat Idol
Coat Idol. It's all a little weird. (del.icio.us/tag/coatidol)
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
Microsoft simplifies code-sharing plan
ZDNet: "Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative is a program to allow third parties, such as other...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
125 APIs and counting
WSFinder: 125 APIs and counting.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
Mini-AOL: 'now just do it'
Mini-AOL: "Since AOL bought Weblogs Inc. they now have made a large enough "wave" to get noticed....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2005
7 reasons 2006 will be a big year for OPML
Following on from Christian Vidmar's prediction regarding OPML earlier this week... "I agree with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/18/2005
Two good, short, sensible essays on the topic of Web 2.0 businesses
Umair Haque has posted a couple of good, short, sensible essays (hard to find these days ;-) on the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2005
'The best way to get attention is to give it.'
Terry Heaton, from "All I really need to know I learned in the blogosphere": "The best way to get...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2005
Is Slashdot losing its edge to digg.com?
Is Slashdot losing its edge to digg.com? Andy says yes , I agree. Technorati tags: blogs, slashdot,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2005
Microsoft's WSYP (We Share Your Pain)
Microsoft TechNet UK team has made a video I saw internally a couple of weeks ago, reasonably...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2005
Search Engine for sale on eBay, starting price is 1 cent.
Search Engine for sale on eBay, starting price is 1 cent. I've just looked and the current bid is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2005
Dave Winer on Nerd TV
I'm a big fan of Dave Winer. He's pioneered a number of technologies that have helped tranform the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2005
Goldman Sachs: Internet IPO Market Is Back
Techdirt: "The signs of the new bubble are coming fast and furious these days. Startups are getting...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2005
Unknown unknowns
Unknown unknowns. (on my other blog)
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2005
Virtual Earth hacks, the video
Robert Scoble has uploaded a pretty cool Virtual Earth video onto Channel 9: "recently we invited...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2005
Web 2.0: The Desktop / Web Mash-ups
Nick Bradbury thinks it is time for some minor revisions to Web 2.0, and posts Web 2.01 Release...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2005
Markets really are conversations
Since the publication of the Cluetrain Manifesto, the phrase 'markets are conversations' has been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/15/2005
His data, his interfaces.
John Dowell (of Macromedia) has a nice little rant for the weekend: "It's my data -- I want my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/15/2005
10 Steps to a Hugely Successful Web 2. Company
James points to "10 Steps to a Hugely Successful Web 2. Company". As soon as I find "10 Ways to Blow...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/14/2005
The Singularity is Near, not for the faint hearted...
Ray Kurzweil's new book 'The Singularity is Near' is not for the faint hearted, but is a must-read...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/14/2005
Future interface
I'm not going to even try to explain this Microsoft Research video, you just need to see it. Via...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/14/2005
MSN search results clustering - SRC
Scarbones has pointed to something pretty cool: a clustered search interface to MSN Search released...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/13/2005
You know it is Bubble 2.0 when...
You know it is Bubble 2.0 when the internet is growing faster than ever: "The Netcraft "October 2005...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/13/2005
My attention via RSS
Now I can track where my attention has been (see my last 18 hours below) thanks to a new version of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/12/2005
Linksys Skype phone review
I'm reading this:Linksys CIT200 Skype phone review. Looks tasty. (via Gizmodo) Harald has hacked...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/12/2005
More RSS-enabled start-ups
Several RSS-enabled search and attention services have been cropping up over the last few days. I've...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/12/2005
How much is my blog worth .com
The 'how much is my blog worth' meme is doing the rounds. According to some calculations, the value...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/11/2005
Next Generation UI: WYGIWYS
In Jakob Nielsen's latest article, RIP: WYSIWYG, the usability guru claims a new paradigm is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/11/2005
RSS icon for IE7, which one?
RSS is fast becoming part of the fabric on the web. When IE7 goes beyond beta, RSS popularity will...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/08/2005