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Hotmail emails vanish

Jan 3, 2011
Usually the only time I think about Hotmail is when I'm admonishing my wife to drop her clunky old Hotmail account and switch over to something...

Microsoft to launch new OS for tablets and mobile

Dec 22, 2010
It always seemed a little odd to me that Microsoft was said to be launching new tablets that ran on the same year-old operating system that they...

MIDDAY UPDATE: Ernst and Young, Kinect

Dec 20, 2010
New York prosecutors may charge accounting firm Ernst and Young for its role in the collapse of Lehman Brothers. New York prosecutors are...

Tons of new things on Bing

Dec 15, 2010
I'm going to punt over to Danny Sullivan over at Search Engine Land to give you the full rundown of new Bing features. There's a lot of them. More...

Microsoft joins complaint against Google

Dec 14, 2010
Google has been trying for several months now to acquire a software company called ITA, which makes a product that searches airline information for...

MIDDAY UPDATE: Elizabeth Warren, trade deficit, Kinect

Dec 10, 2010
Today we were joined by Elizabeth Warren, special advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren has been tasked with serving as the...

2.5 million Kinects sold

Nov 30, 2010
Microsoft's goal of 5 million Kinects sold this year seemed awfully ambitious when it was first announced but it looks like they'll get there. The...

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Kinect is a hit

Nov 16, 2010
The controllerless controller has sold a million units in the ten days since its launch, according to Microsoft, which expects to sell 5 million...

Hide the Family, Dog, Valuables, Kinect is Here

Nov 12, 2010
Microsoft will have a happy holiday season, based upon early sales estimates for its Kinect motion-control device for the Xbox 360. Cnet News and...