A contract to choose a default browser for Windows might be probable—revealed the financial news agency, Bloomberg in a report. “We’ve concluded our discussions with Microsoft,” Phillip Lowe, director general of the commission’s competition department, said in an interview at Brussels yesterday.
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Facebook’s Privacy Model is Changing
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced changed control features for protecting your privacy. In a letter shown on your profile page today, Zuckerberg is writing that users will be able to add privacy settings to each and every content that you create or upload, such as who may see the content.
This Week’s Thoughts: Computers In the Cloud
Cloud Computing is everywhere these days. Microsoft has launched Windows Azure, Chrome OS also focuses on your data in the web. But what is it all about? What possibilities and disadvantages does cloud computing have? Finally: Who can or should use it?
Play Any Song Instantly With LiveSong
Play any song instantly, using streaming technology powered by Last.fm and Grooveshark: With LiveSong, you don’t need the MP3 file locally. Listen to a song that somebody recommends you without worrying about where to find it.
MS Talk: Audio Interview With Marcus Schmidt
Over the past one and a half years, Microsoft has engaged in social media. This has helped to get in touch with us as customers and created a positive buzz around Windows and Windows Live. Social communities like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube play an important role in this.
Phishing: How You Might Be Trapped
Phishing has grown to be an important malicious way to get your personal data. So, in order to protect your sensitive data and keep them private, you should be alert about phishing. How are you affected?
Xbox Live: Microsoft suspends more than 500,000 users
Not being able to use the Xbox 360 online features is probably a nightmare for many people. A nightmare that came true for more than 500,000 users. The reason: they have a modified Xbox 360.
Windows Live adds 19 Web Activities, including YouTube
Do you love creating videos and sharing them with your friends? This has just got easier. Starting from today, you can add YouTube to your Windows Live Profile as Web Activity. How?
Complicated Messenger Library
I am really disappointed. I spent the past 3 hours on figuring out how to get the display picture from a user that is signed in with Windows Live Delegated Authentication.
Preview of new MSN homepage, getting socialized
Today Microsoft unvealed its new format for the MSN.com homepage in a public preview.
What are the most interesting changes?