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MSN is now available for iPad users in the United States, delivering hot topics that specifically pique the interest of US residents.
Microsoft made it official today, saying “MSN is now available on your iPad – easily swipe to find your favorite news, sports entertainment, autos and money articles & vid... |
10 February 2012
12:21 GMT |
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It hasn’t been too long since the last Miranda update, which saw several bugs fixed and improvement of overall stability for the application.The previous version also cared for some MSN-related issues with file transfers and receiving messages from Yahoo! Contacts. With the latest version of the instant messeng... |
10 October 2011
07:57 GMT |
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In addition to starring as the lead in the current box office no. 1 ‘Real Steel,’ Hugh Jackman is also helping MSN launch a new “Celebrity Editor Series.”
The Australian actor and producer is also MSN’s first celebrity guest editor, dishing details on not just robots, but also on cycl... |
10 October 2011
06:41 GMT |
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Approximately two months after it offered the MSN Onit mobile application for Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has now launched the app for owners of iPhone and iPad devices. New flavors of MSN Onit are already live for both iPhone and iPad on iTunes, enabling owners of such devices to access the new MSN lifestyle ap... |
26 May 2011
06:39 GMT |
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Users in the United Kingdom ready to show a bit of love for MSN and Bing can get the chance to win some great prizes from Microsoft.The Redmond company launched the MSN Bing Switch and Win contest at the end of March 2011, but customers in the UK needn’t worry, they still have plenty of time to enter the compe... |
4 April 2011
05:35 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering users not only the plain-vanilla variant of Internet Explorer 9 RTW, but also an enhanced version, tailored to Bing and MSN. Customers that spend a lot of time on MSDN and that prefer the Redmond company’s Bing decision engine to rival search engines can grab a special copy of the IE9 RTW... |
18 March 2011
05:43 GMT |
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Malware distributors have managed to trick two large ad networks into delivering malvertizements that silently infected the visitors of large websites with fake scareware programs.The attacks started on December 3 and were picked up by a cloud-based malware scanning service called HackAlert and operated by Santa Clar... |
11 December 2010
05:36 GMT |
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With 2010 almost over, it’s the perfect time to look back on the past year, and Microsoft has the perfect “time machine” for users to do just that. MSN has launched Flashback 2010, a new online destination designed to allow visitors to easily browse the most critical events of this year. Flashback... |
7 December 2010
07:48 GMT |
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Users looking for online resources capable of helping them look, feel and live better should check out Fitbie, a new destination for diet and fitness content on the web which is already live. Fitbie was born through a partnership between MSN and Rodale, and the promise from Microsoft is that users will be able to ac... |
1 December 2010
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BLTWY (www.bltwy.com) is a new online destination focused on politics, but with a small twist. Essentially, users will not get a plain vanilla political website with the issues that matter, polls or policy at the core, but a hotspot which brings the celebrity side of politics into the limelight, promises Gina Stikes... |
7 October 2010
06:56 GMT |
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MSN has armed itself with a range of its own technologies, including Bing Maps, Silverlight and Photosynth, for the Battle of Britain, an interactive Cloud-based guide designed to allow users to get comprehensive insight into the air campaign waged by Luftwaffe against the United Kingdom in the second half of 1940. ... |
13 September 2010
09:55 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a new and improved version of Internet Explorer 8 optimized for two the company’s top Cloud properties, its search/decision engine and its MSN portal. Customers can now download IE8 optimized for Bing and MSN right from the software giant.Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Beta might be just aroun... |
3 September 2010
09:28 GMT |
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A Romanian security researcher has discovered multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) weaknesses in several localized MSN websites, which allow for session cookie hijacking and IFrame injection.The bugs were discovered on various websites hosted in sub-sections on ca.msn.com, fr.msn.com, be.msn.com and fi.msn.com.Cross-s... |
19 August 2010
16:22 GMT |
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Microsoft's Senior Vice President Satya Nadella announced yesterday in an internal memo, future management changes of the OSD R&D team at MSN.As mobile development is one of the top priorities Erik Jorgensen, head on MSN, who was previously responsible for the engineering, editorial, content strategy and media e... |
18 August 2010
09:42 GMT |
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A Turkish hacker has managed to hijack msn.co.il and hotmail.co.il, two domains belonging to Microsoft, and use them to post a pro-Palestinian message. The name servers and administrative email address for the domains have been changed. Users who accessed hotmail.co.il and msn.co.il earlier today were greeted by a p... |
10 June 2010
09:43 GMT |
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Microsoft is adding an interesting spin to how users consume video content online. The Redmond company has launched theBubble, a new online destination designed to kick up a notch the way that users discover, share and enjoy comedy content on the web. Available through MSN, theBubble comedy channel brings to the tabl... |
3 June 2010
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Microsoft is rolling out a more cohesive experience for MSN, not only across the main portal, but also the online destination dedicated to users of mobile phones. Both MSN.com and MSN Mobile now share the same look and feel, after the Redmond company overhauled the mobile version of the portal, following in the foots... |
14 May 2010
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Last evening, May 12th, the Pidgin developers proudly presented the brand-new and improved Pidgin 2.7.0 multi-protocol, multi-platform, instant messenger client. The new version brings many fixes for the Yahoo! and Yahoo! Japan, AIM, XMPP, MSN, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu and Bonjour protocols, but also some very nice and interes... |
13 May 2010
08:35 GMT |
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Avatar fans are in for a real treat from MSN, with Microsoft announcing plans to debut a Hub dedicated exclusively to the biggest blockbuster in history. The launch of the ‘James Cameron’s Avatar - Return to the World’ MSN Hub site will make the movie phenomenon’s director the first ever inter... |
22 April 2010
07:20 GMT |
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With its most recent expansion into the online lifestyle world, Microsoft aims to grow its portfolio of content dedicated to the adult female audience. Glo was initially announced in December 2009, but, at that time, the software giant only revealed that it planned to deliver a new web destination for women by mid-20... |
7 April 2010
08:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up for the upcoming 2010 football World Cup in South Africa, and revealed plans to provide online coverage via MSN. According to the Redmond company, by the end of April 2010, a new dedicated sports news center will go live on MSN, with content from Press Association Sport. The MSN World Cup News... |
30 March 2010
06:40 GMT |
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Microsoft started rolling out a redesigned version of MSN on March 9th, 2010. According to the company, in the next coming weeks, customers should begin to see the new homepage that, from now on, will be the foundation for the portal. As it is the case with many large Microsoft online properties, the new MSN homepage... |
10 March 2010
07:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is on the verge of rolling out what it called the most significant home-page revamp in over a decade to its MSN portal. The Redmond company first made public plans of a drastic overhaul of the MSN homepage and logo in the first half of November 2009. Users have had a preview version of the redesigned portal... |
3 March 2010
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There are no official accounts of my.live.com’s success in attracting an audience, or the measure of its failure in doing so, but one thing is certain, Microsoft has signed its death sentence. In less than two months, the Redmond company will shut down my.live.com for good. The software giant has already procee... |
27 January 2010
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Microsoft is cooking what it is promising to be a new online lifestyle experience aimed at women between 25 and 49. In this regard, the Redmond company informs that MSN has partnered with BermanBraun Interactive, and Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., in order to build a new website focused largely on topics related to ... |
9 December 2009
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It’s almost that time of the year again, and Microsoft is not wasting any time getting into the holiday spirit. The company has all the ingredients available, Santa Claus, elves, Christmas tree, and even a kid that persistently wants an Xbox 360 and would hear nothing else. Just watch the video embedded at the ... |
5 November 2009
09:33 GMT |
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Microsoft has drastically overhauled the MSN butterfly logo and the portal that goes along with it, but not all of the website’s 600 million visitors per month will be able to enjoy the changes. The Redmond company has limited the MSN redesign, which it catalogued as the most significant MSN home page revamp i... |
4 November 2009
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Microsoft has signed the death sentence of MSN Direct and is informing customers that they will be able to continue using the service for two years and a couple of months before it will be discontinued. MSN Direct was designed to accompany the company’s smart “Spot” watches, products that have thems... |
28 October 2009
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Developer Adam Iser has released a new version of the popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X, Adium. Replicating most of iChat’s features, Adium can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo etc. Fans can download the latest stable and beta versions of the software right here, on Softpedia. Adium combines nume... |
21 August 2009
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Back in 2006 Google acquired YouTube for no less than $1.65 billion, and Microsoft was building its very own YouTube clone dubbed Soapbox. Three years later, Google's YouTube is flourishing, and Microsoft's Soapbox is shutting down. The Redmond company sent an email notice to all Soapbox users regarding the... |
22 July 2009
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Microsoft has unveiled a tribute page to Michael Jackson on MSN, essentially a Silverlight application built by ShootHill by taking advantage of the DeepZoom capabilities of Silverlight. The main image of the King of Pop, who died on June 25th 2009, is put together using touched up variants of hundreds of pictures fe... |
3 July 2009
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Microsoft is already delivering the next step in the evolution of a celebrity-focused website it introduced just four months ago. The Redmond company indicated that content would expand with the inclusion of Twitter and celebrity blogs. Wonderwall now features a new aggregator designed to bring fans the latest update... |
27 May 2009
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Microsoft has overhauled its MSN City Guides online destination providing users with a range of enhancements better suited to connect them with locations, businesses, and events across US cities. MSN City Guides is a local offering from the Redmond company tailored specifically to the US market. The main aspect of th... |
8 May 2009
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Come the second quarter of 2009, Microsoft plans to start rolling out a variety of fansites for which it will leverage the Wetpaint fansite platform. No details are yet available on the specific content the Redmond company will focus on; however, more than two dozen fansites are scheduled to be launched by MSN Entert... |
30 April 2009
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This summer Microsoft Advertising will move to the next stage in its evolution. At least this is the promise from Mark Young, general manger of the Global Trade Marketing Advertising team. The move is planned to coincide with the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, which is scheduled to take place betwee... |
22 April 2009
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Over 1,000 people that participated in an MSN survey focused on ecology have pointed to Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz as the greenest celebrities. Microsoft indicated that DiCaprio was a hit with female respondents, while Diaz was the top eco-celeb with male respondents. No less than 40% of the people surveyed r... |
21 April 2009
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Microsoft is offering for download not only the plain vanilla version of Internet Explorer 8, but also a customized variant tailored to its MSN web properties. In this regard, the Redmond company is advertising a copy of Internet Explorer 8 RTW (released to web) that is optimized for MSN. At the same time, the softwa... |
2 April 2009
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Almost half of Americans will risk their money in at least one college basketball tournament pool, even in the context of the global financial crisis. According to data made available by the Redmond company via the MSN Hoops Hysteria Survey, no less than 45% of Americans will continue to wage money on college basketb... |
13 March 2009
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Not even a day into the release of version 1.3.3 RC2, Adium is at its final 1.3.3 release adding tons of changes, major and small, as well as bug fixes. Adium, the popular IM app for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard, is free to download and use for as long as you wish.According to the changelog for Adium 1.3.3, major chang... |
20 February 2009
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If you thought that the shuffling of services between MSN and Live, plus/minus Windows, was over think again. Microsoft is claiming that the transition was catalyzed by the necessity to “better align products and sites focused on content and community, QnA has moved from the Live Search organization into MSN.&r... |
19 February 2009
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Apple has announced that iPhone / iPod touch users are no longer required to upgrade to Windows Live Hotmail Plus subscription or MSN Premium subscription in order to access their POP3 accounts, be they on Windows Live, Hotmail, or MSN.The company behind the Mac operating system reveals in a recently updated knowledg... |
18 February 2009
08:32 GMT |
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Microsoft is referring to Wonderwall as its new online destination for entertainment and celebrity information. The website, built by MSN in partnership with BermanBraun Interactive, has debuted into Beta, and can already be accessed by users worldwide. Developed with an unconventional interaction model, Wonderwall l... |
5 February 2009
10:40 GMT |
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When it comes down to online video properties, Microsoft is among the bottom feeders that have to live just on the eyeballs not glued to YouTube. In fact, via YouTube, Google managed to serve no less than 40% of the total of 12.7 billion online videos watched in November 2008 in the U.S., grabbing the vast majority o... |
8 January 2009
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Oleg Teterin is a Russian entrepreneur that set out to trademark the infamous online “wink” emoticon, composed of a semi-column, a dash and a parenthesis, to his business, the mobile ad company Superfone. The man says that, since smiley faces such as :-), :) and ;) are also very similar to his trademark, ... |
12 December 2008
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At the start of the next month Microsoft plans to debut a new music service under the MSN and (RED) umbrella brands. However, this time around the Redmond company is not gunning down for iTunes, or any rival services or products. This because (RED)WIRE is designed to save lives. In partnership with the (RED) initiati... |
26 November 2008
06:14 GMT |
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In the context of the worldwide financial crisis, Microsoft is committed to arm military service members in the US with knowledge, when it comes down to steering clear of predatory lending. Via MSN Money, the Redmond giant aims to deliver a set of educational resources, designed to train military service members and ... |
12 November 2008
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Microsoft has geared up its resources for the 2008 Olympic Games, and as the sporting celebration debuts today, August 8, 2008, a wide range of its software products and online services will parade content from the Beijing event. From MSN to Live Search, and from Windows Media Center, to the Xbox console, and to the ... |
8 August 2008
07:39 GMT |
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Microsoft, MSN and NBC are gearing up for what the Redmond company referred to as a groundbreaking online Olympics viewing experience, nothing short of the most widely watched Olympic event via the Internet. And Silverlight 2 will be placed firmly at the heart of the sporting competition, courtesy of the NBCOlympics.... |
30 July 2008
07:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is delivering a new project to the largest community of instant messaging worldwide. Windows Live Messenger users have available a new service dubbed "minimise-me" via MSN on Windows Live. The website will effectively permit users of the Redmond company's instant messaging client to build their own cha... |
17 July 2008
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America's top 10 web brands for June starts with Google and ends with Apple. The ranking was made according to the number of unique users in the U.S. that visited certain pages, and was disclosed by Nielsen Ratings. Google has all the reasons to show off in front of its competitors, since its properties attracte... |
15 July 2008
10:39 GMT |
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