Microsoft is currently testing a new search engine called Kumo to replace their failing Live Search. The testing is currently being tested internally by Microsoft employees, before going public. Microsoft has struggled to get their search vehicle to be used by the public, and is currently in third p...

Kumo, l’atteso successore del servizio di ricerca Live Search di Microsoft, sta facendo parlare molto di sé in questi giorni. E’ di ieri inoltre, un memo interno rivolto a tutti i dipendenti Microsoft, nel quale Satya Nadella (Live Search Senior Vice President) invita a sperimentare la ...

It has become obvious in the last several years that Apple is, first and foremost, a device manufacturer, and their flirtation with software (OS X, iLife, Logic, etc.) is borne as an extension of their inventive nature. In other words, Apple doesn’t necessarily want to be a software company, b...

A job where they had free beer on Fridays. Free video games handed out by our administrative assistant. A job where a person can be "working" by playing with a big Xbox and TV sitting on their desk. Yep, the days (daze?) of XNA Community Games are behind me. I've gone over to the Dark Side. I w...

It may not be quite as dramatic as Sunday’s NFL playoff games, but fashionistas and especially designers are eagerly awaiting Michelle’s choice of outfits for tomorrow’s Presidential Inauguration. A look back at Election Night tells us why. Queries for designer Narciso Rodriguez we...

The latest Compete.com numbers came out just before Christmas (Dec 23, for November), and while much of it is more of the same, a couple of interesting items caught our eye.  It’s a little hard to get a gauge on any trends, as Compete changed some methodology in August, except to say that Goo...

If you think you find it hard to protect yourself from malware on various publisher sites and the countless link you receive then you can aid yourself with the latest update from Microsoft. It updated its Live Search Webmaster Center and enabled it to detect malware or dubious links present on vario...

News Commentary. Argh. All yesterday, I resisted this "Kumo" crap, but now there's so much babbling about it that a response is required....

Well that’s handy! Jamie pointed out a feature of the new Windows Live Hotmail (Wave 3) that you may have not have heard about before. The feature is called “Quick Add� and it allows you to easily insert web content in your email message from a bar that appears on the right side of your screen...

Last week Microsoft issued a press release touting the success of its Live Search cashback incentive shopping program which was announced in May. Besides the 30 percent increase in the number of product offers available plus new big name retailers participating, there was testimony from reference cu...