Monthly Archives: April 2008

Microsoft Office Lite – Microsoft’s solution for a lower-end MS Office?

People have been begging Microsoft to make a lower-end version of Office, without making it as awful as Microsoft Works.                                                                                  Maybe soon, Microsoft will offer such a thing. So what could be expect in Microsoft Office Lite? Well here’s … Continue reading

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Live Mesh came out

                                                                  A bit late, but I’m going to cover Live Mesh. So Live Mesh came out earlier this week. From what I’ve seen, I would state it as a service where users can easily synchronize their devices, and be able … Continue reading

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MSR Video – Sneak preview at Live Mesh, Surface Sphere, Windows Search, and other goodies

A new MSR video got on the web, and it’s pretty fascinating to see some of the the things that the video shows. I like to point out Live Mesh, Surface Sphere, and Windows Search. First, Live Mesh. In the … Continue reading

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I hate CAPTCHA! Bring out reCAPTCHA and ASIRRA

I’ve always had a strong dislike when a site requires you to enter in a CAPTCHA code to verify you’re not a spam bot or something. Why do I not like it? Mainly because I can’t read it sometimes. It’s … Continue reading

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New Live Search games – Matt Lauer and Picture This

One game is great and easy to get points, while the other isn’t as good and you get very little points. Matt Lauer is the good one. Even though Matt Lauer, from the Today show, just stands there and doesn’t … Continue reading

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I just love getting sappy Customer Support e-mails from Microsoft, don’t you?

Just kidding. But I mentioned several times about the stupid spam on Live Spaces, so I thought I should do the right thing and report the naughty spammer. I did, and I exchanged an e-mail from Microsoft, and this is … Continue reading

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Live Search gets a new look – I don’t like it

Seems like Live Search is already getting another new look. I can’t say that I like it.                                                                                      Looks far worse than the nice simple one they have now:                                                                                              Let me point out why I have a dislike for … Continue reading

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Blog spam X 20

I received a lot of spam today. Want to guess how much? Well here’s a look at "some" of the comment that’s unfortunately ended up today:                                                                             A lot, isn’t it? Exactly why one of my other blog posts (the … Continue reading

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White House imagery under Birds-eye view is pixelated?

I didn’t notice before, but the birds-eye imagery for the White Houston is VERY pixelated. More birds-eyes views are usually rather crisp and more detailed, but this is quite a surprise:                                                                    Have a look yourself. I’m not surprised, because … Continue reading

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Live Maps for UK is now Multimap – UK users angered

The same day Live Maps/VE gets the new updates, Live Maps UK redirects users to Multimap, a web mapping site acquired by Microsoft. UK users are definitely not happy.                                                                       I’ve taken a look at Multimap before, and I just … Continue reading

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