Microsoft looking into Hotmail problems

April 13, 2007

Microsoft looking into Hotmail problemsCNET News.com, CA – Apr 12, 2007

Microsoft engineers were looking into problems with Windows Live Hotmail and Live Messenger on Thursday after users reported problems getting onto the services. The company was unsure of the cause or the scope of the problems, which began around 9 a.m. PDT. There was no impact on customer data, the company said.


VoIP adopted by one in five US firmsComputerworldUK, UK – Apr 12, 2007

Voice-over-IP technology has rolled out to one-fifth of all U.S. business, and adoption will continue to grow at a robust rate, according to research firm In-Stat.

In-Stat measured VoIP adoption by talking to both equipment vendors and carriers, and by analyzing reports of shipments of products and installations of VoIP services by carriers and other providers, said David Lemelin, an analyst at In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz., said today.


You've Got WebmailPC Magazine - Apr 9, 2007

Three years ago, the world of Webmail was at a standstill. The category's three giants—AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo!—were content with their respective market shares to avoid significant innovation. Then, on April Fool's Day, 2003, Google threw down the gauntlet, introducing a Webmail service that went lengths to reinvent the space, both in terms of its innovative interface, and perhaps even more significantly, in terms of storage, offering a then unheard of 1GB storage. For free. On Gmail's first birthday, Google outdid itself again, doubling the amount of storage offered.


CBS shows soon on MSN and Joost?ZDNet – Apr 12, 2007

CBS is close to announcing deals to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including Microsoft's MSN and Time Warner's AOL, according to a Thursday report on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.

The Journal said CBS could announce the agreements on Thursday. The deals will make previously aired episodes of CBS shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the Evening News with Katie Couric and some sports programming available to the sites, the paper said.
Major Search Engines Improve Sitemaps ProtocolPC World - Apr 11, 2007

The rare collaboration between search rivals Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. over site maps has yielded its first result.

On Wednesday, the vendors announced they have enhanced Sitemap, a protocol designed to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their sites' content for indexing in search engines


Survey: Google draws 64 percent of search queriesZDNet - Apr 11, 2007

Web search leader Google's market share inched up to 64 percent of all queries among U.S. Internet searchers in March, gaining further ground against Yahoo and Microsoft, a survey released on Wednesday by Hitwise found.


Is Vonage Toast?VoIP News, CA – Apr 12, 2007

What with Verizon’s recent court victory against it, Vonage has been getting pounded—on the stock market and in the blogosphere. But the jury’s still out on whether the biggest name in VoIP is toast