VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi (author of The Xbox 360 Uncloaked: The Real Story Behind Microsoft’s Next-Generation Video Game Console) tells the behind-the-scenes story of a now-familiar tale of woe : This is the unauthorized tale of how Microsoft...

Now that Apple fanatic Steven Levy is gone, apparently Newsweek can tell it like it is about Apple . It's funny, sort of, how this explains my comments about Apple being a "bad" company the other day: Apple is looking like what Microsoft...

This should be of interest to Digital Media fans. I've been trying to work through the incompatibility issues with H.264 in native Vista apps. This might just fix most of it. From Red Herring : This registry patch will tie MP4/M4V/M4A files into Windows...

I must somewhat sheepishly admit that I'd never heard of Sun's VirtualBox virtualization solution, but a few people recommended it today on Twitter so I thought I'd give it a look. What I see looks promising. On Windows (client), there are...

As with the WindowsLive.com site, Microsoft has completed redesigned the Windows.com Web site to make it more attractive and interesting. Check it out ! Imagine what happens when your technology fits your whole life. Sharing photos from virtually anywhere...

An email from Microsoft senior vice president Bill Veghte to all Microsoft employees. I've highlighted a few bits I find important and/or interesting: From: Bill Veghte Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 5:37 PM To: Microsoft - All Employees (QBDG...

Here it is, folks! Direct link at YouTube

I've been experiencing some weird issues with Live Mesh lately, which is bad because I actually rely on it pretty heavily. Turns out it's not just me. But the good news is that the Live Mesh guys have released an update that fixes the problem...

This one is just cool : What is AutoCollage? Photo collages celebrate important events and themes in our lives. Pick a folder, press a button, and in a few minutes AutoCollage presents you with a unique memento to print or email to your family and friends...

Rafael continues his exploration of what I consider to be a very real and silly Word bug, this time providing instructions for how to fix the problem : Due to the way Word was designed, there doesn’t appear to be an easy solution to preserve the...

Mary Jo Foley has a blog post about how Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service will be leaving beta by the end of the year . She does a good job, as always, of putting this in context. But I'd like to offer up a few comments, not so much in...

EDGE confirms long-standing rumors of a US price cut for the Xbox 360 , and none too soon: Microsoft on Wednesday confirmed rumors of an early September Xbox 360 price cut in the U.S. The new prices take effect September 5. The baseline Xbox 360 will...

Amazon PR : Amazon.com today announced that customers can now instantly watch ad-free movies and television shows on Macs or PCs with Amazon Video On Demand, Amazon's digital video service offering thousands of movies and television shows. Previously...

From Microsoft: Only six months after public availability, the beta release of Microsoft Office Live Workspace has reached the one million customer sign-up milestone. Office Live Workspace beta was among the first entries in the new wave of online services...

This is a big deal if you're deploying Windows to multiple desktops: Microsoft has completed work on Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.5 (formerly SoftGrid) and has made some surprisingly forward-looking licensing changes. It's all explained...