Microsoft is going to provide competition to Google docs and spreadsheet through there new service Micrsoft Office Live workspace. A major difference is that it will not be a web based application but sort of an extension to there Desktop based Office Suite. (more…)

For those who are unfamiliar , Autopatcher was a well known install system with which one can update there Windows Operating System . It not only contained all the official security fixes provided by Microsoft , but also a good collection of add-ons and registry tweaks. But now the autopatcher has been shutdown by the people from Microsoft.

Apart from this it also had a huge number of advantages to system administrators as well as end users . It allowed the power users to build there own custom install disks with all the latest patches , it also provided the facility to update your computer in an efficient manner . (more…)

Microsoft and Nokia have joined forces to provide customers with Windows Live Services which has been specifically designed for Nokia devices. The services will be compatible with the S60 devices and will be available to users in 11 countries which are - Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, U.K., Sweden, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The services include Windows Live Hotmail , Windows Live Messenger , Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces.

To use this service users will have to download a suite which will give them access to these services. Nokia customers who own Nokia N73, N80 Internet Edition, N95, N76 and the N93i can get the Windows Live services via the Download application in 11 countries. By next year, the services will also be available to compatible Series 40 handsets . Inittially the services will be available as a free trial and then users who want to use the service will be asked to pay a monthly service.

Through this collaboration Microsoft definitely aims to get mobile consumers to use there Windows Live Services which can be accessible almost anywhere . I hope this service was offered in India too . Lets see how google will respond to this.

As a gamer , i am very fond of gaming accessories including gaming mouse , gamepads , wheels etc. Microsoft Sidewinder series , which was first launched in 1995 is well known for its cool PC gaming peripherals which includes gamepads , joysticks and wheels . On Wednesday , Microsoft launched the first gaming mouse of its Sidewinder series , a very innovative product that transforms the mouse into a cool gaming system.

It has got a design which facilitates perfect handling along with tuning tools , a one touch access to Windows Vista games explorer , a first ever LCD on a gaming mouse and hosts of other features.Lets take a look at the features in details -> (more…)

This Demographics prediction tool from MSN lets you find out about the demographics data for any website . Here is the data (gender distribution )for my site (more…)

Microsoft is soon going to increase the storage limit of there hotmail service to 5 Gb from a previous one of 2 gb. The move will not take place immediately but slowly among all the users. Currently Google is offering nearly 3 Gb but they have announced that users can increse it upto 9 Gb by paying a small account , Yahoo is offering Unlimited storage.

There are also going to be some performance enhancements in Hotmail and it is also going to become faster shortly. We will also see a new “report phishing” button in email and a chance to merge duplicate contacts in address book. An option will also be there to allow to users to go directly to inbox thus avoiding the extra advertising content.

I was a big fan of Hotmail in the older days . I opened my first email account with hotmail in around 1999 and it is still active today . But most of the time i use Gmail as i find it both fast and easy to use. Lets see if such moves can make users shift towards hotmail ? what do you guys think ?