Three LA Men Busted for Xbox Mods

Microsoft: No Sidebar Until Vista Beta 2

MSN Messenger for Windows 7.5.0322 Released

Latest Changes:

• A lot of people were experiencing sign in issues with v7.5.311, we took some changes to fix that or to give better error messages to figure out what was going wrong
• A fix to get our error reporting correct
• In Korea, if you were using an IME (Input Method Editor), you would type a shortcut for your favorite emoticon and get an extra character. Now emoticons are key to any IM program and it didn't make sense to not fix this (and we found a simple code fix)
• If you had a Dynamic Background from Blue Mountain, bought it and installed it, then the Text Ads which you should have been getting weren't showing up
• There is a DLL which is central to our Audio / Video features, we had to take a new version of that to fix a bug where Messenger would crash if you unplug a USB device after running the Audio Video Tuning Wizard on that device

http://messenger.msn.com

Time Warner dumps Microsoft, now talking only with Google

Time Warner Inc. ended talks with Microsoft Corp. Friday and entered into exclusive negotiations with Google Inc. over a $1 billion investment and a broader advertising partnership with America Online, executives close to the talks said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10355184/

Windows XP Gets Security Certification

Touting the success of it's new Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process, Microsoft late Wednesday said Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP SP2 Professional and Embedded have secured the highest Common Criteria security certification from the United States government's National Information Assurance Partnership.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows_XP_Gets_Security_Certification/1134664600

MS Shakes Up Entertainment Division

More changes are in store for Redmond as Microsoft plans to reorganize its entertainment division into four smaller groups to make it more competitive. Details of the split leaked out via an internal memo sent this week by Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division.

http://www.betanews.com/article/MS_Shakes_Up_Entertainment_Division/1134663679

Microsoft to move graphics outside OS kernel

Microsoft to move graphics outside OS kernel
By Manek Dubash, Techworld

Microsoft will move the graphics for its next version of Windows outside of the operating system's kernel to improve reliability, the software giant has told Techworld.
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5002&Page=1&pagePos=11

Windows Live Messenger: Official Feature List

Windows Live Messenger Beta 1 Ships

MTV Joins Microsoft for Music Service

Microsoft Tool Cleans Sony BMG Mess

Windows Live Messenger Beta to Begin

Review: Windows OneCare Live

Intesting MSN Nickname site.

Search Preview Add-in for MSN Search Toolbar (Beta)

Windows Live Favorates Public Beta

Access you favorates from any pc. http://addins.msn.com/livefavs/

Virtual Earth Now Windows Live Local

MS to Lock Down Security Zones in IE7

Microsoft Location Finder 2.0.0

McDonalds to Embed Windows XP