Windows Live Hotmail Down
This weekend many Hotmail users have been reporting problems in accessing their accounts. They are getting errors like Server is Temporarily Unavailable etc.. while they try to log into their accounts.Microsoft acknowledged the problems immediately. Confirmation of the email service’s downtime served to inform frustrated users of what was happening, but they still had to wait a few hours before Windows Live Hotmail was up and running again. Microsoft announced that only a limited group of users were impacted, having been locked out of their accounts. “Just wanted to let... Read The Rest →
Microsoft Making Its Own P2P Client
Microsoft is making a P2P client codenamed Avalanche. Better Known as Microsoft Secure Content Downloader (MSCD). It is a free P2P technology similar to what BitTorent already provides. According the information given on the MSCD webpage The Microsoft Secure Content Downloader (MSCD) is a peer-assisted download manager capable of securely downloading specific files. MSCD is intended for consumers who are downloading from a home PC, or business users whose computers are not behind a corporate firewall. If you use MSCD from behind a corporate firewall, you may be unable to... Read The Rest →
What Will Windows 7 Look Like?
Microsoft hasn’t said what features will be in Windows 7, but analysts have some ideas of their own. I am sure most of you have already heard about Windows 7, the successor to the not so popular Windows Vista. Its barely been half year and Microsoft is already busy in preparations for its successor. Though Microsoft hasn’t said anything about what features to expect in Windows 7, but analysts have already started predicting what we should really be expecting in the upcoming version of Windows that is due in about... Read The Rest →
Silverlight RC1 is here
Tim Sneath, one of the lead developers of the Silverlight RIA(Rich Internet Platform) has announced the release of Silverlight RC1. Here is a brief Snip of the release announcement. Since the beta we released at MIX, we’ve fixed approximately 2000 bugs and work items and we’re now feature complete with the final JavaScript-based API. This version of the runtime is vastly more stable than the beta release: our stress test runs show improvements of two or three orders of magnitude in many cases, and the product demonstrates the polish one... Read The Rest →
