March 4th, 2008

Microsoft giving away over $100k in prizes to select beta testers

[photopress:billgatesmoney.jpg,full,left]You know those scams, mostly from the late 90s, that went around advertising that if this email is forwarded 1000 times, Bill Gates will give everyone in the sender’s list $100,000? Yah, it was bunk, but this isn’t: if you’re a beta tester for Office Live Workspace, Microsoft is going to give you $100,000. Well, not all to one person, but… → Read More

March 4th, 2008

Jeremy Piven uses a BlackBerry Curve (plus other fun facts)

[photopress:pivennnn.jpg,full,center] I’d like to echo Laptop’s synopsis of last night’s Microsoft event (fact: “event” is journalese for party) that, ostensibly, launched Office Live. (It’s a bit like Google Docs. In fact, it’s a lot like Google Docs.) First, Jeremy Piven was there… for approximately 18 seconds. He’s sorta on the short side. → Read More

February 15th, 2006

Microsoft Office Live goes into Beta

Microsoft Office Live went into beta today. The service was first revealed at a Microsoft event last fall – you can see my post about it here. This is not an online version of Microsoft Office. It is a set of online tools for businesses to help them have a web and email presence at a very low cost (starting at free with ad support). The core tools are a free non-microsoft domain name… → Read More

November 2nd, 2005

Office Live Will Be A Huge Productivity Tool

The other product announced yesterday at the Microsoft Preview event in San Francisco was Office Live. Office Live will launch in Q1 2006. My raw notes from the event are on CrunchNotes, and my profile on Windows Live went up last night. Rajesh Jha presented the product. Office Live is not an online version of Office. Office Live is a set of free, ad-supported productivity tools for businesses… → Read More

November 1st, 2005

Windows Live and Office Live

Microsoft is announcing Windows Live and Office Live, both online services, right now (10 am PST) at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. I am publishing my notes and pictures real time at CrunchNotes. Windows Live is “live” at Live.com. → Read More