Microsoft bloggers on the move

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Microsoft Bloggers: Who Can Keep Up?

Microsoft Bloggers: Who Can Keep Up? 03/08/2004 11:26 PM
We just updated our ever-expanding list of current and former Microsoft employees who blog. We are now up to more than 200 Microsoft blogs on our roster.

Microsoft bl0ggers come to MSDN

Microsoft bl0ggers come to MSDN 01/09/2004 10:11 PM
Microsoft is adding Web logs published by its employees to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), the company's main site for software developers.

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Microsoft claims 4.5 million bl0ggers

Microsoft claims 4.5 million bl0ggers 04/08/2005 08:56 AM
The company said in a statement that since it was introduced in test form Dec. 1, 4.5 million blogs have been set up. However, fewer than 4% (about 170,000) are updated daily, according to the Seattle Times. New to the official release of MSN Spaces is advertising, with Volvo as the first customer -- putting its banner ads on Spaces and also sponsoring a "best of" page, inviting people to write about experiences with their automobiles. MSN Spaces staff will scour other blogs for compatible posts and put them on the Volvo site, according to Microsoft (MSFT: news, chart, profile) . The company also released a new version of its MSN Messenger software for instant, voice, and video messaging. It too will have advertising, starting with Coca Cola Co.'s (KO: news, chart, profile) Sprite offering downloads of "theme packs," which include animations and backgrounds and audio clips. American Greetings Corp. (AM: news, chart, profile) also plans to sell icons for personalizing messages. "It's just a way for people to express themselves," MSN corporate vice president Blake Irving told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "It's advertising but it doesn't feel that way." MSN has also added a search button into the Messenger window to boost use of MSN Search.

Micro Persuasion: Microsoft Recruiting
Paid Bloggers

Micro Persuasion: Microsoft Recruiting
Paid Bloggers 06/24/2005 05:53 PM
Steven Reubel pone una imagen de la bsqueda .. Microsoft estˇ contratando bloggers

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Microsoft Bloggers Face Search Spam
Pinch

Microsoft Bloggers Face Search Spam
Pinch 12/22/2004 01:35 AM
The company takes steps as some of its 1,200 bloggers are among those hit with a rise in spam posted as comments. MSDN bloggers complain they're now disabling comments in response to the spam deluge.

Microsoft CRM on the move

Microsoft CRM on the move 04/20/2004 04:43 AM
ECCS Apr 20 2004 8:21AM GMT

Microsoft Must Move On

Microsoft Must Move On 01/06/2004 08:08 AM

DRM: A Bad Business Move for Microsoft

DRM: A Bad Business Move for Microsoft 06/18/2004 01:01 PM
Invited guest Doctorow told the Microsoft Research staff that DRM systems don't work; are bad for society; are bad for business; and are bad for artists. In short: "DRM is a bad business-move for Microsoft,"

Microsoft and IBM Move Accounts

Microsoft and IBM Move Accounts 02/18/2004 02:25 AM
Two technology giants, IBM and Microsoft, are reassigning promotional accounts with spending estimated at more than $500 million, decisions that underline the increasing importance of marketing communications outside the realm of traditional advertising. The accounts being awarded by International Business Machines and Microsoft to agencies owned by the Interpublic Group of Companies and the WPP Group cover assignments unrelated to producing television commercials, print advertisements and billboards. Rather, the work is primarily centered on what is known as customer relationship management - that is, efforts to strengthen the loyalties of current customers that can range from offers of free merchandise to invitations to sponsored events.

Note to Self: Don't Read Scoble Late at
Night or Microsoft Bloggers Now Added

Note to Self: Don't Read Scoble Late at
Night or Microsoft Bloggers Now Added 03/19/2003 10:27 PM

Note to Self: Don't Read Scoble Late at Night or Microsoft Bloggers Now Added and a Rant

A wee bit tired this morning.  I made a quick round of my normal stops in the blogosphere last night and I happened by the Scobleiz er.  Now I've met Robert in the real world and I always get something out of reading his stuff -- but it usually doesn't cost me sleep.  You see what happened is Robert pointed me off to Microsof t Watch and a list of Mi crosoft bloggers with weblogs.  So I thought "Wouldn't it be nice if they were all indexed".  And there I was making sure they got stuffed into the system.  Here's what I found:

• Probably more than 50% of them were already in our database.  Go figure.  I guess that either a) people are adding themselves or b) the RSS auto discovery routines I wrote work better than I initially thought ;-)
• Microsoft bloggers use a plethora of different tools.  I do think, however, that the dominant one is Radio.  Blogger, Movable Type and other systems are also represented
• Not all Microsoft bloggers have RSS feeds
• Topics span work and personal
• Devhawk.net did a really smart thing with Feedster -- he added it to has blog's UI essentially as a "virtual table of contents".  Good idea.  I think I need to offer some viewing improvements if people are going to do this.
• Someone needs to teach the "gotdotnet" folks what RSS is.  Also I couldn't believe their HTML source when I was poking around. So get ready for a vent.
  
  <RANT CLASS=NASTY BILE=HIGH FRUSTATION=SEVERE>Go look here and look at the __VIEWSTATE input element.  To me that's just plain lame.  Use a session, send a cookie and use your horsepower for this, not my bandwidth with every page view.  And if you really want to barf then click around a bit and go here.  They seem to be encoding the entire viewing history in a really nasty way and shipping it back to you every single time.  It just gets bigger.  After navigating thru like 3 pages I had 6,554 bytes sent down the wire that did nothing for me.  Thanks for nothing.</RANT>

I guess its not all that bad actually but it just seems damn silly.  I hope that's not a dot net feature but I'm afraid that it is.  Sigh.

Tsunami update: Microsoft responds,
bl0ggers organize, video torrents

Tsunami update: Microsoft responds,
bl0ggers organize, video torrents 12/30/2004 04:48 PM
Xeni Jardin: A quick roundup of items related to the tsunami disaster. Image: mannequin in pile of wreckage in Thailand, shot by blogger and NBC correspondent Kevin Sites who is on assignment in Asia covering the story. (Link)

*Following up on a previous BoingBoing post, an anonymous Microsoft employee says:

Responding to this: "Reader J. Hahn says, "I am particularly impressed with Amazon.com's Red Cross donation counter that proves Americans are not 'stingy.' Also, as a Mac user, I was proud to go to the apple.com site and see not one product ad on their front page - just links to aid and donation sites, and Microsoft had not one mention of the disaster."

Most of Microsoft's efforts regarding Tsunami relief is focused internally. MS offers a dollar for dollar charitable donation match to all FTE, and is doing everything it can to expidite the process of trying to get the money to where it will do the most good.

* Tsunami Outreach: Bloggers Without Borders' first international project launched last night. Link (Thanks, Sean)

* BoingBoing reader Nicholas Bentley says,

"Hello Xeni, We thought you might be interested in passing on the news of one person's great efforts for tsunami relief. We wanted to donate to a tsunami relief effort with our funds in a PayPal account but had difficulty finding an agency that took PayPal. Eventually we found Kevin McDonald's site where he is doing a fantastic job of collecting PayPal contributions and passing them on to AmeriCares (AmeriCares disaster relief has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator.) Kevin has even persuaded AmeriCare's webmaster to see about accepting PayPal transfers direct in the near future."

*BoingBoing reader Chris Cummer says,

Family members of a close personal friend of mine are still missing in Thailand. Her father and brother have flown there to try and find them, as this Globe and Mail article details, but the help of the blog community would also be greatly appreciated. I've posted a request for help on my blog at Mi ssing in Khao Lak, Thailand. Hopefully someone might have some information for a Canadian family that's been living on the edge of grief for five days now.

Related: see this "missing persons" wiki page (Link ), and a blog devoted to linking missing persons with their loved ones: Link. And the Red Cross has launched a "Family Links" web page where family members can search for missing relatives’ names: Link. "The information is not verified or tracked by either the ICRC or the American Red Cross but is offered by the ICRC as a stand-alone internet tool for inquirers to use on their own."

* Reader Roberto says, "Every year at this time, I empty my jar full of loose change. But this year I discovered I could donate to the Red Cross (among other charities including UNICEF) from a Coinstar machine at my drugstore. And big kid that I am, I had fun playing with the machine." Link.

* Reader Chris Holland says,

I stumbled upon Austin's Blog who's done a fine job of gathering more videos. So earthlink homepage servers don't get creamed, I've created this torrent gathering 5 of the videos from his blog that weren't already covered in the previous torrent which is still available here. Remember, the more people click those torrent links, the easier and faster it is for everybody else to download them too. And try to keep the torrent opened for as long as possible even after you're done downloading. Big Kudos to prodigem's very easy-to-use torrent service. Link

* Andy Carvin says,

I've just set up a tsunami news digest using the news aggregator Kinja.com. The page contains latest news feeds and first-person blogs related to the tsunami disaster from around the globe. I'd like to see others add their own tsunami-related feeds to the site. If you have a news feed or blog that's focusing on the tsunami, or are reading one that you'd like to add to the digest, please visit the website and log on with the following info: login: tsunami-info / password: southasia. Once you've logged in, you can add a news source to the digest by pasting it into the "Add a Favorite" form field in the right column. Or, you can follow this shortcut.

* Among the many first-person accounts appearing on blogs: Sanjiva is an IBM employee from Sri Lanka, who is trying to build information systems to aid in locating missing persons, and help with medical resource logistics. Link.

* Jesse Krembs, President of The Hacker Foundation, tells BoingBoing:

Some of the folks here at the hacker foundation are assembling some code to build a big PHP/MYSQL database for locating survivors and doing tracing. It's not up yet but it will be soon. SurvivorLocationAssis tance.org & suvivors.hackerfoundation. org will be the address. You can see a preview as we build it here. It's still very rough but functional even at very low bandwidth."

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Microsoft makes a move on Google

Microsoft makes a move on Google 10/31/2003 08:33 PM
Electronic Telegraph Oct 31 2003 7:39PM ET

HP, Microsoft, IBM Back Intel's 64-Bit
Move

HP, Microsoft, IBM Back Intel's 64-Bit
Move 02/17/2004 05:18 PM
Hewlett-Packard, which co-developed the 64-Itanium platform with Intel, joined other OEMs in supporting Intel's move to add 64-bit extensions to its 32-bit Xeon processor line.

Microsoft move undermines Oracle

Microsoft move undermines Oracle 03/08/2004 11:22 PM
ZDNet Mar 9 2004 1:14AM GMT

Microsoft makes move in search rivalry

Microsoft makes move in search rivalry 07/01/2004 11:55 PM
Big News Network Jul 2 2004 3:40AM GMT

Microsoft move avoids antitrust concerns

Microsoft move avoids antitrust concerns 07/22/2004 09:51 PM
globetechnology.com Jul 23 2004 2:07AM GMT

Microsoft Move Likely to Be Death Knell
to Pop-Up Advertising ...

Microsoft Move Likely to Be Death Knell
to Pop-Up Advertising ... 12/09/2003 07:28 PM
While advertisers such as Orbitz have built businesses thanks to pop-up barrages, service providers such as EarthLink, AOL and MSN -- plus toolbars from Google ...

Microsoft mulls online music move

Microsoft mulls online music move 06/24/2005 09:34 PM
News.bbc.co.uk - Mon Jun 13, 05:08 pm GMT

Microsoft anti-spam move may harm rivals

Microsoft anti-spam move may harm rivals 11/17/2003 07:51 PM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Nov 17 2003 5:36PM ET

Sun, Microsoft move focus of Linux
battle to leader Red Hat

Sun, Microsoft move focus of Linux
battle to leader Red Hat 09/26/2004 11:06 PM
iTnews Sep 27 2004 2:37AM GMT

Microsoft benefits as sales move higher
unexpectedly

Microsoft benefits as sales move higher
unexpectedly 04/24/2004 03:36 AM
Houston Chronicle Apr 24 2004 7:01AM GMT

Microsoft Asks Judge to Move
RealNetworks Lawsuit

Microsoft Asks Judge to Move
RealNetworks Lawsuit 01/23/2004 12:15 AM
Boston Globe Jan 23 2004 4:50AM GMT

Microsoft E-Mail Sees Threat in Oracle
Move

Microsoft E-Mail Sees Threat in Oracle
Move 06/23/2004 11:56 PM
Boston Globe Jun 24 2004 4:25AM GMT

Microsoft, Vendors Move to Corral Web
Services Events

Microsoft, Vendors Move to Corral Web
Services Events 01/09/2004 09:52 PM
Microsoft, BEA and TIBCO publish a specification for helping Web services events interoperate; IBM declines, but it's okay, analysts say.

Microsoft Anti-Spam Move May Harm Rivals

Microsoft Anti-Spam Move May Harm Rivals 11/17/2003 06:37 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Nov 17 2003 6:26PM ET

Google Makes It Easy for Microsoft Users
to Move to Gmail

Google Makes It Easy for Microsoft Users
to Move to Gmail 07/21/2004 12:59 PM
The Microsoft-Google war continues, but this time on the free e-mail front. Google is now providing Gmail beta testers with an automated way to move their Outlook, Hotmail and other free e-mail contact lists into Gmail.

Microsoft E-Mail Sees Threat in Oracle
Move (Reuters)

Microsoft E-Mail Sees Threat in Oracle
Move (Reuters) 06/23/2004 08:31 PM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it has no plans to challenge Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O) in the business software market, although a confidential e-mail showed the company immediately recognized Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O) as a threat.

Move RealNetworks antitrust suit to
Washington state, says Microsoft

Move RealNetworks antitrust suit to
Washington state, says Microsoft 01/26/2004 06:43 AM
Computer Weekly Jan 26 2004 11:13AM GMT

Microsoft Urges Move To IE 6 Service
Pack 1 Following Code Leak

Microsoft Urges Move To IE 6 Service
Pack 1 Following Code Leak 02/17/2004 05:01 PM

Microsoft Asks Judge to Move
RealNetworks Lawsuit (Reuters)

Microsoft Asks Judge to Move
RealNetworks Lawsuit (Reuters) 01/22/2004 03:22 PM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) asked a judge to move an antitrust lawsuit filed by longtime rival RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK.O) to Washington state from California, the world's largest software maker said on Thursday.

U Move Free Retains the Info Group to
Move Up in Search Engine Rankings

U Move Free Retains the Info Group to
Move Up in Search Engine Rankings 06/09/2004 02:36 AM
Umovefree.com, a Dallas apartment and Houston apartment locator service offering the apartment rental community's first truly free move service has retained The Info Group to provide search engine optimization services. [PRWEB Jun 9, 2004]

Which move offshores more jobs:
Continuing open source development, or
non-U.S. Microsoft price cuts?

Which move offshores more jobs:
Continuing open source development, or
non-U.S. Microsoft price cuts? 03/06/2004 02:01 AM
Open source software usually free. Microsoft software is not. When Microsoft decides to drop the price of software sold to developing nations, but not the price charged to U.S. customers, Microsoft is effectively subsidizing economic development everywhere but here. Make...

Boing Boing: Tsunami update: Microsoft
responds, bl0ggers organize, video
torrents

Boing Boing: Tsunami update: Microsoft
responds, bl0ggers organize, video
torrents 01/02/2005 12:46 AM
BoingBoing for their link as well

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Bloggers at the DNC

Bloggers at the DNC 07/26/2004 12:44 PM

Bloggers get convention credentials: Does this mean we've arrived?

A new breed of political observers will be offering volumes of pointed commentary at this year's political conventions.

But most of these bloggers (short for Web loggers) don't fit the profile of a traditional journalist on the campaign trail.

[...] For the first time, the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention will credential a small number of bloggers to cover their nominating processes. Blogging was in its infancy during the 2000 campaign.

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"Sun Bloggers"

"Sun Bloggers" 06/12/2004 08:33 PM

WSJ on RNC bl0ggers

WSJ on RNC bl0ggers 08/27/2004 02:15 PM
most of them are on MT or TypePad, so at least we've got *something* in common

"Bloggers Without Borders"

"Bloggers Without Borders" 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

rnc convention bl0ggers

rnc convention bl0ggers 08/29/2004 04:00 AM
RNC Blog Aggregator .. beginning

rnc.conventionbloggers.com
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Gmail for Bloggers

Gmail for Bloggers 04/28/2004 10:29 AM
Blogger has given Gmail accounts to active blogger users. But if you didn't get one, don't ask Evan for one. See, the way it works is each Google employee gets a certain (apparently increasing over time) number of Gmail invitations they can send to friends and family, giving them an account. (Important: This only applies to Google employees, not people who have received accounts from them.)...
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