Microsoft’s MSN is going to launch a new version of Hotmail codenamed Kahuna. Kahuna will have a new style of interface, automatic inbox refreshing and a preview pane that will enable Hotmail users to read and respond to e-mail without ever leaving their inbox. :)

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According to sources familiar with the upgrade, Kahuna is a limited beta that is not heavy on features as of yet. Its interface is known internally as “Wave 11” and is designed to be lightweight and “clean” for better performance. Further integration with MSN Spaces and Messenger is said to be forthcoming.

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New Hotmail Coming Soon

Last week, we heard in the computer processor market, AMD sued Intel for some antitrust offences. In the same week, in software market, there was a settlement done between IBM and Microsoft for 1990s antitrust case.

IBM Corp. announced on Friday, July 1, 2005, that they will get USD$775 million in cash and USD$75 million worth of software from Microsoft Corp. to settle claims still lingering from the federal government’s antitrust case against Microsoft in the 1990s. The USD$775 million payment will be included in IBM’s second-quarter earnings, which are due to be released in two weeks.
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IBM Wins USD$850 Million From Microsoft

Just blogged about RSS Is Core Technology In Longhorn few hours ago. I found a few photos of the announcement in the Gnomedex conference in Seattle, United State.

RSS Feed Viewing in IE7 :-


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Some Pics Of RSS In IE7 & Outlook

Since XML is one of the core languages for Microsoft applications, I am not surprise Microsoft announced that Longhorn will incorporate RSS (Really Simple Syndication) as a core technology. This news has been confirmed during the Gnomedex conference in Seattle last Friday, June 24, 2005.

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Gary Schare, director of strategic product management in the Windows division of Microsoft, says that while RSS is a reliable standard for updating information in message form, it currently has no logical way to organize that information in a way that could help subscribers keep track of what is being fed to them.

“RSS is good for delivering what’s new, but not so good for things that are getting sorted or reordered,” Schare says.

RSS capability will be built into the OS, for example, you can have one set of newsfeed subscriptions show up in any Longhorn-compatibled newsreader or other application. Microsoft also says that Longhorn’s RSS will make it easier for software developers to incorporate RSS-enabled features into their programs without having to build the functionality from scratch.
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RSS Is Core Technology In Longhorn

Microsoft Inc, revealed last week that they have developed technology to allow its next-generation home-use video game console, Xbox 360, to be connected online with portable game machines of rival firms, such as Sony and Nintendo.

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Users of the Sony (NYSE: SNE) Latest News about Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) and the Nintendo Latest News about Nintendo DS will thus be able to connect their machines with the Xbox 360 Latest News about Xbox and play Microsoft’s games over the Internet, Microsoft officials said.

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XBox 360 Works With Other Consoles

Last 2 weeks, I’ve blogged a little about Microsoft Corp. released Windows® XP Home Edition N and Windows XP Professional N, the two versions of the Windows operating system created as part of the company’s compliance with the European Commission’s decision as part of its antitrust remedy of March 2004.

Unfortunately, four major PC makers have no plans to sell the media-player-free version of Windows due to lack of customer demand. They are Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens.
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PC Makers Snub Windows XP N