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Weekend Reading: Dec. 2nd Edition–MSR Helps Tackle HIV, a Historic Week for Xbox plus Bing’s Top 2011 Searches, MSN, Windows Phone & More
With Thanksgiving and Black Friday over, the holiday season is now in full swing. Here’s a...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 12/02/2011
The Midweek Download: Nov. 30th Edition–Major Updates to Office 365 and SkyDrive, plus Microsoft Research, Internet Explorer 10 and Silverlight 5
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on Office 365, SkyDrive, Microsoft...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/30/2011
Xbox 360 Sells Nearly 1M Consoles in Biggest Week in Xbox History
Entering the seventh year of its lifecycle, Xbox 360 just closed the biggest sales week in the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/29/2011
Weekend Reading: Black Friday Edition–A Few Technology Gift Ideas from Microsoft, the VideoSurf Acquisition, plus Xbox LIVE, Windows Phone and Imagine Cup 2012
Welcome to the Black Friday edition of Weekend Reading! We’ve got stories on weekend deals on...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/25/2011
The Midweek Download: Nov. 23rd Edition–Improving the Setup in Windows 8, A Year of NUI on Next plus Windows Phone, Internet Explorer and SkyDrive
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got new stories on Windows 8, Windows Phone,...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/23/2011
Poll: Most Important Milestone After a Decade of the Xbox?
Recently, Microsoft celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the launch of the Xbox video-game console....
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/21/2011
The Midweek Download: Nov. 16th Edition–Microsoft Unveils Intelligent Systems Product Roadmap, plus Windows 8, Nokia Research, Internet Explorer and Silverlight 5
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on Windows Embedded, Windows 8, a...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/16/2011
Live@edu Tops 22M Users, Grows 100 Percent Year Over Year
Today, I’m pleased to announce that more than 22 million people now use Live@edu, representing...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/16/2011
Microsoft BizSpark Accelerates 45,000 Startups Around the World
Three years ago, Microsoft kicked off the BizSpark program to support early-stage tech startups...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/16/2011
Poll: Which Windows Phone Do You Intend to Buy this Holiday Season?
Anyone who follows Microsoft knows that we’ve unveiled a plethora of sleek, next-generation...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/14/2011
No. 1 U.S. Console Streak Continues for Xbox 360 with Biggest October Ever
Xbox 360 turned in the most successful October on record, maintaining its lead in the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/11/2011
Weekend Reading: Nov. 11th Edition–Microsoft Unveils a BIG Windows Phone, Announces Display Ad Deal with Yahoo! and AOL, plus Bill Gates on NUI, Windows Live and Bing
It’s been a big week for Microsoft news – literally. First, we unveiled a six-story...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/11/2011
Poll: What is the Coolest Non-Gaming Use for the Kinect Technology?
In the year since Microsoft launched the controller-free Kinect for Xbox 360, the device has taken...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/07/2011
Weekend Reading: Nov. 4th Edition–Experiencing the “Kinect Effect”, plus Microsoft Research, Windows Phone, Bing and Hotmail
This edition of Weekend Reading features three stories in which Microsoft Research played a...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/04/2011
The Midweek Download: Nov. 2nd Edition–A Chat with the Bing Social Search Team, a Cool Microsoft Research Project, plus Windows 8, Windows Phone and Internet Explorer
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on the Bing Social Search team, a...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 11/02/2011
Weekend Reading: Oct. 28th Edition–Nokia Announces Two New Windows Phones, Office Unveils the Future of Productivity and Microsoft is Named the No. 1 Global Workplace
It’s been a heck of a week on the news front here at Microsoft. First, Nokia announced its...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/28/2011
Microsoft Recognized as the No. 1 Global Workplace by the Great Places to Work Institute
I have been at Microsoft now since mid-1989. In that time, I have had the opportunity to do a...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/27/2011
Microsoft Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Productivity
As the president of the Office Division, people often ask me what Microsoft’s view is on the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/27/2011
Microsoft Reaches Settlement with Piatti, dotFREE Group in Kelihos Case
Last month, I wrote about how Microsoft and our partners, Kyrus and Kaspersky, took down the Kelihos...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/26/2011
UNICEF's Little Orange Box Goes Digital This Halloween
Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post from Ryutaro Mizuno, Director of Marketing, U.S. Fund...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/24/2011
Weekend Reading: Oct. 21st Edition–Microsoft “Kinects” with Sesame Street & NatGeo, plus new Windows Phones and a Cool Microsoft Research Project
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got Kinect and Xbox 360 news, a sneak peek at new...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/21/2011
The Midweek Download: Oct. 19th Edition–Windows Intune is Here, plus More News on Windows 8, Windows Phone 7.5 & Internet Explorer 10
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on Windows Intune, PASS Summit...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/19/2011
Kinect & Xbox 360 Break Through the “Fourth Wall” with Sesame Street & National Geographic
Back in May, I wrote about the transformation of Xbox. Since then, we’ve had a lot to say...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/18/2011
Behind the Scenes of NUI at Microsoft
I’ve talked on a number of occasions on The Official Microsoft Blog about Natural User...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/17/2011
Tony Bates Weighs in on Microsoft’s Acquisition of Skype
I am delighted to announce the deal with Microsoft has formally closed, and Skype is now a division...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/13/2011
Microsoft Expands Data Platform to Help Customers Manage the ‘New Currency of the Cloud’
This morning, I gave a keynote at the PASS Summit 2011 here in Seattle, a gathering of about 4,000...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/12/2011
The Midweek Download: Oct. 12th Edition–Reducing Runtime Memory in Windows 8, Porting iPhone & Android Apps to Windows Phone and Craig Mundie on a New Era in Computing
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on Windows 8, Windows Phone,...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/12/2011
Weekend Reading: Oct. 7th Edition–European Commission Approves Skype Acquisition, Microsoft Announces a Slew of Live TV Partners for Xbox 360, plus Windows phone 7.5 and Hotmail
It was a big week at Microsoft to say the least. In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/07/2011
Poll: What’s Your Favorite New Windows Phone 7.5 Feature?
On Sept. 27th, Microsoft started rolling out Windows Phone 7.5, the next version of the Windows...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/06/2011
Why Now is the Time to Take Another Look at Hotmail
Over the past year and a half, the Hotmail team has worked extremely hard to release both...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/06/2011
Microsoft & Partners Introduce New Era of Interactive Entertainment
Of all the screens in our lives, the TV has changed the least – until now. Watch TV. Turn the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/05/2011
Sharing the Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report
I'm pleased to share with you the Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report. The report provides an overview...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 10/04/2011
Microsoft Neutralizes Kelihos Botnet, Names Defendant in Case
Building on the recent successes of the Rustock and Waledac botnet takedowns, I’m pleased to...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 09/27/2011
Poll: What Excited You Most About BUILD?
Last week, Microsoft made a series of announcements at the BUILD developer conference in Anaheim,...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 09/19/2011