A couple of new domains appeared last week on Microsoft’s nameservers, both containing the HealthVault name and registered for com/net/org.
Microsoft, Viacom Posture On Content Sharing
The newly announced User Generated Content Principles, backed by several media companies, exhorts websites to filter content while paying lip service to fair use.
States Ask Feds For More Microsoft Oversight
Provisions of Microsoft’s antitrust settlement involving oversight by the federal courts will end in November, and some attorneys general have demanded an extension of that ongoing supervision.
Microsoft Smacks Popfly Into Web 2.0
A public beta of Microsoft’s Popfly content builder debuted, offering an environment for creating mashups and gadgets built on their Silverlight platform.
Seattle Economy Still Tied To Microsoft
You’ve probably seen more than a few “used to be” towns; they “used to be” supported by coal, steel, or some other industry, but became troubled as times changed. Now, although things are nowhere near that bad, some onlookers are questioning Microsoft’s role in Seattle.
A Long Way to Go for Microsoft
It was just a few weeks ago that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was downplaying Facebook’s originality and value—but now he’s bowing to a ‘higher power.’
Yahoo Moves Onto Microsoft’s Turf
Yahoo’s going to Bellevue, but it’s Bellevue, Washington, and not New York’s Bellevue Hospital Center, in which the search company will open an office. You may still have to question Yahoo’s sanity, though, as this move puts it in Microsoft’s territory.
Microsoft CEO Says Google Reads Your Mail
Ask an average guy on the street, and, assuming he’s not a conspiracy theorist, he’ll tell you that the only people who read an email are listed in the “to” and “from” address boxes. But Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has stated that information sent through Gmail is read by Google, too.
Microsoft Unlocks HealthVault
One of the biggest names in technology wants people to trust it with health information; we have to wonder if HealthVault from Microsoft is arriving on time, or a little too soon for people.
Patent Suit Hits Google, AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo
Performance Pricing alleges in a federal lawsuit that the four Internet players they have sued infringe on a patent the company holds, in relation to paid search advertising.