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Finally, POP3 Settings Available for US Hotmail Customers

Last week I blogged about POP3 settings for Hotmail not being available for US customers. Well, even though I haven’t read anything official from the Hotmail Team about it, it seems like US Hotmail customers can now take advantage of POP3 settings from any e-mail client that accepts it, such as your iPhone, Windows Mobile [...]

Microsoft Getting Ready with My Phone Service

Microsoft is getting ready to provide a service similar to Google Sync, called My Phone. This service will allow users to synchronize data from their mobile devices to a password-protected site.
So far, it sounds like Google Sync (covered in a previous post). However, unlike Google Sync, Microsoft My Phone will allow users to synchronize not only [...]

Netflix and Xbox 360 reached the one million mark

Last Thursday, February 9, 2009, Microsoft and Netflix announced they have reached the one million mark in downloads and activations of Netflix application on Xbox 360, just three months after their marriage (press release).
I have always thought Netflix had one of the best models available in the entertainment business. Microsoft, on the same hand, was [...]