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MSN Spaces Launch Stumbles
News The upgrade to Microsoft's Windows Live Spaces blogging and social-networking service has been a study in what can go wrong with a launch. According to the official Spaces blog, the first 12 hours after the launch were beset by performance problems...
[August 4, 2006, 10:05]
Microsoft Staff Defend Blog Censorship
News A senior Microsoft manager has defended the decision to remove the blog of a Chinese journalist from the company's MSN Spaces site, claiming that content which breaks national laws must be taken down.
[January 5, 2006, 16:45]
Microsoft Censors Chinese Blogger
News Microsoft has admitted removing the blog of an outspoken Chinese journalist from its MSN Spaces site, citing its policy of adhering to local national laws. A Microsoft spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the MSN Space located at http...
[January 4, 2006, 13:30]
MSN Hosting '10 Percent Of Spammers' Sites'
News Spammers have started using Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging service to host malicious content used during spam and virus onslaughts, Internet security firm SurfControl said. MSN Spaces, which was launched at the end of last year, is a free content...
[August 26, 2005, 10:25]
Microsoft Blog Service Sparks Censorship Dodging
News MSN Spaces, Microsoft's new blogging service, has sparked a new game -- trying to circumvent its censorship controls. Boing Boing, a popular blog, reported on Friday morning that MSN Spaces is rejecting certain blog titles or URLs because they...
[December 3, 2004, 17:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Meanwhile, Microsoft's efforts to become a player in the online services game stumble on, with a relaunch of MSN Spaces as Windows Live Spaces having plenty of teething problems. This proves a number of things — firstly, nobody has any idea what...
[August 7, 2006, 13:40]
Microsoft Changes Censorship Policy
News Microsoft's new MSN Spaces policy states the company will remove content only when it "receives a legally binding notice from the government indicating that the material violates local laws" or when the content violates MSN contract terms.
[February 1, 2006, 18:30]
Microsoft's 'freedom And Democracy' Row In China
News Microsoft has dodged the question of censorship, issuing an emailed statement saying: "The content posted on member spaces is the responsibility of individuals who are required to abide by MSN's Code of Conduct which can be viewed at http://spaces...
[June 13, 2005, 17:30]
Microsoft Prepares To Take On YouTube
News Soapbox on MSN Video, codenamed Warhol, will eventually be integrated with Windows Live Messenger to allow people to embed links to videos in instant messages and with Windows Live Spaces so people can include videos on their blogs.
[September 19, 2006, 8:35]
MSN Expands Blog Features
News In December, MSN launched Spaces, a beta service that lets people set up personalised blogs. Now, MSN will allow its 1.5 million subscribers of Spaces also to syndicate RSS feeds to their own blogs so that they can tell when friends update their...
[January 12, 2005, 8:10]
MSN Messenger Overcomes Smiley Problems
News On top of features for consumers, the Redmond, Washington, software titan has added advertising tools for both MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces. Since it launched MSN Spaces in December, it has signed up some 4.5 million members, according to Blake...
[April 8, 2005, 16:40]
Microsoft To Blur Web And Application Lines
News To get to that point, Microsoft needs to converge the capabilities of software packages Exchange, SharePoint portal and Active Directory (AD) with those of online services Hotmail, MSN Spaces and Passport.
[September 14, 2005, 8:30]
Windows Live Finds Its Feet
News At the time, Microsoft had Hotmail, Spaces, and MSN Messenger as its three main services. With Spaces you can now go beyond just blogging to sharing your photos, and sharing your files, and sharing events.
[November 7, 2007, 16:31]
Hotmail Bounces Gmail Invitations
Talkback i have 47 gmail inivtation to share you just have to go to my blog http://spaces.msn.com/members/saintseiyadream/ and post a comment in invitaciones para gmail , post your email and thats it i will give you a inivitation if you want you can...
[August 25, 2005, 6:21]
Server Problems Beleaguer Hotmail Users
Talkback i cant load my pictures on my msn spaces. Why?
[May 23, 2006, 18:17]
Why MSN And Yahoo Joined Forces Against Google
Talkback For almost a year, a small group of us worked on this project in secret, unable to say anything to our friends, family and co-workers.http://spaces.msn.com/members/IMUnplugged/Blog/cns! Read about it on the blog of a member of MSN Messenger team:
[October 21, 2005, 8:48]
Microsoft Adds Messaging To Live.com
News The service will simplify access to MSN Messenger, MSN Spaces and other MSN services, according to the company. It will provide email, instant messaging and links to other MSN services to people who have existing Web site domain names.
[November 22, 2005, 9:25]
Windows Live To Get Censorware
News The feature also gives control over who can access their kids' blogs on MSN Spaces. An update, due later this year, will add a feature called "contact management", which lets parents approve contacts on Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Messenger...
[March 14, 2006, 8:35]
Yahoo Puts New Spin On Blogs
News Microsoft in December added a blog product for its MSN Web service, called MSN Spaces. Yahoo is stepping into social networking and blogging, with a new service that promises to offer a simpler way to keep in touch with people.
[March 16, 2005, 8:25]
Microsoft Launches Mapping Beta
News The new service also enables users to create customised maps by adding user-created pushpins, as well as annotate maps and share maps and local search information with others via email by posting them as blogs on MSN Spaces or through MSN Messenger.
[December 8, 2005, 9:25]
