The Web and Microsoft

A 32 year old mother must pay $80,000 per download. [Digg]

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:09:31 PDT

MINNEAPOLIS – A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording

Minnesota Lady Fined 1.9 million [illegal downloading] [Digg]

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:49:54 PDT

lets keep it real, who in their right mind believes that she [Jammie Thomas-Rasset] has the money to pay that ridiculous fine of 1.9 million dollars? Seriously, they might as well have said you are hereby fined a million fafillion gajillion dollars. The lady downloaded about 24 songs of her favorite artists ~ No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan..

Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty [Digg]

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:45:03 PDT

Jammie Thomas-Rasset's federal retrial concluded today as a jury found her liable for willful copyright infringement, awarding the record labels nearly $2 million in damages.

NYT's Nicholas Kristof Says Drugs Won the War on Drugs [Digg]

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:44:23 PDT

This year marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s start of the war on drugs, and it now appears that drugs have won. “We’ve spent a trillion dollars prosecuting the war on drugs,” Norm Stamper, a former police chief of Seattle told me.

Bing Bounces High in Early Search-Ranking Results [Digg]

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:59:44 PDT

It may be too early to break out the champagne, but Microsoft has reason to celebrate this week. The early results for its Bing search engine are impressive. These initial data suggest that Microsoft Bing has generated early interest, resulting in a spike in search engagement and an immediate-term improvement.

Check out the new Bing commercial…Bing!!!

klevereblog — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:54:23 GMT

Bing is here!

klevereblog — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:22:48 GMT

This morning Microsoft launched a worldwide preview of it’s new Bing! search engine. We have been testing this internally for some time now but I must congratulate the team on their launch. I am particularly fond of the shopping search. In fact I used it last week to make a decision on a new digital camera for my girlfriend. Break the Google habit try bing!.

Woz likes Bing! So Far…

klevereblog — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:44:52 GMT

Since when has this crap become reliable reporting?

klevereblog — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:32:46 GMT

I know I might be biased but trust me although I work for Microsoft I try to be objective. You have to love the title of this so call “article/blog” that shows up on Yahoo! Finance. How do you call something a flop that no one outside of Microsoft has actually seen.

Microsoft Set To Reveal New Search Engine Flop - Yahoo! Finance

Webware 100 winner: Internet Explorer 8 | Webware100 - CNET

klevereblog — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:18:49 GMT

Webware 100 winner: Internet Explorer 8 | Webware100 - CNET

Experience Smooth Streaming : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

klevereblog — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:59:12 GMT

Check out the IIS Smooth Streaming Demo Site. Smooth Streaming is a Microsoft adaptive streaming technology that is installed as an IIS module. I allows the server to automatically adjust bit rates and frame rates based upon the clients connection and available bandwidth. It allows for a seemless experience and alleviates the need for buffering.

Experience Smooth Streaming : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Perfect Car Finder - Photo Edition (Beta) - Official Kelley Blue Book Site

klevereblog — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:52:41 GMT

Check out how Kelley Blue Book utilizes Silverlight and .Net in it’s enhanced Photo Car Finder. Notice that everything even the slider controls are all build in .Net. Great Job!!!

Perfect Car Finder - Photo Edition (Beta) - Official Kelley Blue Book Site

HostMySite.com - Dream Spark Hosting – Free Hosting for Students and Dream Spark participants…

klevereblog — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:28:00 GMT

This year I worked with HostMySite to offer free hosting on IIS 7 for Students. It requires that you have .edu email address. Check it out below and tell me what you think.

HostMySite.com - Dream Spark Hosting

Include Your Web Applications in Microsoft’s Application Gallery

klevereblog — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:46:27 GMT

To find out more follow the link:

Microsoft Web Platform

Use Live Search to do your Algebra Homework?

klevereblog — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:53:28 GMT

2x + 2 = 10 - Live Search

HOORAY!!! POP3 for HOTMAIL / WINDOW LIVE MAIL

klevereblog — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:19:45 GMT

Many would say it’s about time. More Info on LiveSide.net. See post below.

LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews

Microsoft: Enterprises will be able to self-host Windows Azure, someday

klevereblog — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:26:21 GMT

Interesting article that talks future plans for Azure and the concept of mini-Clouds. Virtualized servers could one day become virtualized data centers. Something that could become very interesting to enterprises as well as service providers.

Microsoft: Enterprises will be able to self-host Windows Azure, someday

iSynth Brings Microsoft’s Photosynth to the iPhone -- Seeking Alpha

klevereblog — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:17:54 GMT

iSynth Brings Microsoft’s Photosynth to the iPhone -- Seeking Alpha

Map Explore

klevereblog — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:27:55 GMT

Photosynth has added support for GeoTagged Synths. This is a perfect “mashup” between Photosynth and Live Maps.

Map Explore

Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system

klevereblog — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:26:32 GMT

I was wondering when we would see this. Imagine voting without even leaving home. Of course there would be even more mistrust involved, however it would be very convenient.

Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system