Microsoft India has launched a community cum networking website WindowsandMe.com in order to improve and raise the level of experience of consumer with their PCs having Windows as OS. The site talk about how to make most of their PC experience with Windows. The website is still under construction and in Beta phase and more features and functionalities will be added as per feedback from users and from set of selected people who are subject matter experts on Windows, Amit Agarwal Pro Blogger of Digital Inspiration(labnol.org) is one of those few. The website seems to be one of the effort to sustain the public support for Windows Vista more than any other Microsoft's Windows Products. Windows Vista has been made the vital part of website to realize the consumers the caliber of same in a way of proving tips, tweaks, tutorial, Knowledge part and experts advice. The website runs on core part of exploring, discovering, sharing each others knowledge on Windows and end up with solution or improvisation of using Windows PCs along with advices, 'how tos' and tips from expert panel. As a signed up user one can get latest news, updates and tips of Windows knowledge base and throw queries ...

MSNBC one of most reputed digital news channel from Microsoft has lately launched a stunning visual RSS reader called Spectra News Reader, that picks news from MSNBC News channels and put in front of user to get a nice visual experience. The App has ability to make it customizable and adding some human interactivity as well. The App Spectra let users to add news channels which in turn carry topics and all this in color combinations and designs to let users distinguish the pallets flying orbitally with headlines on it. The app as apparent is to promote the news website and to compete with the other online news websites which are way ahead than MSNBC.com. If we talk about the channels/ topics that MSNBC have are good enough and vast quality content as well, even though sites like Digg.com, NYTimes, Del.icio.us and even reddit are way ahead than MSNBC. Digg too have similar fashioned Visual web tools or apps to lure its users such as Digg Spy, Arc or Big Spy but it would get its part of traffic anyway. MSNBC in a similar manner does have number of tools, apps and widgets to make its content go viral, one can see all ...

India along with nations across the globe is high on internet vulnerabilities through various medium, highest being malicious codes, phishing and unauthorized scanning. Recent trend is that hackers now turning to websites, servers from their previous choice of emails, cheap apps etc. Recently India's premier technology institute IIT's website has been hacked (source), although this is not single case in India, a total of 612 Indian websites were defaced during March 2008 as reported by CERT-In (Computer Emergency Report Team India), which has increased by more than 50% in India, comparing to just previous month.

Microsoft released some new products and features in its Windows Live service stream, as on 6th November company released new set of tools for user across the web to work on the web, across PCs, and web-enabled mobile phones. Apart from Windows Live Writer, Windows Live OneCare that Microsoft has released earlier in this year along with other traditional services like messenger, spaces, Email service. Now Microsoft has bind all these services with all other already running services with some new features/ updates into a 'Windows Live Services' package to pack them for users where they can consume these revamped and new services as "all in one" Windows Live Online services free with no extra cost. Some of the new services in Beta, that has been officially released fro users are: Windows Live Calendar Beta Windows Live Gallery Beta Windows Live SkyDrive Beta Apart from these one service new to me from Microsoft is Windows Live Events, these and more services can be downloaded free in 'All in One' package to get started using all of these services on web, across your multiple PCs as well as on your web-enabled mobile phones. The two important traits of launch of revamped and all-in-one Windows Live Services are, Company's ...

Microsoft has unveiled first public release of Windows Live OneCare 2.0 to manage all major PC maintenance as well as security tasks for home PC environment and small-businesses. This beta 1 of Windows Live OneCare 2.0 addresses some of common problems of those small businesses which do not have onsite or centralised support for their local network and let them to ease them with securing and maintaning number of PCs at workplace. On the other hand what Yoav Schwartz says in Windows Live OneCare Blog - "Our research has shown that most homes now have approximately 2.5 computers. This means that in addition to securing and maintaining multiple PCs, consumers now need to do the extra work associated with connecting devices and securing networks". Indeed, as Home PC users are busy tackling with just one PC too. This online security service has some of the very different features from other security softwares and tools that can inculcate in one, namely; 1. Multiple-PC and home network management as well as printer sharing. 2. Firewall included. 3. Centralized back-up of multiple PCs and restoring. 4. Scan for viruses and spywares. 5. Performance tune-ups. Related - Yahoo OneSearch