Microsoft are currently rolling out a new look to their MSN website.

“More than half of people online start their sessions on sites like MSN and they told us they want simplicity – yet still want the latest information and their favourite services delivered together,” said Lisa Gurry, senior director at MSN.

The new site carries links organised into 8 categories: News, Sports, Money, Food, Must See, LOL, Celebs and Autos. US users will also be able to get localised information about their area. Partners supplying content include MSNBC and Fox Sports.

To keep up with all things social you can also connect your Windows Live, FaceBook and Twitter accounts on the home page and have them display all the latets posts/feeds/twits etc…

The MSN logo has also been redrawn to more closely resemble that of Bing.

Current Look:

New Look MSN:

Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

The press has been full of Apple iPad madnesss recently, despite the concerns that many have about its lack of support for Adobe Flash/No Inbuilt Camera/Lack of USB and FireWire etc…

However a really strong IT story is currently brewing in the background, and this time its Microsoft that is the story.

During the keynote presentation at TechEd Middle East in Dubai last week, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder (Senior Vice President, Technical Strategy) played the same Indiana Jones type game on a Windows PC, a Windows Phone 7 phone, and an XBOX 360.

Microsoft is finally using the knowledge they have in computing and video games, to give them an edge in the mobile industry!

…I can see many XBOX 360 users wanting to take their gaming experience with them on the move (the session is maintained when you move from device to device).

I appreaciate Apple is trying something similar, though with a much more basic implementation, with the iPhone/iPad combination.

BUT Microsoft is onto something much bigger here!

I look foward to seeing more information being released at CTIA and MIX this month.

Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP

Prior to the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft had teamed up with the Fox media network to air a special Family Guy episode to help create more buzz on Windows 7.

Not long after announcing the deal Microsoft pulled support for the episode because of:

“riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest”.

..so it was a suprise to see some clips form the show appear on the official Windows Team YouTube channel:

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