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Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:41 PM

Windows Marketplace on Channel 9

We recently did an interview with our friends at Channel 9. It may be true that the guy with the EMO glasses (check out the posts on Channel 9) talks fast but at least he didn't mumble...because he usually does and I should know because it is me :) Enjoy
Posted by windowsmarketplace | 1 Comments
Monday, August 28, 2006 1:45 AM

The new Windows Marketplace is now live!

We’ve been talking about the new Windows Marketplace for several weeks and now it’s live! We have a special games promo where you save big on the top 20 games. You can find all of the coolest games including World of Warcraft , CivCIty Rome , Civilization
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:43 PM

We're getting close to launch!

T-Minus 5 days until the all new Windows Marketplace launches... Microsoft employees can already get a sneak preview of our beta at http://www.windowsmarketplacelabs.com . Check it out and send us some feedback!
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:25 AM

Apology & link to a cool blog

Go to the Hypercubed Blog to read some interesting thoughts on everything from digital capacitors to interesting resources for web designers to cool Russian art. I just spent an interesting 30 minutes reading Jayson Harshbarger's blog and loved every
Posted by windowsmarketplace | 3 Comments
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:33 AM

Calling all ISVs! Have you gotten your products on Windows Marketplace?

The countdown continues for the new Windows Marketplace launch on Aug 28. All software, hardware and device vendors should make sure that your products are showcased on Windows Marketplace. Click here for information on how to get your products on Windows
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:55 AM

Our Top 5 game downloads this week... are free!

Are you ready for the good stuff? This week's top 5 most popular downloads this week at Windows Marketplace are all games and all free . Last I checked, free was a very good price, so get your downloading started here: 1) Free Solitaire 3D : It's Solitaire
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Monday, August 07, 2006 12:21 PM

Store your passwords using PC-Mac PasswordVault Lite

This is a great utility! I have accounts on a bunch of different web sites and each web site has different conventions for user names & passwords. Enter PC-Mac PasswordVault Lite . This nice little utility is a free password manager that securely
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:23 PM

Useful app: Internet Explorer spell checker IESpell

IESpell is a free Internet Explorer add-on that lets you spell check text boxes on a Web page. Whenever I write longer text on web pages (blog responses, product reviews, etc.), I generally type into Word first then copy & paste to the browser. The
Posted by windowsmarketplace | 7 Comments
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:21 PM

The countdown begins...

Our technical beta for Windows Marketplace Labs is over. We are busily reviewing the feedback you provided on the Labs site during this time so, thank you again to all who contributed. So, what are we counting down towards anyway? Check out the new Windows
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