Microsoft is releasing Windows 7 beta to everybody who wants it this afternoon. Developers have already access to the download since a couple days.

Remember when Steve Jobs accepted Microsoft millions back in the late 90's and Bill Gates showed up on the big screen at MacWorld 1997 overlooking and dwarfing Steve? Well I thought of that event as I watched the 2009 CES keynote via live stream tonight.

MSN® is joining forces with Variety.com to bring even more entertainment information to the site’s visitors. The distribution relationship will provide Variety with an avenue for reaching an even wider global audience and at the same time offer MSN a broader range of information on television, movies, music and Internet deals.

Nokia, the world's largest mobile device manufacturer, and Microsoft, a global leader in online communications and communities, have joined together to provide customers with a new suite of Windows Live services specifically designed for Nokia devices.

Today, at the third annual Authentication and Online Trust Summit, Microsoft Corp. published results culminating from a two-year-long study on the effectiveness of Sender ID Framework e-mail authentication in helping counter deceptive e-mail. With Windows Live Hotmail alone detecting over 3.8 billion deceptive messages daily, Sender ID is helping provide real results as a cost-effective solution

Microsoft is working with On Broadband Networks to build a game service platform for broadband providers to launch in the third quarter of 2007

Microsoft Hardware is expanding its line of peripherals, providing a new option in hardware accessories for Windows Vista-based PCs with the launch of the Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 4000.