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This wasn't in the Brochure when I moved here

So I've lived here in Seattle for a little over 8 years now having moved here when I joined Microsoft back in 2000.You know before I moved here I'd hear something like this: "Oh, the Winters here are...

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Where is Matt Lauer?

Chris Pendleton has the scoop that once again NBC likes to send Matt Lauer to the far flung corners on the planet with the latest installment of its, "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" segment. I...

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Web 2.0 Developers like our Windows Live stuff

A surprising article yesterday on Computer World. Money quote: “Microsoft scored high in user satisfaction for its Web services, software development kits, documentation and forums. In the Web services...

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Update on Myanmar

I wrote a couple weeks ago about how Microsoft was working to help the people in Myanmar with corporate help, people, everything we can to help the people there. Well Virtual Earth is helping out with...

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Developers, tell us what you think about Virtual Earth

Hey everybody, here's your chance to tell us what you love or hate about Virtual Earth. We've just posted an online survey here, http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/204407/e697/  Developers are really...

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Scoble interviews Microsoft Search Executive Brad Goldberg

This sometimes rankles a few people when I say this, but I have a lot of respect for Robert Scoble. I was a huge fan of the work he did here at Microsoft when he worked for Jeff Sandquist over on...

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Find the Best Gas Prices Using Mobile Live Search

I just came across this feature when I updated the Mobile Live Search client on my Windows Mobile phone. There now is a feature which allows you to find the lowest gas prices in your area. If you have...

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Hey when are you updating the aerial images for my house?

I get this question all the time from people I bump into or otherwise talk to during the course of my day. Every time I get this question I usually respond with,Yes, we’ll have updated imagery in your...

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BAH, What a Wasted Day

Today’s been a tough one for me. To begin I was having issues with my normal laptop, a severely underpowered Sony VAIO that I’ve had for about three years. It’s never liked Vista and to be sure Vista...

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Purchase UltraCam Images for Offline Use

We’ve recently opened a reseller channel to offer our high-resolution UltraCam imagery for offline applications. Why is VE licensing imagery for offline use? Our hi-resolution UltraCam ortho imagery is...

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Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper 6.2 is Released

Our Virtual Earth MVP’s rock. Not even a week after we released version 6.2 of the Virtual Earth Map control Chris Pietschmann (update: and Nicolas Boonaert) went and updated the 6.1 version of the...

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