Legal Fallout Begins in Microsoft Sidekick Screwup
maximumpc.com 10/15/2009 — Like we didn’t know this was going to happen. Last week Microsoft’s Danger unit experienced an outage, the result of which cost a lot of T-Mobile Sidekick users their email, contacts, calendars and other data. At first it was feared that the information was gone for good--a victim to the ...

Microsoft releases Sidekick recovery tool for contacts
techspot.com 10/22/2009 — Microsoft is still working to set things right with customers affected by the recent T-Mobile Sidekick data-loss disaster, releasing a downloadable recovery tool on Tuesday. Affected users can use the utility to view all of the contacts on your device as of October 1, and that data can be ...

Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users: Data Restoration to Begin as Soon as Possible for Affected Customers.
microsoft.com 10/15/2009 — Dear T-Mobile Sidekick customers, On behalf of Microsoft, I want to apologize for the recent problems with the Sidekick service and give you an update on the steps we have taken to resolve these problems. We are pleased to report that we have ...

Oracle, Linux, Sun to blame for Sidekick Danger data loss
tgdaily.com 10/16/2009 — Well, blow me down. After days of sanctimonious posturing by the world, his dog and his blogger, it turns out that the problems at Microsoft subsidiary Danger, which threatened the data integrity of Sidekick users, were all down to Oracle, Sun and ...

Microsoft is launching a music streaming service this month
telegraph.co.uk 7/14/2009 — Microsoft is gearing up to launch a music streaming service similar to Spotify by the end of this month.

Microsoft's Blunder of the Decade : What X-Box Should Have Been
edbordenblog.com 1/30/2009 — In 2007, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs appeared for the first time together in a live joint interview at the All Things Digital conference, answering pointed questions about the history behind their companies and thoughts on the current state of the ...

Microsoft BING scares me
johanlouwers.blogspot.com 5/30/2009 — BING is the name of the new search engine from Microsoft. However, even do mainstream media is referring to it as the new search engine on the block and the attempt of Microsoft to battle Google, it is not a search engine. Even Microsoft itself is stating that it is not a search engine.Microsoft ...

Microsoft Elevate America
microsoft.com 2/23/2009 — Click Here to Install Silverlight * United States Change | All Microsoft Sites Microsoft Microsoft Elevate Visit Corporate Citizenship Site Get the Basics Develop the basic IT skills you need as a foundation for your career Access ...

Microsoft: Windows Still a "First-Class Gaming Platform" [Games For Windows Live]
kotaku.com 1/28/2009 — Despite deep cuts into Microsoft's gaming division, the company says today they remain dedicated to Windows as a "first-class gaming platform." The company also confirmed to Kotaku that Chris Early,...

What the EU might force Microsoft to do
news.cnet.com 1/24/2009 — The European Union is considering forcing Microsoft to distribute rival browsers as part of Windows, the software maker disclosed in a regulatory filing this week. As part of its quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission filed ...

Microsoft Red-Faced After Massive Sidekick Data Loss — PC World Latest Technology News 10/12/2009
T-Mobile and Microsoft subsidiary Danger say some customers lost personal information tied to their Sidekick smartphones.

Microsoft to T-Mobile Sidekick Users: Oops — PC World Latest Technology News 10/12/2009
Analysis: It's time to reconsider leaving backups to service providers -- they're not the ones who suffer (much) from lost data.

Has Microsoft Killed the Smartphone? — PC World Latest Technology News 10/12/2009
Analysis: T-Mobile has yanked sales of the Sidekick pending some resolution of the customer data loss problem.

Microsoft yawns at Google's chillerless data center antidote — The Register 10/12/2009
Instant failover? We do that too Microsoft wouldn't be surprised if Google is using some sort of custom-built mystery software that automatically shifts workloads between its mega data centers. After all, Microsoft is doing much the same thing.…  ...

SideKick Users Livid Over Microsoft Server Failure — PC World Latest Technology News 10/12/2009
SideKick users have blasted Microsoft in thousands of messages on T-Mobile USA's support forum over the server failure