Martin Taylor has officially left the Microsoft HQ. This comes after the high profile exit of Microsoft’s NO.1 Blogger - Robert Scoble. Seems like there’s trouble brewing in Microsoft land and who knows how many will be leaving in the near future. Could it be they’ve align themselves with the Good Force aka Open Source/Linux ? We’ll stay tuned to find out and let you know…

This is definitely going to cause some disruption to the rollout of Windows Live.

Microsoft confirmed Martin Taylor, named in March to be corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN marketing, is gone after a 13-year career that included high-profile roles close to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.
In the past Mr. Taylor led Redmond’s efforts against Linux as the open-source initiative threatened to undermine Microsoft’s proprietary software. As the man in charge of Microsoft’s “Get the Facts” campaign, Mr. Taylor often released data and studies to convince customers that Windows-based software scored over Linux in terms of costs and ease of use.

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Microsoft, the biggest software company wants to kick Google’s software hide and come out with more beta software than Google Labs. So what’s happening ? The important thing is that its gonna be free to PC users and they’ll probably support it via Ads.

The company’s upcoming “Windows Live” promises new programs to handle instant messages, e-mail, schedules and maps; perform Web searches; manage RSS feeds and lots more. Darn, I wish they would come up with something that pays my bills automagically and get a me cup of yoghurt in the morning. My wife does that sometimes but only in the morning. Oh well, I’m waiting for a Microsoft Robot in the near future , maybe 2010.

Wayne Kawamoto looks at Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Safety Center here

Here comes Microsoft and iRiver to bust up Apple’s iPod party and dig into our pockets. I just can’t stomach too many Microsoft powered gadgets out there. They sound so familiar and I hate it when they hang. I just love those days when you had vacuum tubes. At least they die when they are supposed to.

South Korea’s digital audio player maker Reigncom Ltd. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp and MTV to challenge Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod. “No hardware company can survive alone,” Frank Lim, Reigncom’s director in charge of marketing and planning for its iRiver players, said in an interview on Thursday. “We have shifted our strategy focus from music players to entertainment devices.” Reigncom’s newest player, Clix, which won kudos from CNET and PC World experts, is a flash-based MP3 player with a 2.2-inch LCD screen that allows users to view movies and photos. It integrates Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 11 along with URGE, a subscription-based music service from MTV Networks.

If you are getting this message when you try to download t he new Vista Beta 2, then you might want to try an alternative site. - Windows Vista Torrent . MS is also giving some bull by saying the won’t increase the bandwidth.

The standard version of the software takes up 3.5 gigabytes of memory – equivalent to more than 800 digital songs on Apple’s iTunes service. A second version, designed for 64-bit machines, runs to 4.4 gigabytes and takes five and a half hours to download even on a fast cable or DSL connection, according to Microsoft.

Several technology bloggers reported an instant message conversation with a Microsoft representative, who was quoted as saying: “We are literally saying that if we increased our bandwidth any further there’s a possibility of taking down the internet – people might have problems with World Cup viewing, etc.”

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