We launched a beta version of the MSN Screen Saver (you can find it at http://screensaver.msn.com ) last week. It was built by a few people in our London team. There wasn’t really a business model behind this; someone had the idea to build this because...

Wow! Virtual Earth (beta) has been released. It’s a beautiful web-site that’s packed full of features including local search, maps, and a scratchpad. I love that I can easily create a tour of seattle; here’s some spots on my personal map of capitol hill...

We find customer feedback quite delicious at MSN Search. To help the team digest the massive flow of feedback we receive, we designed a tagging and viewing system inspired by the faceted browsing system, Flamenco , developed at UC Berkeley. We’re very...

We received a couple of comments in response to the recent blog posting which announced the availability of international versions of MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search. Specifically, we were asked “where’s the India version”, and “where’s...

Hello everyone! This is my first blog entry after joining the team a few months ago. Like everyone else I have caught the excitement in the work we are doing on MSN Search Toolbar and Windows Desktop Search. Apparently, it is something that continues...