Infobox Software name MSN WiFi Hotspots logo Image Windows Live WiFi Center logo.png center The MSN WiFi Hotspots logo. screenshot Image MSNWiFiHotspots.jpg 250px A screenshot of MSN WiFi Hotspot Locator caption MSN WiFi Hotspots developer Microsoft latest release version latest release date latest preview version latest preview date operating system genre WiFi Locator license website Infobox Software name Windows Live WiFi Center logo Image Windows Live WiFi Center logo.png center The Windows Live WiFi Center logo. screenshot Image WLWiFiCenter.jpg 250px A screenshot of Windows Live WiFi Center caption Windows Live WiFi Center Beta 4 developer Microsoft latest release version latest release date latest preview version Beta 4 latest preview date operating system genre WiFi Locator license website http wifi.live.com http wifi.live.com MSN WiFi Hotspots , previously Windows Live WiFi Hotspot Locator , was a website that helped users to locate wireless Internet hotspots worldwide and view their positions on a map using Live Search Maps . This service has been discontinued as of June 10, 2008. Windows Live WiFi Center Windows Live WiFi Center was part of Microsoft s Windows Live services that helped users to find and connect to wireless networks around the world. It allowed users to search for wireless networks that are available and displayed information about them such as security configuration and signal strength. In addition, users could also add wireless networks as favorites, track connection history, and manage network preferences. It used VPN technology to secure a wireless Internet connection on unsecured networks. The service allowed users to search for free and fee ... the rebranding of Windows Live WiFi Hotspot Locator to MSN WiFi Hotspots. Requirements Windows Live ... Image WLWiFiHotSpot.jpg Windows Live WiFi Hotspot Locator, the predecessor of MSN WiFi Hotspots Image ... 2007 02 16 windows live wifi rebrands to msn.aspx MSN Rebranding on Liveside.net Windows Live microsoft ... more details
History Carbonated Games was the first party Video game developer game developer studio for Microsoft Casual Games in Microsoft Game Studios . It was founded and run by Joshua Howard, and was active from 2004 until its disbanding on March 27, 2008. Carbonated Games developers were located in Redmond, WA Hyderabad, India and Beijing, China. Its alumni went on to Hidden City Games , Microsoft Aces Microsoft Flight Simulator , Hourglass Games, the Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade group, GameHouse , Amazing Society, Realtime Worlds , Playdom , PopCap Games and DigiPen Institute of Technology . During its tenure, the studio created games for Xbox Live Arcade , MSN Messenger , MSN Games , and Microsoft Surface , including Image carbonated games logo.gif right 211px Carbonated Games logo Games Fable II Pub Games Xbox 360 2008 the last game created by the Carbonated studio Flowerz MSN Games 2008 the last game released under the Carbonated logo Jigsaw Too MSN Games 2008 Hexic 2 Xbox 360 2007 Aegis Wing Xbox 360 2007 Rock, Paper, Scissors MSN Messenger 2007 Tic Tac Toe MSN Messenger 2007 Firefly Microsoft Surface 2007 Hop It MSN Games 2007 Solitaire In Motion MSN Games 2007 GoPets MSN Messenger 2007 Jigsaw MSN Messenger 2007 Sudoku Too MSN Games 2007 Sudoku MSN Messenger 2006 Solitaire Showdown MSN Messenger 2006 Minesweeper Flags MSN Messenger 2006 Texas Hold Em Poker MSN Games 2006 Uno XBLA Uno Xbox 360 , MSN Games , MSN Messenger 2006 Hexic HD Xbox 360 2005 Catan The Computer Game MSN Games 2005 You Know It Trivia MSN Games 2005 Hexic Xbox , MSN Games , MSN Messenger 7 Hand Poker MSN Messenger Mozaki Blocks MSN Games Carbonated Games also shipped Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, Hearts, Spades, and other casual games. In addition, Carbonated was responsible for the Microsoft games that shipped with Windows Me , Windows XP , and Windows 7 . External links http www.gamasutra.com php bin news index.php?story 13963 Q&A Carbonated Talks Uno , Windows Live , Gamasutra.com http carbonatedg ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Hou Tu also Hou T u , now Hou Tu Nainai ref name MSN Encarta cite web url http encarta.msn.com encyclopedia 761582235 hou tu.html title Hou Tu MSN Encarta accessdate 10 November 2008 work MSN Encarta publisher MSN date archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5kwr413In archivedate 2009 10 31 deadurl yes ref , in Chinese mythology , is the deity of the earth and soil, who was first worshipped by Emperor Wu of Han in 113 BC . ref name MSN Encarta References reflist See also Earth in culture Category Chinese gods Category Earth gods China myth stub es Hou Tu lt Houtu pt Hou Tu zh ... more details
Web TV may refer to MSN TV formerly WebTV , a thin client which uses a television for display and the online service that supports it Web television , an emerging genre of digital entertainment disambiguation ... more details
wiktionarypar soapbox A soapbox is a raised platform from which a speech is delivered. Soapbox may also refer to Soapbox car , a type of motorless vehicle MSN Soapbox , an Internet video service disambig ... more details
This is a list of newspaper s in Kyrgyzstan . Russian language Vecherniy Bishkek MSN newspaper, Kyrgyzstan MSN Slovo Kyrgyzstana Delo Obschestvennyi reyting Kyrgyz language Agym Asaba newspaper Asaba Zaman Kyrgyzstan Expand list date August 2008 Super Info External links http www.tragicdoughnuts.com kyrgyzstan constitution.html CONSTITUTION of the Kyrgyz Republic Asia topic List of newspapers in DEFAULTSORT List Of Newspapers In Kyrgyzstan Category Kyrgyzstan related lists Newspapers Category Lists of newspapers by country Kyrgyzstan Category Media of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan stub ... more details
incarnations MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger , and Microsoft Messenger for Mac . Third party clients ... the protocol. MSNP was first used in a publicly available product with the first release of MSN ... of MSN Messenger to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1 due to security considerations. http www.microsoft.com ... stages of design and development with MSN Messenger MSN Messenger 1 MSNP2 A pre release version was made available to developers in 1999 in an Internet Draft http tools.ietf.org html draft movva msn messenger ... ways. MSNP3 Both MSNP2 and MSNP3 were supported by MSN Messenger 2.0 MSNP4 and MSNP5 MSNP3, 4, and 5 ... and used by MSN Messenger 3.0 and 4.0. MSNP6 and MSNP7 MSNP6 was used by later versions of MSN Messenger 4.x. In 2002 MSN Messenger 5.0 used MSNP7. MSNP8 MSNP8 introduced a different authentication ... are unable to sign in, forcing users to upgrade clients. Version 5.0 of MSN Messenger is the only ... capabilities. MSNP9 MSNP9 was introduced with MSN Messenger 6, adding support for D type data messages .... MSNP10 Employed in MSN Messenger 6.1, after Microsoft started blocking earlier versions in October ... books. MSNP11 Employed by MSN Messenger 7.0 MSNP12 Employed by MSN Messenger 7.5. MSNP13 Employed ..., the address book service behind all MSN and Windows Live services . The client must then send the contacts ... been extended to contain Endpoint Data also MPOP , as well as Signature Sound MSN Object Data. MSNP17 ... have been extended to include Scene image MSN Object data. MSNP19 Employed by Windows Live Messenger ... protocols External links http www.hypothetic.org docs msnMSN Messenger Protocol Protocol documentation ... that implements the MSN protocol http code.google.com p msnp sharp MSNP Sharp A dotnet library implements the MSN protocol http msnp sharp.googlecode.com svn branches MSNPSHARP 30 STABLE WebServiceDefAndSchemas ... jml Java MSN library Supports protocol 8 to 15 http msnp.sourceforge.net MSNp.py MSN messaging in Python ... more details
Other uses Nudge disambiguation Nudge refimprove date December 2009 Nudge , also known as buzz , is a feature of instant messaging software used to get the attention of another user, for example, by shaking the conversation window or playing a sound. The feature was first introduced in MSN Messenger 7.0, in 2005. fact date December 2010 XMPP extension protocol XEP 0224 calls this feature Attention . ref http xmpp.org extensions xep 0224.html XEP 0224 Attention ref MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger It is possible to change memory values of Windows Live Messenger to allow nudges to be sent unlimited with no time delay. This can be done manually with a memory editor such as Cheat Engine or with patching programs. Virtually all instant messaging programs that support the .NET Messenger Service MSN protocol such as aMSN and Pidgin allow this to be done without any extra hacks. See also Poke Facebook References reflist DEFAULTSORT Nudge instant messaging Category Instant messaging Category Windows components Internet stub ... more details
Spaces may refer to Windows Live Spaces , the next generation of MSN Spaces . Spaces software , a virtual desktop manager implemented in Mac OS X Leopard Gaps , a solitaire card game Spaces , a 1974 album by Larry Coryell Spaces The Architecture of Paul Rudolph , a 1983 documentary film See also Space disambiguation disambig ... more details
Public shopping guides with Windows Live Shopping Guides Enhanced preview MSN Shopping main MSN Shopping As of February 20, 2007, Windows Live Shopping beta has been officially rebranded as MSN Shopping ... currently offer, which includes MSN Shopping , Windows Live Expo and Live Product Search . Microsoft ... from Windows Live Shopping beta lists, guides, and reviews will continue to be available on MSN Shopping. ref http liveside.net blogs main archive 2007 02 19 windows live shopping no more msn shopping ... Live Expo Live Product Search MSN Shopping References references External links http shopping.live.com ... more details
Guy cry film is generally a slang term for a film that addresses a male audience, but has strong emotional material. ref name MSN http entertainment.msn.com news article.aspx?news 222503 MSN Entertainment, by Richard T. Jameson, The Big Guy Cry , accessed 02 19 2009 ref ref name FOX http www.foxnews.com story 0,2933,488244,00.html Fox News , by Amber Milt Amber Milt , The Guy Cry Genre Chick Flicks for Men , accessed 02 19 2009 ref Sports film s are important to the guy cry genre, but sports action is not necessarily essential to qualify a film as a genuine guy cry. ref name MSN ref name FOX War movies and biographical films of a male character tend to also be guy cry films. ref name MSN ref name FOX Some notable sports films that could be defined as guy cry would be Field of Dreams , Rudy film Rudy , Brian s Song , and The Wrestler 2008 film The Wrestler . ref name MSN ref name FOX Guy cry is a neologism applied to a pre existing type of film. ref name MSN ref name FOX ref http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 30300634 ITM Chicago Tribune , by John Kass April 13, 2007 , Reel Guys Not a dry I in the house. , accessed 02 19 2009 ref This is mainly due to the financial and often critical successes of films that fall within this genre. ref name MSN ref name FOX Early popular guy cry films date back to the early 1970s in film 1970s with films such as Five Easy Pieces and One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest film One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest . ref name MSN ref name FOX Important themes to the guy cry genre are concepts of brotherhood, sacrifice , loyalty , and family. ref name MSN ref name FOX The Oregonian compiled a list of films that make men cry , ref http www.oregonlive.com movies index.ssf 2008 06 sad scenes movies that make a.html The Oregonian June 12, 2008 , Sad scenes Movies that make a guy cry , accessed 02 19 2009 ref that includes Saving Private Ryan , Schindler s List , and The Passion of the Christ , among many others. Although guy cry films are ty ... more details
Alhar is a village in the western Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region , China . It is located on a lake and lies between Zhaxigang and Langmar . See also List of towns and villages in Tibet External links and references http encarta.msn.com mapof 7245375 Alhar.html MSN encarta map Ngari Prefecture coord missing Tibet Category Populated places in the Ngari Prefecture Ngari geo stub ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Axstone is a variety of jade . It is used by natives of the South Sea Islands for making axe s and hatchet s. External links http encarta.msn.com encyclopedia 761559742 jade.html Jade at MSN Encarta http www.webcitation.org 5kwKt3aSh Archived 2009 10 31 Category Gemstones mineral stub ar ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Multiple Subscriber Number a telephone number associated with an ETS 300 Basic rate interface BRI line. Providers of ETS 300 often give you three MSNs with a BRI, although additional MSNs can be purchased. An ISDN terminal will ring provide an alerting signal only when calls are made to the MSN or MSNs entered in that terminal. If a terminal has no MSNs entered it will ring whenever there is a call to any of the MSNs on that BRI. Category Integrated Services Digital Network Telecomm stub nl Multiple Subscriber Number pl MSN ... more details
lowercase title msnbot msnbot was a web crawling robot type of internet bot , deployed by Microsoft to collect documents from the web to build a searchable index for the MSN Search MSN Search engine . It went into beta in 2004, and had full public release in 2005. The month of October 2010 saw the official retirement of msnbot and its replacement by bingbot . ref Steve Tullis, http www.bing.com community site blogs b webmaster archive 2010 09 29 bingbot the sequel.aspx Bingbot, the Sequel Webmaster Center blog, Bing Community, September 29 2010 ref On April 9, 2012, I was at The Hinky Meter website reading on the Zahau case and the users were MSNbot. References references web stub Microsoft Category Bots Category Web crawlers Category Microsoft ... more details
Nsuta is one of a number of towns in Ghana with this name. This is the one in central Ghana. Elevation 301m. Transport This Nsuta is served by a station on the national railway network. See also Railway stations in Ghana References reflist External links coord 06 34 00 N 00 47 00 W display title coord 07 30 00 N 00 27 00 E display title http maps.msn.com 28v3ziodv1idrhqz55i3yidjzl 29 map.aspx?lats1 6.566667&lons1 0.783333&alts1 1®n1 2 MSN Map http maps.msn.com 28u33oq2bbmsvgfzahmxytqonn 29 map.aspx?lats1 6.566667&lons1 0.783333&alts1 1®n1 2 MSN Map Ghana geo stub Ghana district capitals Category Populated places in the Ashanti Region ... more details
cleanup date April 2009 The Maquila Solidarity Network MSN describes itself as A Canada Canadian network promoting solidarity with groups in Mexico , Central America , Africa , and Asia organizing in maquiladora factories and export processing zone s to improve conditions and win a living wage . The Network is the secretariat of the Ethical Trading Action Group ETAG in Canada . ETAG is an advocating coalition of faith, labour, and non governmental organizations. They advocate to promote government policies, voluntary codes of conduct, and purchasing policies that promote humane labour practices based on accepted international standards. One policy of the Network is to launch campaigns to help achieve their stated goals. Some companies or countries currently being focused on by MSN for a campaign include Nike, Inc. Nike Wal Mart Burma Nation of Burma Past campaigns of MSN have focused on the following companies among others The Walt Disney Company The Gap clothing retailer The Gap Hudson s Bay Company La Senza Liz Claiborne Mattel F.W. Woolworth Company Woolworth Gildan Activewear External links http www.maquilasolidarity.org Official site of the Maquila Solidarity Network Category Political advocacy groups in Canada de Maquila Solidarity Network ... more details
The Center for Ocean Exploration and Archaeological Oceanography is a research program for students at the University of Rhode Island s Graduate School of Oceanography. It began during the 2004 2005 academic year. It combines oceanography, ocean engineering, maritime history, anthropology and archaeology. ref name uri http www.uri.edu news ballard institute.htm ref History The program was established by Robert Ballard in 2003, as the Institute for Archeological Oceanography. ref name uri The first academic year, 2004 2005, the program had five students. ref name msn http www.msnbc.msn.com id 6099556 ref Academics The program will earn students two degrees a master s degree in archeology and a doctorate in oceanography. ref name uri The current focus of the institute is projects in the black sea and the eastern Mediterranean. These projects use advanced unmanned submersible equipment to observe underwater sites, and attempt to go to deeper water than in the past. ref name msn Students are required to earn 92 credits more than any other Ph.D program. ref name uri However, 6 credits from each degree may be counted toward the other, hence 12 less credits are required. ref name gso http www.gso.uri.edu academics academic programs ref Although other schools offer degrees in archeology and oceanography, this is the first to combine them into a formal curriculum. ref name msn References reflist Category Oceanography Category Archaeological organisations Category Academics ... more details
The .NET Messenger Service formerly MSN Messenger Service ref name mms http www.microsoft.com presspass press 1999 jul99 messagingpr.mspx Microsoft Launches MSN Messenger Service ref and sometimes called Windows Live Messenger Service ref name wlms http support.microsoft.com gp Messenger Microsoft Help and Support Important changes to Windows Live Messenger ref is an instant messaging and Presence information presence system developed by Microsoft in 1999 for use with its Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger MSN Messenger software and used today by its current Comparison of instant messaging clients instant messaging clients , Windows Live Messenger and Microsoft Messenger for Mac . Third party clients also connect to the service. It communicates using the Microsoft Notification Protocol , a proprietary instant messaging Protocol computing protocol . The service allows anyone with a Windows Live ID to sign in and communicate in real time with other people who are signed in as well. Background Despite multiple name changes to the service and its client software over the years, the .NET Messenger Service is often referred to colloquially as MSN , due to the history of Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger MSN Messenger . The service itself was known as MSN Messenger Service from 1999 ... offering clients that no longer carried the MSN name, such as the Windows Messenger client included with Windows XP , which was originally intended to be a streamlined version of MSN Messenger, free ... continued to offer more upgrades to MSN Messenger until the end of 2005, when all previous versions of MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger were superseded by a new program, Windows Live Messenger ... Messenger , for users of Microsoft Windows Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger MSN Messenger was the former ... Web Messenger History MSN Web Messenger was the former name of the client from 2004 to 2009 Windows ... Reflist External links http www.hypothetic.org docs msnMSN Messenger protocol documentation http ... more details
For the district in Nauru Yaren disambiguation other uses Makwa disambiguation Makwa also spelled Makwia is a town in Sokoto State , Nigeria . It is located at approximately coord 13 20 39 N 04 15 30 E region NG type city 3000 , and has a population of roughly 3,000. References Reflist External links http maps.msn.com 28riyee555qeirglzazpsxr145 29 map.aspx?lats1 13.344167&lons1 4.258333&alts1 14®n1 2 MSN Map Category Populated places in Sokoto State Sokoto geo stub ... more details
Tylosis may refer to In medicine Diffuse nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma Howel Evans syndrome In botany Occlusion in the xylem of woody plants as response to injury or as protection from decay in heartwood. ref cite web url http encarta.msn.com dictionary 561509079 tylosis.html title MSN online dictionary accessdate 19 February 2010 ref See CODIT and Tylosis botany . Other uses A genus of longhorn beetle in the subfamily Cerambycinae References references disambig Category Palmoplantar keratodermas ... more details
Other uses El Marsa disambiguation El Marsa is a town in Algiers Province , Algeria . The population is 11,860. Postal Code The postal code is 16,020. References reflist External links http maps.msn.com 28rkivll452xjjoa551yhop2al 29 map.aspx?lats1 41.4608&lons1 126.6414&alts1 42®n1 2 MSN Map coord 36.8167 3.2500 type city format dms display title Algiers Province Algiers geo stub fr El Marsa Skikda ... more details
of community services away from the MSN brand. Windows Live Spaces received an estimated ... Live Spaces began as MSN Spaces and was launched in early December 2004 with the aim of allowing its ... way. With this goal, MSN Spaces finds itself competing with similar services like MySpace and Yahoo s Yahoo 360 360 . As well as allowing users to share their thoughts, photos and interests, MSN ... when designing their MSN Space. Users also had the option to set access rights for visitors to their MSN ... when their contacts had updated their MSN Space. Rebranding Image MSN Spaces.PNG thumb right Windows Live Spaces layout as of July 2007 On August 1, 2006, MSN Spaces became part of the Windows Live ... between MSN Spaces and Windows Live Spaces, the most instantly evident being a redesigned layout ... fixed to the top of the page. The change also resolved some oft criticised characteristics of MSN ..., the Uniform Resource Locator URL for all MSN Spaces members were moved to keep in line with the Windows ... Windows Live Spaces Team Blog http www.microsoft.com presspass newsroom msn factsheet MSNSpaces.mspx MSN Spaces fact sheet Windows Live Category Windows Live Spaces Category Blog hosting services Category Social networking services Category Microsoft websites Category MSN Category Defunct ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Image usbphone.gif thumb right alt A USB phone USB phone USBphone looks like a traditional telephone , but it has a Universal Serial Bus USB connector instead of an RJ11, RJ14, RJ25 RJ 11 . It may be used with most softphone s and services like Skype , Sipnet, Sippoint Mini, Net2Phone , MSN Messenger , NetMeeting , Xlite . Category Telephony equipment Category Computer peripherals Category Universal Serial Bus Technology stub bg USB ... more details
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