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A look back at Microsoft's 1999 smart home: What it got right and what it got wrong

John Callaham — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 21:56:01 +0000

Microsoft's idea for a smart home setup in 1999, posted in a retro video, got pretty close to the current smart home technology and devices, but it failed in some others as well, like a web phone. Read more...

Microsoft finally closing MSN TV (formerly WebTV) on Sept. 30

John Callaham — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 16:43:39 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will be shutting down its MSN TV service, which first started in 1995 as WebTV, on September 30th, finally bringing to an end the company's first Internet TV service. Read more...

The Lessons of WebTV

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:24:35 +0000

In the late 1990s, I was the editor of a magazine for owners of WebTV, the Internet TV service from Microsoft. The experience was the equivalent of teaching an English class in the jungles of... Read more...