Yesterday morning I attended the ad:tech 2007 keynote panel session entitled "Content is King!

Yahoo is attempting to capture the attention of baseball fans with their new version of Yahoo Sports for TV service. The new version offers fantasy baseball on Windows Media Center.

Users with Media Center PCs or Media Center Extenders such as the Xbox 360 video game can now receive updates on their fantasy baseball team while watching live games.

When the Xbox 360 spring update hits in early May, Xbox Live users will be able to send instant messages to others using the service, as well as any friends that utilize Windows Live Messenger on their PCs or mobile devices.

Data privacy and security is at the forefront of concerns facing companies looking to make the most of the Web 2.0 phenomenon. So much information is available these days on user habits and search histories.

Liz Lawley wonders why I hyped up all things Microsoft when I worked there, but now don’t get excited anymore.

She missed that I was only talking about Internet stuff that goes in the Web browser, not stuff that Microsoft is more traditionally known for like Windows and Xbox and all that.

Hard drive titan Seagate says that increasing hard disk densities could mean 4,000 hours of video on your PC, or TiVo, by 2009.

Don Dodge wrote a couple of great articles recently titled “Why Startups Innovate While Big Companies Incrementally Improve” and “What do the PC, Mac and Xbox All Have In Common“.

Phil Waligora, who works at Microsoft, is watching Steve Jobs’ keynote (I’m not, but am trying to check in here and there) and calls me out, wondering if I’ll say the just announced AppleTV is innovative.

Amazon.com had a record-breaking holiday season. Their 12th season surpassed all previous sales records according to the company. The busiest day of the holiday season was December 11. On that day customer orders were over 4 million.

Microsoft has announced plans to offer up video content to Xbox users in standard and high definition formats beginning November 22, the one-year anniversary of the Xbox 360 launch. This move makes the Xbox 360 the first gaming console to offer television and movie content as a direct download to users.

Microsoft’s Gamerscore blog has a response to that crap-filled Sony chart that suggested the PS3 was somehow cheaper than the Xbox 360.

There’s a lot of grandstanding going on in the game console industry. Nintendo brags about its history of innovation; Microsoft is smug about its lead over the competition; and Sony says its rep alone will carry PS3. But Sony may be surprised to learn its chief rivals are holding hands and shouting things like “thief!” and “loser!”

Xbox Vice President Peter Moore admitted to the Washington Post on Thursday what has been obvious all week:

Guys are much more likely to form friendships with strangers they meet in online gaming than women, who prefer to solo game instead.

While I was at dinner tonight with the LiveSide guys Jason Bogovich called, his voice full of excitement.

It’s been five months since the Xbox 360 landed in short supply just in time Christmas. Many of those who scrambled to get their hands on one, paying thousands on eBay to ensure a Yuletide joy-in-the-box, probably never dreamed they’d be on their fourth console by May.

Ahh, you too can act like a program manager and have your own subservient programmer.