Comments on: Start.com?

By: How to use the new web at Jason Preston

How to use the new web at Jason Preston — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:01:44 +0000

[...] Microsoft’s side-project Start.com, which I already wrote about here, is similarly designed. You can drag modules around the screen, and it uses some fancy-schmancy web coding to do a cool “pin” function with searches you do, and pages you open. Start.com also displays images within modules (say, the Calvin and Hobbes daily comic feed) unlike Google, which simply lists a link to the cartoon. Between Start.com and Google, I’d say it’s mostly a matter of taste. [...]

By: Jason-Preston.com » Pimping the ‘net services

Jason-Preston.com » Pimping the ‘net services — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:52:53 +0000

[...] But why am I suddenly explaining this? Because I’ve just used the Icerocket blog search to find out that my Start.com entry is linked to on the MSN Start.com Profile page, along with posts by the likes of Jason Calcanis. [...]

By: TechCrunch

TechCrunch — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:06:26 +0000

Profile – MSN Start.com

Company: Start.com
Launched: June 3, 2005 (preview)
What is it?
Start.com, an RSS aggregator and search service, is one of Microsoft’s “Sandbox” projects (Virtual Earth is another one). It is an AJAX application.
Start.com is c…