I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others (hopefully) will be brand-new. Microsoft code names offer some great clues about the Redmondians’ development priorities, not to mention a better understanding of which future Microsoft products fit together, from a strategy standpoint. And not every product group is moving to boring, numbered codenames (like Windows 7 and Office 14). Without further ado, let the codename games begin. Microsoft code name of the day: Scorpio Microsoft code name of the day: Scorpio Best guess on...

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Yahoo's new social job network: Kickstart. Yahoo is currently seeking feedback from students on a new social network called "Kickstart" which aims to connect college students with alumni at the companies that they are interested in joining. Built around the central feature of showing students their "in" -- the alumni they need to connect with -- and how they are already related, the site also provides background information on companies, user profiles (with a resume), and how other users are connected to the each other and the company in question. Think of it as a part Facebook, part LinkedIn,...