Codename Max Signs Off

Microsoft abrubtly ends its popular year long endeavor known as the Codename Max project, leaving some users puzzled. Photo paper burns, but software is forever. At least that is what the subscribers of the photo sharing software known as Microsoft Codename Max thought. After only a year of allowing its members to create and share photo albums online, Microsoft suddenly pulled the plug on the project. Codename Max was a photo sharing program which used a direct connection to other program users, as oppesed to being web-based. Aspects of the program, such as the speedy creation of photo lists and 3D space displays, were well received by users. Microsoft put a halt to the Codename Max project after a year, as explained in an Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Autmn Davis is a staff writer for Murdok covering ebusiness and technology.