April, 2006

Account expiration to be extended in Windows Live Mail

WLMail new icon.gifMost Hotmail users who don't pay for the premium service have been hit by the 30 day expiration limit at least once, or know someone who has. Frustrating, yes. Outdated, definitely. Luckily this is changing with Live Mail, as Omar

Expo Team Listening to Feedback

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The Windows Live Expo Team has gotten a ton of feedback since launch and would like to take an opportunity to discuss how they are addressing the top issues brought to their attention. Worth checking out if you want insights …

Windows Live to get Product Search

WLSearch icon.gifAfter posting about Windows Live Academic Search last week, yet another new search product has entered our radar. This time it's Windows Live Product Search, and like its cousins Image Search and Feed Search, it too will be integrated into …

Windows Live Image Search now available in UK

WLSearch icon.gifYes some good news finally for those of us living on the wrong side of the Atlantic. Today Microsoft made Windows Live Image Search available to those in the UK, exactly a month after it was first announced. Still …

Minor feed update

We've just added a few details to the LiveSide rss feed. The username of the staff member who posted the article is now shown, and their email address is included as well. So for those of you lucky enough …

LiveSide staff grows

Yesterday Brandon from MSTechToday and Longhorn Blogs joined the LiveSide staff. Describing himself as a "Technology Enthusiast for Windows Live Services and Windows Vista" we're happy to have another great addition to the team 🙂 Brandon's profile is here and …

PC World Selects Live Local as Best Online Mapping Service

PC World has rated Windows Live Local the best online mapping service – with a PCW rating of 90 (being "superior"). They describe Windows Live Local as being "Handsome design" with "unique features earned it top marks despite data glitches". …

Contact Controls come to Windows Live Mail

WLMail icon.gifThe Live Mail team has just rolled out a minor update to the recent M5 release, that as well as including several bug fixes, sees the addition of Contact Controls.

Familiar to Spaces users, the Contact Control allows a user …

Want to try Office Live?

office live beta logo.pngIf you're a U.S. Resident, you are now free to signup and give Office Live a shot. The Office Live Team has temporarily removed the waitlist for U.S. Residents. Here's what Matt Rolak says on the Office Live Blog:

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Live Clipboard (does it count?)

windowslivelogo.gifOne nice thing about LiveSide is that we don't have to chase down every Origami fold that wanders across the web. It's Windows Live here, and that's it. But Ray Ozzie's got me in a dilemma – is Live Clipboard …