September, 2006

Site feedback

One of our additions to the new site is "The List" – our way of trying to collect together in one place all the information we publish about the Windows Live services. Currently, if you click through any of the product …

A Windows Live Coffeemaker, really?

And you thought Microsoft was going out on a limb creating webcams?  Ha!

Actually, Melitta, which produces a number of coffee products, is going to introduce the first coffeemaker that tells us the most important thing in the morning: …

Getting Your LiveSide Account Setup

We have noticed that a lot of you have been having problems with logging into your accounts, so here is what you need to do to get started.

If you did not have an account on the old LiveSide

1. …

A look at the new line of Windows Live Hardware

Yesterday, Chris posted, about about some new Windows Live Hardware that has been announced.  Well, the commenters complained about the lack of photos of the products in the post (I'm looking directly at you TheViewMaster and himmel!), so here …

New version of Live Local for Outlook available

 
The Road To Know Where points to a new version of Windows Live Local for Outlook, now available for download.
 
From the download site:
Now you can add maps and directions to your Outlook meeting requests, see

Have you gone Mobile?

Within the numerous updates last night of Live.com and Live Search launching came a not insignificant revamp of the Live Mobile services, including: 

 – A beta mobile version of live.com is now available, something which got us excited a while back…

Microsoft announces new Windows Live hardware

Microsoft has today announced the expansion of its Windows Live hardware line, both with the new range of voip headsets (LifeChat) and a wider range of webcams (LifeCam). 

 – The Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 will be widely available in November 2006 …

Live.com, Windows Live Search, and Windows Live Mobile Launched

 

Today Microsoft announced the official launch of three Windows Live services, Live.com, Windows Live Search, and Windows Live Mobile.
Windows Live Search, will by Thursday become the search engine for MSN, according to Ken Moss in the Live Search

Oh yeah, and Virtual Earth, too

Windows Live Local, “powered by” Virtual Earth, has come out of beta, too.  Looking quite polished, with Bird’s Eye Views added for many cities (take a look at the collection, thanks to the Virtual Earth blog) , Live …

Welcome to LiveSide, ummm, 2.0

Well if you're reading this you've made it to our new site!  We have just made the switch to Windows Server 2003/Community Server, and we're excited about it, even though it's been a lot of work migrating over.

With a …