April, 2007

Windows Live Gallery Gets Tweaked

Today saw an update for Windows Live Gallery which features new categories, and a new rating system for the users who upload something to show that these users are people you can trust to download their creations.

New Categories

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Details on the Xbox keyboard emerge

One more post on the Xbox/Windows Live Messenger marriage.  While pricing or availability have not been announced, a picture of the new text input device, which fits in between the “horns” of the Xbox controller, has surfaced.

Kotaku has more

Live Earth lineup announced: Tickets available soon

Back in February, we reported on the upcoming Live Earth concert series, sponsored by MSN, to combat global warming.  Today, they have announced the lineup of artists who will be performing as well as the venues, spread throughout the …

It’s official: the press release on Windows Live Messenger on Xbox

Microsoft confirmed in a press release that Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360 will launch the week of May 7.  The 260 million plus Windows Live Messenger users will be able to connect with 6 million Xbox Live community members …

Spaces survey hints at key areas for development

With user feedback being a key driving force behind Windows Live, the Windows Live Spaces survey currently linked from the Spaces homepage gives a possible insight into areas the Spaces team may be looking to develop.

Unsurprisingly a key theme throughout the …

Xbox 360 Dashboard update news: will include Messenger integration, more

A new video floating around the web today brings us news of an update to Xbox 360, including integration with Windows Live Messenger, allowing Messenger conversations from within Xbox, the ability to see what game a Messenger contact is playing, …

1 in 3

What is 1 in 3? Your odds of winning a one of 10 Zunes or 3 trips to Las Vegas in the Remix MIX contest. Right now there are about 35 entries in the Remix MIX Gallery. Of those, …

Live Maps launches new version with Firefox support for 3D, more

A new major revision of Live Maps was released today, with a number of new features and enhancements.  At the top of the list is Firefox (v 1.5 or later) support for 3D mapping.  In addition, memory management and cache …

Windows Live Hotmail Plus mailboxes go to 4GB

Along with recent news of Windows Live Hotmail being updated to M10 and talk of it being released in the coming weeks,the latest news is that Hotmail Plus users will now notice the storage meter showing 4GB. As usual …

Where is Windows Live Hotmail going?

In recent weeks Yahoo Mail has been getting a lot of attention and for the right reasons. First it was their decision to provide all Yahoo Mail users with unlimited storage. With Windows Live Hotmail currently offering 2GB (4GB