May, 2007

Windows Live Mail: details about the new beta announced

With the news coming from Microsoft that Windows Live Mail will be succeeding Outlook Express and Windows Mail in Vista, Tanja from the Windows Live Mail team was able to post some details about the upcoming beta.  Coming “in just a …

Win a Windows Live Road Trip

In conjunction with Live Earth, the concert series being hosted by MSN, Windows Live Spaces is holding a contest where you can win a road trip across America to see the concert on July 7 (07/07/07) at Giants Stadium …

A Windows Live launch party

Just checked my various Hotmail inboxes to find an invitation to a launch party: 

…looks like Windows Live Hotmail will be out of beta soon 🙂…

Windows Live Calendar: more info coming this summer?

In an interview yesterday at Mix ’07, Mary Jo Foley asked Brian Arbogast, Corporate Vice President Windows Live Developer & Communications Platform, about Windows Live Calendar (good question, Mary Jo!).

While she didn’t get a lot of information, Arbogast …

Silverlight: Did Microsoft just do something cool?

When Microsoft announced the renaming of WPF/e to Silverlight two weeks ago, it was a first indication that maybe there was something different about this new Microsoft product.  A name that “gets it”, one that defies the ridiculous Microsoft naming …