For those of you who haven’t seen it at mess.be, the leaked Messenger 8.5 build contained some hidden but basic Windows Live Folders integration/promotion. While the infobar isn’t earth-shattering, remember this isn’t a beta build so it’ll be interesting …

Looks like there is a ray of hope for those FolderShare users who’ve been out in the cold since Microsoft’s acquisiton of ByteTaxi back at the end of the 2005. Apart from a partial rebrand to Windows Live, there hasn’t been much to …

All has been quiet over at Windows Live Favorites since they released into v1. A recent update however has seen them add some hidden mobile functionality.…

A new beta program for “Messenger, Mail, and Writer” was just added to Microsoft Connect suggesting that these three programs will be releasing into beta soon. While some information is already available, those who want to contribute something to the …

The guys over at Messenger Adictos have made available the Spanish version of the next version of Windows Live Messenger, 8.5. The installer itself has been wrapped by them and sticks the actual installer in a folder in Program Files, …

Some sites are reporting that Windows Live OneCare 1.6 is now available for download. Unfortunately if you go to onecare.live.com you’ll see that this is not the case, and the installer is still OneCare 1.5. That’s not to say an update …

More buzz around the net about another pretty cool looking Web 2.0 product – and like Silverlight, yes it’s from Microsoft.  Currently in an invitation only beta (and yes we’re hoping to get in, you can sign up for the …

Microsoft just announced they are to buy aQuantive, gaining “interactive agency Avenue A | Razorfish, digital marketing technology provider Atlas, as well as DRIVEpm, a performance media company. ” The price is a hefty $6 billion, the largest acquisition in …

After having to pull the gadget because of some security issues, the Live.com blog has just announced that it’s back.  The gadget adds a view of your Windows Live Hotmail account to a Live.com page.  You must be using Windows Live …

Are you Canadian? Do you have a cool idea for a gadget, whether it be a sidebar gadget or web (live.com/spaces) gadget? Does it involve a Windows Live service? Would you like to own a nice new 40″ Widescreen LCD …