March, 2008

Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom – Get ready to build your own photozooming collections

Steve Clayton just posted about part of the Silverlight 2 Mix08 demo, specifically a feature called Deep Zoom which is implemented over at http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/. Deep Zoom allows users to smoothly and seamlessly zoom in and out of a collage …

MIX 08 – Microsoft Unveils Next Generation Web Technologies at MIX

Today at MIX 08 Microsoft announced/unveiled the following:

· Internet Explorer 8 beta 1: Microsoft unveiled for the first time Internet Explorer 8, showcasing Internet Explorer’s commitment to developers. Internet Explorer 8 offers an unprecedented level of interoperability and tools, …

IE 8 Beta coming soon – Download pages up now (links not working

Well we’re here in Las Vegas (more on that later), getting ready for Mix to officially start with the keynote this morning, and it looks like we’re not the only ones getting ready.  Thanks to LiveSide member pikalu0530, we can …

Microsoft SearchTogether

In my article Tafiti and Windows Live Quick Apps, I told you how you can do a search project with one, or more, of your live Messenger contacts with Tafiti search Visualisation. There’s another method to search together …

IE8 Beta 1 launched, links working now

Office Live Workspace Beta – Now Publicly Available Worldwide

Last week I reported about Office Live Workspace’s first feature update, now, just a few days later, everybody can get instant access to this service! It is now available, in English, Worldwide:

REDMOND, Wash. — March 3, 2008

LiveSide at Mix

Well the Softies are descending on Vegas, and tomorrow I’ll be there too – just in time to meet up with Long Zheng and company, who has a bit of a longer flight from Australia than I do from Seattle. …

Big IE8 News: Will support standards by default

Microsoft has just posted a press release announcing that IE8 will support standards by default, which is a change from what had been previously announced (that IE8 would support IE7 "mode" by default, and render to standards only with the …

MSN Toolbar beta commences – Signup now

As we posted at the end of last week, there is now a new MSN Toolbar beta in town. If you want to signup to use the beta, you can now do so on Microsoft Connect (places are limited …

Silverlight On Your Nokia?

microsoft_silverlight_c Nokia announced today that you will soon be able to see Silverlight content on your Series60 (and earlier Series 40) Nokia mobile phones. The announcement comes just a day before Mix08 starts, and the press release states that:

Microsoft will