May, 2008

Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger coming to RIM Blackberry this summer

At the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Florida today, Microsoft and Research in Motion (RIM) are announcing an agreement to provide, Windows Live services, including Hotmail and Messenger, on Blackberrys.  The enhancements will be available “this summer”.

From the press

First of Many New Live Developer Articles

Hello fellow LiveSide readers, my name is John O’Brien. Its my second season as a Windows Live Developer/Platform MVP and I’m pleased to announce many new developer related articles in the works for your reading pleasure here at LiveSide. Today …

Create a Deep Zoom Panorama with Windows Live

In this article I will show you how to use a combination of free tools and services to produce and host a high quality panorama. You will render this using Silverlight2 and display it geo-referenced on Virtual Earth. The combination …

WL Msgr YouTube.com blocking: “Oops, all better now”

In the past few days a number of reports came in that Windows Live Messenger was blocking the ability to send legitimate urls through Messenger, including most noticeably www.youtube.com.  While there was some sinister speculation as to the …

Live Mesh Guys love to blog!

At Web 2.0 Expo, I was impressed by how open and talkative the Live Mesh guys were – of course that could have been because they’ve been locked away unable to talk for two years.  Well now they just won’t …

Don’t look now, Live Search viral videos worst yet

We thought we’d seen it all when it came to viral videos used by Microsoft to advertise new products. From the “Hot Male” series (pretty good) through to the MSN “No one wants to look dumb” series …

Changes Afoot For UK Live Maps Users – A Heads Up

James Senior, a Microsoft UK blogger, has put up on his blog about an impending change to Live Maps in the UK. Don’t worry, we’re not going to see the farce that happened last time! The changes that will …

Live Search Design: Too many cooks?

A new blog entry on the Live Search blog from Evan Malahy, Designer, Live Search describes the “guiding principles for this latest version of Live Search” as Simple and powerful. Human. Fast.  And maybe indeed, the new look lives …

Get Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free from Amazon.com

While we don’t usually do these kind of late-night TV infomercials, this one should be of interest to a few of you. Amazon.com is currently running a $30 rebate on Windows Live OneCare 2.0, which means after rebate you get it …

Messenger TV is coming soon

Remember Messenger TV? We’ve told you about the French version before. On May 8th Messenger TV will be released to the following 20 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, …