2010

New BBC iPlayer to integrate Messenger

Oohh you lucky sods over in the UK! Soon you will be able to watch TV shows with friends via the new BBC iPlayer. How? Allow me to quote from the announcement by Anthony Rose:

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Adventures with Bing: Aggressive Octopus

A new Adventures with Bing ad-video appeared on YouTube. The first one we showed you was about The Big Apple, now we got one about an aggressive octopus.

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Intrigued by the image and tidbit on the Bing homepage, a …

Microsoft shakes up E&D Division: Bach, Allard out, David Treadwell in

In an email to employees this morning, Microsoft has announced that Entertainment and Devices President Robbie Bach and Senior Vice President J Allard will be leaving the company in a shake-up of the division that includes Xbox, Zune, and mobile …

Windows Live Photo Gallery Wave 4 demo videos

Windows Live Photo GalleryJust yesterday we told you about What’s new in Windows Live Essentials Wave 4, and one of our reader Chrilo tipped us about the new demo videos already available on the Windows Live Preview website. While the pages has …

Official clarification about the changed webcam functionality in Windows Live Messenger Wave 3

Windows Live MessengerSince Microsoft released the latest “QFE3” (QFE stands for Quick-Fix Engineering) version of Windows Live Essentials (Wave 3), build 14.0.8117.416, there had been numerous complains both at LiveSide and at the official Inside Windows Live team blog about the …

Windows Live Groups Wave 4 to get group collaboration features

Windows Live GroupsWith the release of Windows Live Wave 4 imminent, Picturepan2 from LiveSino.net has provided us with some exclusive screenshots of Windows Live Groups Wave 4. We’ve previously mentioned that Windows Live Group is changing its focus to be the place …

New Bing feature: website thumbnails?

LiveSide reader Alber1690 came across an interesting find within Bing search results today (thanks for the tip!): a thumbnail view of the FAA site he was searching for (mouse over the right edge of the first result to see the …

Wave 4: What’s New in Windows Live Essentials

Windows Live EssentialsFollowing the announcement of Messenger and Hotmail Wave 4, the next step for Microsoft’s Windows Live Wave 4 announcement is the new Essentials. Today the Windows Live Essentials Preview website (http://windowslive.com/essentials) briefly went online for a short while …

New icons spotted for Windows Live Sync, Family Safety, Devices, Groups, and Profile

Thanks to a post from Technogran (via MyMicrosoftLife), who posted a new icon of Windows Live Sync on her new blog post, we were able to dig further get a glimpse of some of the new icons for Windows …

Windows Live Video Messages beta to be discontinued July 21

Windows Live Video Messages logoAs Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 nears public release, Microsoft will be shutting off several current services due to consolidation of their services in the new version. We know that Office Live Workspaces is being migrated to Windows Live Office