Apologies for the recent downtime. A combination of factors led to us being offline, so we took the opportunity to move to a new dedicated server. Unfortunately we missed posting a few good things, so we'll try and catch up …

In a BusinessWeek article published today, Olga Kharif talks about Microsoft's expansion into VOIP in and how consumers can expect to see it integrated into future products and services.

 – In Windows Live Messenger and Mail users can call their …

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Interview with Phil Holden

Interview with Mike Torres…

A few days back I posted about Live Contacts, the new service that was released in beta form alongside Spaces 10.5. One thing I didn't mention though was its integration with existing Windows Live services.

To recap, Live Contacts allows …

Last night saw the first Windows Live Session in the UK, hosted at MSN London. Phil Holden gave some good demos of Windows Live beta products as well as outlining the history and intentions behind them. Several MSN UK staff …

In a press announcement yesterday, Microsoft revealed the formation of Live Labs, a partnership between Microsoft Research and MSN "that focuses on applied research for Internet products and services at Microsoft."

What is of great interest to users and the …

After jumping on this story yesterday, a few small updates came to light. First was the possibility of multiple partners, including Amazon.com. Second was the removal of the Adult Content topic that allowed Spaces users to target the ads on …

I posted yesterday about some of the things we can expect in the next update of Spaces, one of which was Live Contacts. This new service has two aspects to it.

Firstly, it allows a user to publish different information …

This morning, several testers are reporting that Messenger auto-update has upgraded their version of the Messenger Beta client to build 369. Although we are unable to obtain the upgrade via this method, it appears as though the new build is …

This week MSN Spaces moves closer to the portfolio of Windows Live services with the launch of its 10.5 release. This long overdue upgrade touts many user-requested features as well as introducing several major additions, including a social networking module, …