As I was trying to browse to Windows Live Help Community today, what turned up was not what I expected – Microsoft had silently removed the service and the link now redirects to Windows Live Help. This is the latest …

We’ve had a LiveSide list of Windows Live services in a couple of forms up for quite some time now, but truthfully we haven’t been faithful in keeping it updated. This week, though, we’re rolling out an early version of …

While we stopped writing about the day to day exploits of Microsoft and Yahoo! a bit ago, now that it appears to be coming to an end we can’t help but make a few observations.  When Microsoft first approached Yahoo! …

While none of the updates are in the “mind-blowing” category, three Live services have announce updates this week.  First up, Office Live:

We have good news

We have taken all of the findings and with the help of the

Just opened up my www.live.com home page to receive a nice surprise:

… the less than awe-inspiring blue-gray of the home page has been replaced by a background picture.  This would seem to open up a number of opportunities for …

Bill Gates announced the availability of a new build of Silverlight at his TechEd keynote, and now the new version, Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is available for download. I won’t get into all the new features and improvements in the …

Last fall, some of our sources hinted at an upcoming rebranding effort for Live Search, code named “Rome”.  That renaming effort, seemingly thwarted by all the buzz around Yahoo!, never took place (or at least hasn’t so far).  Yet talk …

Danny Thorpe, “Architect of Disruption” has rejoined Microsoft after leaving last year to work with Cooliris.  Thorpe (who has his own Wikipedia page!) joined Microsoft in the Windows Live Platform team in April of 2006, working …

Windows Live Expo, the Craigslist wannabe classified ads product,  is heading for what TechCrunch likes to call the “deadpool”. This follows closely on the heels of announcements shutting down Live Search Books and Academic.  A notice on the site …

Some changes are beginning to pop with Live Search, up to including a possible new name and brand.  Yesterday at SMX Advanced, Online Services President Kevin Johnson talked to Danny Sullivan for Search Engine Watch about branding.  From the Associated …