One thing the LiveSide Stickers Around the World project really brought home, for someone who lives and breaths a US-centric life, was how much goes on in the world that is not neccesarily happening in the US.  I watched Robert …

We got our first glimpse of Virtual Earth 3D Tours at Searchification, but it wasn’t much more that a glimpse, and when it went public we were scrambling a bit to get it figured out and get a post up …

An announcement coming at CTIA in San Francisco this week will unveil plans to offer the ability to sign up for a Windows Live ID from your phone, simply and securely.  Why is this important?  This from Phil Holden from …

Thanks to Mess.be for spotting this – a Knowledge Base article on what to do if you can’t get Windows Live apps to install.  The article lists the most common problems:

•The system does not meet the minimum requirements

In a press release dated October 18, Microsoft and Dassault Systemes formally announced the launch of 3DVia:

REDMOND, Wash., and PARIS — Oct. 18, 2007 — Dassault Systèmes (DS), a world leader in 3-D and product life-cycle management (PLM)

Reports are coming in about an update coming through Windows Updates for the Windows Live Photo Gallery, updating to Beta 2.  I’m not seeing it as yet (Update: I had to “check for updates”, as OneCare won’t let me have …

Or more precisely, why are there so many Windows Live home pages? A blog post on Windows Live Wire the other day announced:

As you probably know by now, Windows Live Home is the central page for Windows Live on

Rob Dolin, a Program Manager on the Spaces team, posts tonite with an example of a programmatically created Windows Live Event:

API Details
The link should have taken you to an event create page with all of the specified parameters

Lots of goodness with the new 3D features of Live Maps – one thing to see it on a big screen at Searchification but a whole ‘nother world to be able to play with it in real time.

Unlike some …

In a press release issued today, Microsoft announced the “final updates to the fall release of its Live Search service” (most of which was at least mentioned at Searchification).  The new stuff, condensed from the press release:

Maps and …