A number of changes to MSN Soapbox just occured, most notably that Soapbox is no longer a stand-alone site, but has become a tab at http://next.video.msn.com.

The old url for Soapbox, Soapbox.msn.com, now resolves to show the “Soapbox User …

Users for years have been lamenting the fact that Hotmail was only available as an http protocol, and did not offer POP access.  Well that’s now changed for Hotmail Plus users, and plans are in the works for making …

On last Wednesday night, Akram Hussein, a Windows Live Platform Program Manager, went home and was surfing the internet when he came across a new version of Live Search.  He checked to make sure he wasn’t on the Microsoft …

Apparently Microsoft can’t wait to get the new Live Search up and running before next week’s Searchification event, as the new look (and better results) search is beginning to show up in the wild.

Akram Hussein, Program Manager – Windows …

Today, for the first time, we broke the 5k barrier on our little Feedburner counter:

Now this may not seem like a big thing, but hey we’re geeks, and we’ve been watching the numbers!  We’ve been flirting with 5,000 for …

Last week we told you about some changes coming to Live Search, including a new look.  Well as of tonite it’s live (you may have to set the live.com home page to “search only” if you have it personalized)…

One of the nice features of the new Windows Live Photo Gallery beta is its ability to publish photos directly to Spaces.  However users have been asking for the ability to publish photos to other services (such as Flickr), much like …

Anand, a Security PM for Windows Live Messenger, posted tonight on the Inside Windows Live Messenger blog that rolling out in the next few weeks, if you haven’t already upgraded your Messenger to at least 8.1 (the current version released …

Steve Lombardi posted today on the Virtual Earth / Live Maps blog with a request for help:

For our next release we have some pretty neat Collection enhancements coming and could use your help right now in preparation. Helping is

Microsoft today announces two new LifeCams, webcams built for use with Windows Live Messenger.  A desktop model, the VX 7000, pictured above, features:

a 2.0 megapixel sensor to deliver High Definition video (2.0 MP) and still photography (7.6 MP