Michael Arrington from TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft is at work on a new “very cool” search product at its Mountain View campus.

Microsoft has gathered a team of twenty or more “rock star” developers who’ve been tasked at building their

After having to pull the gadget because of some security issues, the Live.com blog has just announced that it’s back.  The gadget adds a view of your Windows Live Hotmail account to a Live.com page.  You must be using Windows Live …

Windows Live Expo, the free “social classified” ads offering, has just added some new features, including the ability to send an alert to selected members of your Messenger buddies list when you post something for sale on Expo.

In …

One of the most amazing things about working on LiveSide is the realization of how international we are.  We’ve been watching the numbers and the interest in our Folders posts, among others, and the hits coming in from China, from …

Here’s a new site where you can win prizes for playing (pretty easy) games; Live Search Club.

In a funny coincidence, I saw this on Venkat Narayanan’s blog.  Venkat was one of the (three) original members of the …

Well this is kind of sad.  Sanaz Ahari announced on the Start.com blog today that in one week (May 22, 2007), start.com will redirect to live.com, ending a most unique and fun project.

“This is a bittersweet moment as I

Windows Live Gallery is the “one stop shop” for gadgets and add-ins for Windows and Windows Live.  The site has recently upgraded with a new look and some new content, and we talked to Lead Program Manager Chris Butler about …

Well not really breaking news as the release was announced a month ago, but the Xbox Live dashboard update is now available, and includes Windows Live Messenger integration:

Members of the six-million-strong Xbox LIVE community currently send more than two

Richard Sim, Senior Product Manager for Windows Live Hotmail posts an interesting and comprehensive list of what the Hotmail team has accomplished since starting the project almost two and a half years ago. As he says, “(t)he UI and features that …

Microsoft just announced that Windows Live Hotmail is launching globally in 36 languages, double the number of languages offered by its predecessor MSN Hotmail.  You can read the press release here.

I talked to Paul Major, Director of Windows Live …