As we posted earlier, a new relaunched MSN Soapbox has been announced, and is available for trial for those who are in the Soapbox beta.  In addition, a new version of MSN Videos, at next.video.msn.com has launched as well, …

Mary Jo Foley is reporting, citing an internal memo, that Live Search General Manager Dane Glasgow is leaving Microsoft to “work for various nonprofits and spend more time with his family”.  Glasgow was one of a few direct reports …

Live.com has offered, among many others, a gadget to put your Windows Live Mail on a Live.com page.  Problem is that the gadget hasn’t worked for quite some time, and now we have an explanation, and a reason for …

So we’re playing with sending messages via Spaces, and its kinda cool!

To send a message, first (you must be signed in), hover over a profile pic somewhere in Spaces, and you’ll get an open window:

 Just click on …

Just a reminder with all the new stuff to play with on Spaces, we have a LiveSide space at http://windowsliveside.spaces.live.com.  Add us to your friends list, sign our Guestbook, and send us a message!

And yes we realize we …

Windows Live Hotmail, a completely rebuilt web based mail client set to replace MSN Hotmail, started its rollout to selected markets this week.  This morning, I talked on the phone with two members of the Windows Live Hotmail team from …

Microsoft Developer Evangelist Peter Laudati wrote last week that Virtual Earth (Live Maps) has been virtually ignored, while the blogging bubble went ga ga over Google’s myMaps feature.  Robert Scoble retorted that Live Maps Collections, while cool, is too …

Comscore has released its latest online search engine rankings for the US, and Microsoft made another incremental increase in share of online searches in the month of March.  This marks the third gain after a number of months of …

Windows Live Hotmail, currently in Milestone 10 of a unique and interesting beta, is set to come out of beta as early as this week, according to a number of indications, including this post on Messenger Stuff.  The …

One more post on the Xbox/Windows Live Messenger marriage.  While pricing or availability have not been announced, a picture of the new text input device, which fits in between the “horns” of the Xbox controller, has surfaced.

Kotaku has more…