Microsoft confirmed in a press release that Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360 will launch the week of May 7.  The 260 million plus Windows Live Messenger users will be able to connect with 6 million Xbox Live community members …

A new video floating around the web today brings us news of an update to Xbox 360, including integration with Windows Live Messenger, allowing Messenger conversations from within Xbox, the ability to see what game a Messenger contact is playing, …

A new major revision of Live Maps was released today, with a number of new features and enhancements.  At the top of the list is Firefox (v 1.5 or later) support for 3D mapping.  In addition, memory management and cache …

On March 28, the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft had entered talks to buy DoubleClick Inc, an online advertising company.  The price was said to be $2 Billion.  Now, WSJ is reporting that Google Inc. has entered the bidding…

We’ve been hearing rumors of a new Windows Live Calendar for more than a year now, and thanks to a Microsoft employee in Belgium, we can finally show you that it really has been worth the wait.  Featuring the …

LiveSide in Chinese! – Announcing LiveSino.net

We have been working with our “LiveSide representative to China”, Picturepan2, and he and his team are pleased to announce our collaboration project, LiveSino.net.

Our friends in China will translate LiveSide stories into Chinese, …

As you know, most of us at LiveSide are Microsoft MVPs, and attended the MVP Summit last week.  It was an interesting experience, to say the least.

We’re enthusiasts.  We all use Windows Live products. We follow it incessantly, spend most …

It looks like Microsoft is now starting to implement its adCenter Labs Video HyperLink Technology with real world clients. The first signs of this come this week as MSN Entertainment shows of Kohl’s department store using the Video HyperLink Technology, which is an interactive video tool …

Today Microsoft and Reuters announced a deal which will bring Reuters News Alerts direct to consumers’ desktops through Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger).

Windows Live Messenger customers who are keen to keep up-to-date with breaking news can sign up …

While we are always anxious to hear big news from Windows Live, we appreciate hearing some more incremental advances as well.  Last Friday I was able to spend some time in Redmond with Ali Alpay, Group Product Manager for …