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Streetside Imagery added for Canada

Notice: Get content off Silverlight Streaming before January 31st

MSSilverlightLogoIf you still have content on Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live Beta, now is the time to get it off. You can migrate your content to Azure* now and host it there, just like we do with our

New version of Windows Live for Windows Phone

A new version of Windows Live for Windows Phone has been released:

New Year, New Version . . .

We have  released a new version of Windows Live for Windows Phone, working in Standard or Professional phones.

Now  you

Windows Live Services on Connected TVs

A source at Microsoft revealed to tweakers.net (at CES) that Microsoft is negotiating with TV manufacturers about delivering Windows Live Services with internet enabled televisions (Connected TVs).

It’s unclear at this time which services this will be, probably Windows Live

Microsoft starts official company blog

While we noticed a redesigned and renamed PressPass site before, it turns out that’s not all that’s new. Also new is The Microsoft Blog. Yep, that’s right, they started an official company blog to compliment the Microsoft News

A short history of Hotmail

HotmailLogoHistoryThe Inside Windows Live Blog keeps on rolling. After a peek behind the scenes at Hotmail, a short history of Hotmail got posted. A very interesting read. For example did you know that Hotmail was born on July 4, …

Bing Maps Imagery Release, December 2009

More than 274,000 square kilometers of imagery got added to Bing Maps in December: 33,520 sq. km of Bird’s Eye photos and 240,739 sq. km of Aerial.
December Imagery Release
In the above screenshot, taken from the Bing Maps World Tour Application, …

Contest winners announced

The winners of both contests, Bing’s Home Sweet Homepage photo contest and the Seasonal Synth Challenge- Holiday Lights, have been announced.

Home Sweet Homepage

Entries from all across the globe came in, but the winner is Justin Kraemer’s

Windows Live Mail and Photo Gallery Wave 4 Revealed: Ribbon UI

We told you that Neowin had gotten their hands on some screenshots of Wave 4 Messenger and Writer earlier this month. Now, at the doorstep of 2010, some (very early) screenshots of Wave 4 Windows Live Mail and Windows Live

Microsoft Security Essentials available in 17 additional markets

7510.MSE_5F00_5F00_5F00_thumb_5F00_5F00_5F00_63FCB6FA1_5F00_thumb_5F00_5BDB965D[1] Today Microsoft is making Microsoft Security Essentials available in 17 additional markets: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.

This brings the total number …