Surely you know about the United Nations 15th Climate Change Conference (COP15), which is taking place right now. But did you know that Microsoft has sent a delegation of issue and technology experts to support COP15?

That group is …

Following in the footsteps of Bing’s Home Sweet Homepage photo contest, Photosynth now also has a contest..ehmm scuse me, challenge: "Holiday Lights". It was announced on the team’s blog as follows:

During the week of December 21st to

Did you try to upload your video to YouTube through Windows Live Movie Maker only to see it fail? It wasn’t just you! Turns out it was a change made on YouTube.com that caused this (authentication) failure.

This issue was …

Also announced yesterday is the Bing Bar. Another search/tool bar? Yes and no, it replaces the MSN Toolbar Beta. If you go to the MSN toolbar URL you get the following page:

I’ve set it to en-ca here, …

Today is a big day for Bing Maps. There’s lots of news coming out of this “private news event”, but from the looks of it the new Bing Maps Beta is the biggest of all.

Starting today …

Want your photo on Bing just like Jeremy? Now is your chance! Bing’s second photo contest just kicked off on Facebook.

This time the team wants you to take pictures of your hometown: “hometown pride.” Your chance to …

Photosynth got a new release. The download of imagery when you zoom has been improved and there’s a new UI:

1. The Controls – All controls are still there, in the middle we find a navigation disk.
2. View Control…

Feel like doing something else on Thanksgiving than playing Pictionary, Risk or Trivial Pursuit? Chris Pendleton suggests the following:

Instead of breaking out the Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit or Risk you can logon to The Climate Mystery game featuring Bing

Wondering about the water quality, maybe not so important now unless you like a very very cold swim but well.., or the air quality in your country/neighbourhood (Europe)? Check out the European Environment Agency’s Eye On Earth portal. …

For everyone who wants to get the most out of Windows Live: The Windows Live Essentials and Services Book.

This book by MVP Brad Jones and Marcus Schmidt is a full-color, step-by-step guide for using Microsoft’s new Windows Live …