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Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot: Time To Say Goodbye To The Prototype

As I already mentioned in my Windows Live Translators post, the new Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot (Tbot) has mtbot@hotmail.com as its Messenger addy. If you still have the prototype, mtbot-en_us@hotmail.com, on your list it’s time to say

Stream Video And Location Together With GPS-Enabled Mobile Video

Want to show off your route along with your position on a Virtual Earth map? Take people on a tour with you without them physically there? All possible if you have a Windows Live Mobile phone with GPS. Chris Pendleton,

Microsoft Phone Data Manager Beta

One of our LiveSide readers, Pradeep, came across this Microsoft service. Thank you for notifying us Pradeep.

Microsoft® Phone Data Manager Beta is an application that is designed to take away the worry of losing data on your

Photosynth Update, September 8

  Photosynth just got its second update:

  • Improved upload success rate. This update should significantly reduce the number of synths failing with error code “0xA000000B”. The problem happens when a file is currupted on it’s way to storage. We’ve

Wave 3 Is Coming: Mail with Windows Live Calendar sync

No, not the web version, that’s Windows Live Hotmail. We spoke about that one already. This time it’s about the desktop client, Windows Live Mail. That one is going to get a new version in Wave 3 too.…

Live Mesh : CAUTION: Deleting Folders From Your Mesh Or Changing Folder Synchronization Settings Will Stop Synchronization Of That Folder On All Devices

The Live Mesh team just posted an urgent warning on their forum:

CAUTION: Please do not delete any folders from your mesh or change folder synchronization settings.

The Live Mesh team has discovered an issue with the latest version

Windows Live Translators!

You won’t be Lost In Translation with these two:

Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot

A new version of The Windows Live Messenger Translation bot is now available! All you have to do is add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contact list …

Tracking Gustav And Hanna With Virtual Earth

For all those who would like to keep up with the whereabouts of Hurricane Gustav and tropical storm Hanna (which might still grow out to a hurricane), here are two resources to do so.

1. At the new Emergency Resources

Live Search Maps Goes Live In Taiwan

Now Taiwan can also enjoy Live Search Maps (as Live Pages).

Microsoft Taiwan and Chunghwa Telecom realized this together making use of technologies from:

  • Chunghwa Yellow Page – geocoding engine, Business Listings and Point of Interest information
  • Kingway Technology –

Live Mesh: New Service Update

Live Mesh’es next update will air later today. No, it’s not available yet, I’ll update this post once it is 😉 Its available now. Right click the Live Mesh icon and select Update Live Mesh

As always the software will …