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Virtual Earth / Live Maps: It’s Music Festival Time!

Looking for a Music Festival to go to this summer? The Virtual Earth Team has created a map that will eventually contain nearly a hundred festivals around the world!

Spin’s May issue runs down nearly a hundred festivals around the

Microsoft Announces Changes for Accessing Hotmail with Outlook Express

Important news if you currently access your Windows Live Hotmail with Outlook Express, come June 30th. this will no longer be possible.

A change is coming for users that access Hotmail with Outlook Express. Outlook Express uses a protocol called

Albany Beta launches today, what is it?

Microsoft launches Albany Beta today, but what is it? The name reveals nothing. “Albany” is the codename for a new all-in-one subscription service of essential software and services for consumers. It consists of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

I’m Initiative Participants Select UNICEF as Top Charity in First Year of Microsoft’s Initiative

Remember I’m making a difference? Now a year has passed we get to know some of the results. The Initiative has raised $1.3 million in total.

"The generous support and passion of our Windows Live Messenger customers participating in

New Live Search News site spotted, testing Rome again?

This evening, for a little while, the Live Search News Site looked completely different from what we are used to. This is what we normally see:

LiveSearchRegular

We spotted it like this earlier:

 LiveSearchNews

Notice how it shows articles now instead …

PhotoZoom Updates and Facebook Application

It’s little over a month now since PhotoZoom got released. Matt Augustine let’s us know about the updates PhotoZoom got since then.

PhotoZoomUpload

Where previously you had to upload your pictures (jpeg) one-by-one, if you didn’t already have them in

Virtual Bird’s Eye

Chris Pendleton let’s us know about a new site for Virtual Earth’s Bird Eye. Virtual Bird’s Eye – A virtual bird’s eye view of the world – Mapping the News, Interesting Places, Current Events and Unique Attractions.

Virtual Bird’s

Windows Live OneCare for Server private beta started

Paul Thurrott got word from Microsoft that Windows Live OneCare for Server has gone into private beta:

Last month, Microsoft highlighted its Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Live OneCare for Server, upcoming solutions aimed at providing increased security

Windows Live Writer update available

There’s an update available for Windows Live Writer. This update, KB 951125, fixes the following 4 problems:

An error occurs when you publish a post that contains images to Blogger:
Because of a change in the Picasa image-hosting

Silverlight 2.0 timetable revealed

As most will know by now, Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web, an Adobe Flash competitor. Mary Jo Foley discovered a Microsoft