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Leaked Windows 8 system resources confirms cloud syncing capabilities

Back in November last year, LiveSide reported that Windows 8 will have cloud-based identity and roaming settings. Earlier this month through leaked screenshots of Windows Explorer in Windows 8 we saw that Windows 8 might be having Windows Live

AT&T starts selling WP7-Certified microSD cards, phones to get NoDo April 19th with unique features

WP7 Certified microSDWhen the first batch of Windows Phone 7 devices first came out, attention was paid to the availability of the microSD card slot in several phones, particularly the Samsung Focus. Unfortunately, while Samsung Focus supports microSD card expansion, several caveats …

Full Metro UI shown in Office “15” screenshot leak – what will Windows Live Wave 5 look like?

Screenshots of the next version of Microsoft Office – often referred to as “Office 15”, have begun to surface around the web. Today TheHotFix.net leaked a brand new screenshot showing Microsoft Outlook “15” with an overhaul of the Metro user …

Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner finally discontinued

Windows Live OneCare Safety ScannerBack in November 2008, Microsoft discontinued their subscription-based anti-virus software Windows Live OneCare and replaced it with the free Microsoft Security Essentials tool. However, one of it’s closely related product – Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner, an online anti-malware scanning, …

Windows Phone “Mango” to bring Private and Beta marketplace distribution options

After all the excitements from the MIX11 keynote yesterday on the upcoming Windows Phone "Mango" update, there is another piece of information coming out from one of the MIX11 Windows Phone sessions. MobilityDigest.com posted a slide from the session …

MIX 2011: Everything we know about the Windows Phone “Mango” update

So it’s been a day of great announcements at MIX 2011 today. If you’ve missed the Day 2 keynote this morning, it is now available on the MIX 2011 website, or you can also check out our liveblog for …

MIX 2011: Kinect SDK for Windows demoed navigating the universe in WorldWide Telescope

Remember WorldWide Telescope, a project started from Microsoft Research back in 2008 that went beyond the skies and mapped the universe using imagery from ground and space-based telescopes around the world? Well it seems like there’s a new way …

Microsoft launches Bing Business Portal

Microsoft just launched their new Bing Business Portal beta today, replacing the old Bing Local Listing Center, which allow business owners to create and manage their local business listings on Bing, all for free. With Bing Business Portal, business owners …

Miyowa to bring “official” Windows Live Messenger app onto Android Market

According to reports from French website Clubic.com, it appears that Microsoft is set to launch its first officially-endorsed Windows Live Messenger client onto the Android Market next Monday April 11th. Interestingly, unlike its iOS counterpart, this app is …

Windows 8 Explorer to have built-in Windows Live Mesh and SkyDrive Wave 5 integration?

Recently, our friends Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott have been hard at work bringing us secrets from the early pre-beta builds of Windows 8, believed to have been released to a handful of OEMs and partners on Microsoft Connect just …