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Windows Live SkyDrive – what’s to come in the next update

SkyDrive We saw today that there’s a major announcement about Windows Live Wave 3 to be released across all services soon, and one of the updated service is Windows Live SkyDrive. The SkyDrive team were one of the first to post …

Live Mesh to support devices and peripherals, hints at FrameIt integration

We’ve seen that Live Mesh supports PCs, Macs, Windows Mobile, and perhaps also your Home Server, Xbox, Zune, and Mobile Car, but digging through our PDC2008 materials we’ve learnt that Live Mesh will even …

Photosynth comes to Live Search Maps

We mentioned previously that the Photosynth team has officially moved into the Virtual Earth Product Group. Today, Sarah Perez on Channel 10 pointed out that Photosynth is now officially integrated with Live Search Maps. Here’s an excerpt:

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Windows Live Admin Center updated with new Wave 3 look

Windows Live Admin Center just got the new look today – with the new Wave 3 header and themes. However, in terms of functionality, there’re no apparent changes since its last update. Here’s a screenshot:

AdminCenter

We’re awaiting on the …

Windows Live Calendar Updated – now supports Group Calendar

We mentioned last time that the Groups Calendar was available already on the dogfood server, but you couldn’t really do anything to it as all you get is an error message and nothing is being loaded into the Calendar. Windows …

Windows Live Essentials strikes back – completing the Windows 7 experience

The Original Windows Live EssentialsRemember Windows Live Essentials, the service that went through its early beta stages back in 2006 and never made it out of beta, that’s meant to “offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, security services and …

WorldWide Telescope gone 3D – Equinox Beta available now

Yesterday Kip added a nice bonus liveblog covering the keynote of Rick Rash from Microsoft Research, which announced an update to their space-exploration software WorldWide Telescope. Codenamed the “Autumnal Equinox Beta”, the update now features a 3D-engine that …

Windows Live Home beta (accidently) available to public!

As I was checking my Calendar (using the dogfood address we mentioned earlier) today, I unconsciously clicked "Home" to take me back to the usual Windows Live Home, forgetting that I was on the dogfood server. Expecting that I …

The Ray Ozzie PDC: clarity emerges from the cloud

While the Professional Developer’s Conference has traditionally been associated with the operating system it introduces, make no mistake: This is the Ray Ozzie PDC.  Windows 7 made for a nice bit of eye candy after the ethereal and hard to …

Groups options in Messenger Wave 3 activated – featuring Groups Calendar!

Today it seems like Microsoft have flipped the switch and turned on the menu for Windows Live Groups in the new Messenger wave 3 beta! When you right-click on a Groups’ name the following option menu will pop-up:

group menu

Previously these …