Kumo.com, the new iteration of Live Search, is supposed to be in “internal tests”, but apparently at least for a time last night it was live.  We picked up on a re-tweet of a tweet taken down (btw, why bother? …

Ina Fried at CNET not only has news and an email from Live Search Senior Vice President Satya Nadella on the much rumored but now soon to be internally released Kumo.com beta, but she has a screenshot as well:…

Live Search, keeping to a Spring and Fall update schedule, is set to unveil its new name sometime this spring, and now thanks to Twitter it is more than just rumor.  We’ve been hearing about a possible rebrand for quite …

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 …

The Windows Live Custom Domains gives us an update on the status of the Windows Live Service as well as what we can expect for the next release:

We are working hard on our next release. You can expect to

Chris Beiter, while hinting that the Office 2007 Beta 2 release is coming very very soon, is looking for input on the Office Live Developer Guide he's working on for release later this year. He's looking to write something other …

The Messenger Team has two really neat new websites designed to help spread the word of Windows Live Messenger Beta – which is now open to the public without any invitations. Check out "The Future of MSN Messenger". And …

Microsoft is in the process of preparing the rollout of Windows Live LifeCams, their new High Definition set of webcams. This series of web cameras will feature high definition still shots on all models and high definition video on …

Microsoft has launched the beta of their product search for Windows Live. Windows Live Product search allows users to search through products offered by 10,000 resellers. The Product Search Team has also launched an official blog and here's a bit …

During Steve Ballmer's keynote yesterday morning, Chief Advertising Strategist, Yusuf Medhi, demoed a few new adCenter prototypes that they are working on. Here is a little video that I took from the crowd. Enjoy! Products Demoed: Demographic identifier Tools for …