Back in June 2010, Microsoft discontinued support for the Twitter connected service in Windows Live due to policy changes made on Twitter’s end, and was unable to reach an agreement with Twitter since then to make it available again. However, …

We know that since the release of Windows Phone 7, many people have been asking for built-in Windows Live Messenger support, given that the “official” partner-built Messenger by Miyowa app had been lackluster is both features and integration with the …

Last week we noticed a number of Twitter links to a blog post decrying Windows Phone.  Entitled “6 Reasons Windows Phone 7 is Dead in the Water”, I4U News listed their top reasons why we should “abandon ship …

At the bottom of your profile page, there was an opportunity to leave a note. WAS, yes, the feature is no more, as cleverly noticed by Winston.

• Effective April 21, 2011 the ‘Notes’ option on a user’s (Live

We know that Microsoft had been working on a HTML5 version of Bing, which was released to a lucky few recently. But Microsoft is slated to go “all in” with HTML5, with Mary Jo Foley received a tip today …

A couple of weeks ago, after Microsoft released a “Windows Phone Support Tool”, complete with wide open dlls that allowed ChevronWP7 “homebrew” hacker Chris Walsh to create his own little NoDo updater tool, we crossed our fingers and updated our …

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 …

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 …

Today at Mix 2011, Microsoft made available the first preview of internet Explorer 10. IE10 Platform Preview 1, available for download today is the first step in delivering the next wave of progress in native HTML5 support. Web sites and …

After months of waiting and a few “peeks”, it looks like Bing has finally turned on the HTML5 version of its “decision engine.  We’ve heard some rumblings about it being ready to go, but tonight for the first time …