Web Messenger, expected as part of the Wave 3 update to Windows Live Hotmail but only seen in fits and starts, appears to be making a comeback.  We spotted Web Messenger in December, only to discover that we were still …

Ok, so you got me, this is one of those shameless plugs posts. However, this is something that could benefit all you bloggers out there. Quite some time ago now (over two years!) I released my very first …

The other day we posted a “tweet” from “livesearch”, on Kumo being “only a test name”.  We posted on it after seeing it retweeted numerous times, including by a number of people we know to work at Microsoft (but that’s …

As of today, WorldWide Telescope is no longer limited to the Windows operating system, as the an alpha version of the WorldWide Telescope Web Client was released – and it’s based on Silverlight 2.0! This means that you can now …

Last year at MIX08 Microsoft Unveiled Internet Explorer 8 beta 1. After releasing beta 2 and a Release Candidate, at this year’s MIX, IE8’s final release will be announced (Keynote).

“Customers have made clear what they want …

More news from today’s keynote at MIX09:

Silverlight 3 Beta

Silverlight 3 Beta was unveiled at MIX09. This is a preview release which introduces more than 50 new features, including support for running Silverlight applications out of the browser, dramatic …

Last week Windows Live Calendar got updated, the following bugs got fixed: 

Syncing Calendar – You will no longer see errors resulting from a high CPU usage for the couple of minutes after the calendar sync. You’ll also see fewer …

Ian Moulster posted about a handy feature in Live Search: flight status. Flight status? Yea, as long as you know the flight number you can enter it on Live Search and the status will be shown right below the sponsored …

Seattle Times reporter Ben Romano posts today on some more problems for Hotmail, this time apparently caused by “routine maintenance” overnight gone somewhat wrong.  Romano pointed to the Hotmail Online Solutions Center, and a rash of recent discussions about …

Microsoft’s fledgling Azure Services platform, a beta offering that offers cloud computing services, suffered a 22 hour outage this weekend.  Azure joins Amazon and Flexiscale along with Hotmail and Gmail as web services that have suffered major outages recently.  …