Is this for real?

It started with an interesting comment on the Live Search blog by a Group Product Manager for Live Search, hinting at rebranding efforts to come:

We’re glad you like the product and we recognize that

In the latest test by Secunia, Windows Live OneCare ended up fifth, detecting only 1,67% of the exploits tested on. The test cases were a mix of three different kinds of exploits: Proof of Concept (PoC), GameOver PoC and …

The Photosynth blog has posted that they are one of 10 winners of the Popular Mechanics Magazine’s Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year. Photosynth was released in August and since then has won a lot of praise …

If you own a small business and want to show your customers how to get to you, you could of course screenshot some map and/or type out driving instructions. But why not make it easier on yourself? Use Multimap.com’s …

Today we saw an update to the new Live Search xRank, with its homepage having a major revamp:

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We’ve been hearing rumors of the closure of MSN Groups and its replacement by Windows Live Groups for years now, last having written about it almost exactly a year ago.  Now, however, in an email from Technical Support posted …

We already told you that Microsoft Released Silverlight 2, but along with that a new version of the Deep Zoom Composer has also been released.

Nothing new in this version besides reliability improvements and that it now works with …

A bit of marketing fluff, to be sure, but if you want to show off your inner geekiness, Windows Live Messenger is emailing users today with a download link to an “I’m a PC” theme.

If you haven’t already …

Microsoft will release Silverlight 2 tomorrow. Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

New features include:

•.NET Framework support with

Today you will be prompted to update Live Mesh (I just got prompted myself), if you are logged in as admin or if you are on an account with admin rights. This update changes the Live Mesh Remote Desktop component …