As I was trying to browse to Windows Live Help Community today, what turned up was not what I expected – Microsoft had silently removed the service and the link now redirects to Windows Live Help. This is the latest …

We’ve had a LiveSide list of Windows Live services in a couple of forms up for quite some time now, but truthfully we haven’t been faithful in keeping it updated. This week, though, we’re rolling out an early version of …

Microsoft today announced plans at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival to invest in Live Search in Europe. A new Search Technology Center will open sometime during the next twelve months in Europe. The location of the facility has yet …

Last year Microsoft announced that the existing VOIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. Currently this service allows Windows Live Messenger users to call friends and family using regular landlines and mobile phones, but this functionality is …

While none of the updates are in the “mind-blowing” category, three Live services have announce updates this week.  First up, Office Live:

We have good news

We have taken all of the findings and with the help of the

Just opened up my www.live.com home page to receive a nice surprise:

… the less than awe-inspiring blue-gray of the home page has been replaced by a background picture.  This would seem to open up a number of opportunities for …

With all the news about Windows Live/Live Search products being dropped for good lately we almost forgot to add another one to the list  – one that never made it out of beta. After the first drop of Codename Orbit…

At Apple’s annual WWDC event, held today, Steve Jobs announced a new software+services product: MobileMe. Offering to synchronise emails, contact, and calendar data, the new service seems just like Windows Live. Except cooler (check out the screenshots) and …

Bill Gates announced the availability of a new build of Silverlight at his TechEd keynote, and now the new version, Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is available for download. I won’t get into all the new features and improvements in the …

In case you can’t get enough of Microsoft videos, there’s now a dedicated site for them in testing: http://preview.microsoft.com/video/. Built using Silverlight, the new Microsoft Video website looks to be a great central point for finding and viewing official …