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Don’t look now, Live Search viral videos worst yet

We thought we’d seen it all when it came to viral videos used by Microsoft to advertise new products. From the “Hot Male” series (pretty good) through to the MSN “No one wants to look dumb” series …

Changes Afoot For UK Live Maps Users – A Heads Up

James Senior, a Microsoft UK blogger, has put up on his blog about an impending change to Live Maps in the UK. Don’t worry, we’re not going to see the farce that happened last time! The changes that will …

Get Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free from Amazon.com

While we don’t usually do these kind of late-night TV infomercials, this one should be of interest to a few of you. Amazon.com is currently running a $30 rebate on Windows Live OneCare 2.0, which means after rebate you get it …

Messenger TV is coming soon

Remember Messenger TV? We’ve told you about the French version before. On May 8th Messenger TV will be released to the following 20 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, …

Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support Blog: Responding to Customer Feedback – Disabling DAV

We notified you about the changes Microsoft planned for accessing Hotmail with Outlook Express, the disabling of the DAV protocol. The transition deadline has now been postponed:

Recently, many customers received notification regarding Microsoft’s plan to disable the DAV

Disney + Virtual Earth + Twitter + Flickr = Twisney

What do you get when you combine Disney with Virtual Earth, Twitter and Flickr? You get Twisney! Chris Pendleton, VE Tech Evangelist, writes the following on his blog:

Here’s a unique mashup – Twisney – Virtual Earth, Twitter

Microsoft’s i’m Initiative: Hotmail users can now give Microsoft’s money to good causes

I’m sure you know about the I’m Initiative for Windows  Live Messenger, but now you can also help out by sending mail with Windows Live Hotmail!

What is the i’m Initiative?

The i’m Initiative is a Microsoft program where

Live Search new Home Page is here to stay

Seems like every time the new-look Live Search Home Page was tested, we happened to be online and caught it, but now the new look is here to stay.  If you don’t already see it at www.live.com you will soon.…

Live Mesh promo video shows Mac and Windows Mobile clients (xbox too maybe?)

Given Long Zheng’s passion for Microsoft promo videos, I thought it only fitting that we pay tribute and post about the Live Mesh one that has appeared on YouTube from the Web2.0 Expo. While I can’t offer high-res stills …

Live Mesh synch: How to check sync progress to the cloud

While Live Mesh is not nearly feature complete, not even in beta until later in the year, there are some features that would be really helpful, like knowing how far along a synch to the cloud has progressed.  Currently there …