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Windows Live Gallery gets update – Adds Microsoft Points for micropayments

Today sees the update of Windows Live Gallery, the online site where users can personalise their Windows Live experience. From a user’s perspective the update adds the new Wave 2 UI, as well as a new area showcasing gadgets …

Microsoft SharedView Beta 2 now available

Microsoft SharedView, while not technically a Windows Live program, is available on www.get.live.com under “more betas”, and it seems to be falling in the cracks between Office and Windows Live.

SharedView allows you to collaborate on documents etc with up …

Is Live Search coming to Facebook?

Hot on the heels of today’s Microsoft buys a share of Facebook announcement comes some speculation from Search Engine Land, that Live Search may soon make an appearance inside of Facebook.  The speculation, from Greg Sterling:

During this afternoon’s

Virtual Earth 3D Tours: starting to get the hang of it

We got our first glimpse of Virtual Earth 3D Tours at Searchification, but it wasn’t much more that a glimpse, and when it went public we were scrambling a bit to get it figured out and get a post up …

Coming soon: Get a Windows Live ID from your phone

An announcement coming at CTIA in San Francisco this week will unveil plans to offer the ability to sign up for a Windows Live ID from your phone, simply and securely.  Why is this important?  This from Phil Holden from

The most common Windows Live installation problems

Thanks to Mess.be for spotting this – a Knowledge Base article on what to do if you can’t get Windows Live apps to install.  The article lists the most common problems:

•The system does not meet the minimum requirements

Microsoft Live Labs Listas Technology Preview

Microsoft Live Labs have recently released their latest technology preview, Microsoft Live Labs Listas, a web-based application tool for the creation, management and sharing of lists, notes, favorites, and other such stuff. Listas provides you with a WYSIWYG which allows you to

Microsoft and Dassault Systemes announce 3DVia – again

In a press release dated October 18, Microsoft and Dassault Systemes formally announced the launch of 3DVia:

REDMOND, Wash., and PARIS — Oct. 18, 2007 — Dassault Systèmes (DS), a world leader in 3-D and product life-cycle management (PLM)

Update to Windows Live Account enables Linked IDs

Microsoft has silently updated its Windows Live Account pages. They are now featuring the new Wave 2 look. In addition to the visual make-over the update brings a long requested and hinted at feature: Linked IDs.

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When you sign in …

Windows Live Photo Gallery And Flickr

Kip noted yesterday about WLPG getting an update from Windows Update and included a Microsoft KB link, but what that link doesn’t contain was what else might have come with that update. You might remember last month we hinted that …