Hitwise Research Director Leann Prescott has posted the first real stats we’ve seen on question and answer site market share, and although Windows Live QnA is in third place, Yahoo! Answers is far ahead in the race with 96.1% US …

As more Windows Live services launch out of beta in the next few months, one of the unanswered questions still remains around premium subscribers. Some good news for Hotmail Plus users comes in the form of Windows Live Mail Plus, …

Over the last week a new Windows Live Help Community site has rolled out, aiming to provide support for Windows Live services and products. Users can ask and answer questions, as well as sharing their experiences and feedback on the …

It seems as though the headlines for the monthly search engine reports are getting worse and worse for Windows Live. Last week had the Guardian technology blog proclaim Windows Live Search could be renamed Dead Search . While nobody would say that …

The Map Room is reporting that 3D imagery for five new cities has been added to Virtual Earth.  The new cities include the following:

– Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN
– Tacoma, WA
– Sacramento, CA
– Various L.A. …

Robert McLaws is guessing that Windows Live Drive may be announced at CES in Las Vegas in January.  Basing his assumption on an ad in the CES 2007 guide, “Announcing a new way to share, protect, and store what …

Update: This competition is closed. We’ll have another one when Windows Live OneCare 1.5 launches in January 2007. 

As its Christmas, we’re giving out 5×1 year subscriptions for Windows Live OneCare 1.1, good for use on upto 3 PCs and upgradeable …

Winds of up to 70 mph knocked out power for nearly 533,000 homes and business in Western Washington after the worst storm in more than a decade.  Our very own Kip Kniskern was out of power and heat from Thursday night …

19/12 Update: This has stopped working now.

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Looks like Christmas has come early for those Windows Live users who haven’t got an @live.com email address yet. PicturePan2, the “unofficial LiveSide correspondent for China” has just posted a new …