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LiveSide under attack by comment spam

Thank you to all of you that are reporting the comment spam that has been popping up on LiveSide recently. We're working on a solution for this as we speak and attempting to battle it. Just stick with us and …

Windows Live Search Announced…oh wait, What?

WLSearch new icon.gifMicrosoft has announced Windows Live Search, due to go into beta later in 2006. Now I know exacly what you're thinking: "But you can use Windows Live Search right now on search.live.com why did they announce a new beta for …

Windows Live Search takes to the desktop

At the CEO Summit today, a new Windows Live search client was demoed, codenamed Casino. Complete with the Windows Live Flair header and the Orb, the new client is designed to bring a user's search experience together in one location. …

Windows Live Search on the Desktop!

WLSearch new icon.gifChris talked about the new Windows Live Search on the Desktop application earlier today. Want to stay informed on Microsoft's upcoming new desktop search application for Windows Live? Head on over to their new blog called "Find My Stuff"! Click …

Windows Live Developer platform switches up a gear

WLSoon icon.gifLast night I got to meet with Koji Kato from the Windows Live Developer Platform team (formerly of the Tablet PC team) and spoke with him about the developer push they are making with Windows Live. It appears as though …

Buy a picture of your house for $3?

WLLlocal icon.gifAn interesting tidbit in this morning's Seattle PI, in a story on Pictometry, the company that does the "bird's eye view" photography for Windows Live Local.

Microsoft already has begun making images available free on a new map

Windows Live Mail M6 is here – Firefox supported (almost)

WLMail new icon.gifWindows Live Mail M6 has just shipped, with changes including: – Firefox support. Doesn't include Spell checker, resizable splitters between message list and reading pane. Does include drag and drop and signatures. – Policy Changes – Performance – Signatures – …

Windows Live InfoCard STS goes live

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What is the InfoCard Security Token Service? The InfoCard Security Token Service authenticates users based on the identity information provided by InfoCard and returns claims about that identity that can be used by relying sites. The InfoCard Security Token Service

Windows Live Account coming “mid to late May”

WindowsLive.gifOver on the Mail Support blog they've confirmed that users on Live Mail will be able to access the new Windows Live Account pages by the end of this month. Users won't have to do anything to take advantage of …

Windows Live Mail M6 ships (soon)

WLMail new icon.gifUpdate: Apparently this shouldn't have been posted on the team support blog yet, so don't expect to see the update today. It also got some of the non-firefox features wrong too. It wasn't too far out on the release …