I will be the first one to admit it, I was having some serious doubts about the future of Windows Live Mail Desktop, that is until the latest build was released to the public. Prior to the recent build, …

Trevin Chow and his team launch their official Windows Live ID blog on MSN Spaces today. He describes what Windows Live ID and how it will affect current Passport users:

Windows Live ID is the upgrade/replacement for the Microsoft Passport

All the signs are pointing to a launch on Tuesday of Windows Live Academic Search. Dean Giustini who met with the team last week says " it's official worldwide launch is Tuesday April 11th, 2006." Given that the domain academic.live.com…

Dean Giustini, a medical librarian at the University of British Columbia gives his thoughts on Windows Live Academic Search:

(W)hat did I think of Microsoft Academic Search? Was I impressed? In short, I wasn't bowled over, but I wasn't

Dare Obasanjo talks about a new Social Networking tool to come to Windows Live Messenger called "Friends List". It allows you to add friends to a social network of your very own. Here's how Dare describes it:

Australian users of

Yellowpages.com, one of the internets biggest yellow pages list website, has chosen to use Windows Live Local / Virtual Earth as their online mapping platform for their website.

Here's what the Windows Live Local Blog says about Yellowpages.com using Virtual …

Most Hotmail users who don't pay for the premium service have been hit by the 30 day expiration limit at least once, or know someone who has. Frustrating, yes. Outdated, definitely. Luckily this is changing with Live Mail, as Omar …

The Windows Live Expo Team has gotten a ton of feedback since launch and would like to take an opportunity to discuss how they are addressing the top issues brought to their attention. Worth checking out if you want insights …

We've just added a few details to the LiveSide rss feed. The username of the staff member who posted the article is now shown, and their email address is included as well. So for those of you lucky enough …

Yesterday Brandon from MSTechToday and Longhorn Blogs joined the LiveSide staff. Describing himself as a "Technology Enthusiast for Windows Live Services and Windows Vista" we're happy to have another great addition to the team 🙂 Brandon's profile is here and …