PC World has rated Windows Live Local the best online mapping service – with a PCW rating of 90 (being "superior"). They describe Windows Live Local as being "Handsome design" with "unique features earned it top marks despite data glitches". …

The Live Mail team has just rolled out a minor update to the recent M5 release, that as well as including several bug fixes, sees the addition of Contact Controls.

Familiar to Spaces users, the Contact Control allows a user …

If you're a U.S. Resident, you are now free to signup and give Office Live a shot. The Office Live Team has temporarily removed the waitlist for U.S. Residents. Here's what Matt Rolak says on the Office Live Blog:

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One nice thing about LiveSide is that we don't have to chase down every Origami fold that wanders across the web. It's Windows Live here, and that's it. But Ray Ozzie's got me in a dilemma – is Live Clipboard …

Previously available in MSN's Premium client, Photo Mail is back and looking better than ever in Windows Live Mail Desktop. This built in feature will allow you to easily manage which photos you want in emails, let you add captions, …

The Office Live team blogged last week about some changes coming up in future versions of their products. Look for Office Live to be offering more and better developer access through Sharepoint Services 3 (WSS3), and Sharepoint Designer, the new …

Just a quick post concerning a few small updates to Windows Live services: Windows Live Mail – Full searching of emails is now available, previously it was sender and subject lines only. Windows Live Favorites – An updated toolbar plugin …

Earlier today, it was announced on Michael Smuga's blog that a new feature for Local Search went live. This new feature, dubbed "Send to Mobile" allows you to send the results of your Local Search right to your mobile device …

Yes Microsoft really is pushing hard to get into every search scenario possible. The latest up is Academic Search, offering additional features for search results depending on the type of search and the website hosting the information. Academic Search was …

Yes I'm posting yet another screenshot, this time of the expected Windows Live Messenger final UI.

 – Yes the UI looks must better, no bleaching!
 – Note the new status icons, a cross between old and new.
 – The two …