Info World is reporting that the newly re-designed MSN Search home page will be re-branded Windows Live Search before the end of June, according to an MSN product manager. The Microsoft employee, Justin Osmer, said in the article that "We're …

At this year's CES, Microsoft announced a partnership with DirecTV to bring more content into the living room. It seems we are starting to see some of the results of this partnership today. A scan of the March 2006 issue …

Today, Microsoft notified testers of Windows Live Favorites, its "roaming favorites" solution, of the impending release of new features in a coming refresh. An email from the beta team read:

"I'm sure you all have noticed that we did

Finally a new Windows Live service to blog about (the first of several!):

Family Safety Settings is an easy-to-use parental control application that is designed to monitor, control and filter online activity. By creating specific accounts for your children, you …

…that is, mixed between "nothing but a re-hash", and "no it doesn't mean a web version of Microsoft Office".

In the "nothing but a rehash" camp, David Hunter points out the similiarities between the bCentral press release of 1999 and …

Press Release

Microsoft Corp. today announced the beta availability of Microsoft Office Live (http://www.OfficeLive.com), offering small-business customers a cost-free opportunity to experience the company's new Internet-based software services firsthand. A milestone for the online services previewed last fall, Microsoft Office …

Yes, Office Live invites are finally being sent out. Dare posted his thoughts on the beta, you can read more here (Screenshots included).

As Dare notes, you need to provide credit card details upon signup, a method to dissuade spammers …

Apologies for this news being rather slow, we're all actually under NDA for this beta so couldn't post it. Yes we do respect all our contractual obligations, despite the content of certain posts we make.

Build 562 screenshots on MessengerSays…

After we hinted at the upcoming beta launch yesterday, Mary Jo Foley has gone right out and given the expected time and date: Wednesday 15th February, 6am PST (2pm GMT).

Beta testers will require a product key in order to …

Here's a collection of little Live tidbits, in no particular order…

There's a beta(2) of Windows Defender available today (2/13), here. Defender is the Anti-Spyware offering built from the MS purchase of Giant in late 2004, which will be …