Back in November last year, LiveSide reported that Windows 8 will have cloud-based identity and roaming settings. Earlier this month through leaked screenshots of Windows Explorer in Windows 8 we saw that Windows 8 might be having Windows Live …

Screenshots of the next version of Microsoft Office – often referred to as “Office 15”, have begun to surface around the web. Today TheHotFix.net leaked a brand new screenshot showing Microsoft Outlook “15” with an overhaul of the Metro user …

Back in November 2008, Microsoft discontinued their subscription-based anti-virus software Windows Live OneCare and replaced it with the free Microsoft Security Essentials tool. However, one of it’s closely related product – Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner, an online anti-malware scanning, …

Today at Mix, Microsoft made a case for Windows Phone that was a step up from vague promises about delayed updates, side loading hacks, and low sales numbers.  After starting his part of the keynote with an apology and an …

Here we go again, get ready for day 2 of the Mix keynote liveblog!:

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Remember WorldWide Telescope, a project started from Microsoft Research back in 2008 that went beyond the skies and mapped the universe using imagery from ground and space-based telescopes around the world? Well it seems like there’s a new way …

Today at Mix 2011, Microsoft made available the first preview of internet Explorer 10. IE10 Platform Preview 1, available for download today is the first step in delivering the next wave of progress in native HTML5 support. Web sites and …

Welcome to Las Vegas! We’re happy to be bringing you our group liveblog once again, featuring Long Zheng, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Rafael Rivera, Paul Thurrott, Bob Stein, and yours truly. Feel free to join in, you can follow …

Microsoft’s web developer conference, Mix, is upon us again and we’ll be winging our way to Las Vegas to bring you all the latest.  Included in this year’s Mix are keynotes by Scott Guthrie, with news of Silverlight 5 …

You may be familiar with the photo-stitching capabilities of Windows Live Photo Gallery, well they’re powered by technology coming from Microsoft Research, called ICE, or Image Composite Editor.  ICE has just gone live with a new version, 1.4.2, that you …