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Mix Liveblog Day 1

Hey, we’re in the front row! Just got in to the main hall for the first day of Mix 10, Long should have pictures up soon. We’re going to go ahead and post this iframe now, just to make sure …

Windows Live Messenger Wave 4: Interoperability with Facebook chat

Wlm_logo-ic While we may or may not hear about Windows Live Wave 4 at MIX10 this year(we do try to keep our hopes up though!), recently we’ve received a few tips from sources close to Microsoft about the upcoming version of …

What to expect (and what not to) from Mix

mix Mix 10 starts on Monday morning (at 9am Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7), as Daylight Savings Time starts in the US on Sunday March 14), and we’ll be there to liveblog the event (we’ll have a post up on Monday with …

No Wave 4 (yet), but a new sign in page, Yay!

We’re all chomping at the bit for new Windows Live toys to play with, obviously,  when something as seemingly minor as a new Hotmail sign-in page generates no less than 4 tips (as always we really appreciate it)!

Sometime today …

New MSN homepage rolling out

Microsoft is rolling out the new MSN homepage to its US users over the next few weeks. The new MSN homepage cuts through the clutter with a clean, new design and offers search, news, local and social networking – all …

Office Web Apps to graduate with Windows Live Wave 4: gives clue to final release date?

Today we noticed a tweet coming from our good friend Long Zheng who noted the following:

Just spoke with MS reps about Office Web Apps. V1 will be shipping with Live Wave 4. Date tentative

While this is not surprising as Office Web Apps is part of Windows Live SkyDrive (or to be potentially called Windows Live Docs), …

XNA Game Studio 4.0 unveiled at GDC

The big news for Windows Phone 7 Series is still to come at Mix next week, but today at the Game Developer’s Conference, Microsoft unveiled XNA Game Studio 4.0, part of a comprehensive plan to get app development for …

Introducing the new Windows Live Solution Center – now expanded beyond Hotmail support

Windows Live Solution Center Back in 2008, Microsoft introduced the Windows Live Solution Center (WLSC), originally intended to focus on problems and solutions specifically for Hotmail. Today upon visiting the website, it seems like Microsoft recently updated Solution Center to support all Windows …

TechFest 2010: Next generation Image Composite Editor with Multi-Image Fusion technologies

Last week we presented you with one of TechFest 2010’s new research projects: OneAlbum. Today we’ll introduce you to another piece of new technology from Microsoft Research labs – Image Composite Editor (ICE) with Multi-Image Fusion. To some of …

More Wave 4 screenshots on LiveSino.net, only this time they’re blocked in China!

This morning our friend Picturepan2, as he likes to be called, posted a couple more Wave 4 screenshots, which to be honest are pretty much just more of the same (although the Windows Live Photo Gallery image manipulation is …