Today at TechEd Europe the Microsoft Translator Team announced that the Microsoft translator widget is now available to everyone, no more invite requirement!
A recap of today’s session:
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Bing Maps Silverlight Control 1.0 Released
The Bing Maps Silverlight Control has left CTP stage, as said it would back in August. Version 1.0 has just been released.
Everything from the CTP was brought forward including support for Deep Zoom, scalable images, video placement etc.! The …
Hey, a new Bing maps interface!
Just saw a tweet by Doc Searls (who likes the Birds Eye View) saying that the Bing Map Server was “temporarily unavailable”, so we checked and found a new interface:
The navigation bars look to be simplified, and “Get Directions” …
How big is Windows Live Messenger worldwide? Really Big
In a press release issued today, comScore breaks down the time spent online globally by properties, with Microsoft sites leading the way with nearly 15 percent of all time spent online (out of some 27 billion hours per month!):…
Upgrade From Windows Live Messenger 8.5
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The Windows Live Messenger Team notifies Messenger users in a blogpost that the mandatory update for version 8.5, as announced back in August, has begun. Users on Windows XP will need to ensure that they have installed Service Pack …
NBC Prepared For Winter Olympics, Adds Silverlight Player And Facebook Connect
Are you ready for the Winter Olympics? With the Olympics still 100 days away, NBC sure is. They made some changes to their site, NBCOlympics.com, for that. 
Just as last year with the Summer Olympics there will be …
Happy(?) Holidays from Bing: the new commercial
The first of what will probably be a bunch of new holiday themed Bing commercials just popped up, a variation on the “all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth” theme, with a poor kid just wanting (go …
Bing Maps Imagery Release, October 2009
Another 9,460 square kilometers of imagery has been released onto Bing Maps. This month’s release showcases high precision imagery for the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. The biggest drop by far was Greater Vancouver Metro…
Check out the …
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