Windows Live / Facebook integration coming in April?

Another day, another gem coming from Twitter.  This time, TechCrunch found a tweet by a Microsoft Advertising marketing manager for Southeast Asia (since taken down), which appears to reveal the timing of Facebook integration into Windows Live:

Facebook will be

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 21st, 2009 at 8:10 pm

Hotmail Web Messenger returns (or does it?)

Web Messenger, expected as part of the Wave 3 update to Windows Live Hotmail but only seen in fits and starts, appears to be making a comeback.  We spotted Web Messenger in December, only to discover that we were still …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 21st, 2009 at 3:32 am

Live Writer Backup Released

Ok, so you got me, this is one of those shameless plugs posts. However, this is something that could benefit all you bloggers out there. Quite some time ago now (over two years!) I released my very first …

By Harrison Hoffman in News
March 20th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

The one where we messed up on Twitter accounts for Live Search

The other day we posted a “tweet” from “livesearch”, on Kumo being “only a test name”.  We posted on it after seeing it retweeted numerous times, including by a number of people we know to work at Microsoft (but that’s …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 20th, 2009 at 8:29 am

WorldWide Telescope Web Client now available – bringing the universe closer to everyone

As of today, WorldWide Telescope is no longer limited to the Windows operating system, as the an alpha version of the WorldWide Telescope Web Client was released – and it’s based on Silverlight 2.0! This means that you can now …

By damaster in News
March 19th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Internet Explorer 8 To Be Released At Noon EDT Today (March 19)

Last year at MIX08 Microsoft Unveiled Internet Explorer 8 beta 1. After releasing beta 2 and a Release Candidate, at this year’s MIX, IE8’s final release will be announced (Keynote).

“Customers have made clear what they want …

By Sunshine in News
March 19th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

MIX09: Silverlight 3 Beta, Tools And More…

More news from today’s keynote at MIX09:

Silverlight 3 Beta

Silverlight 3 Beta was unveiled at MIX09. This is a preview release which introduces more than 50 new features, including support for running Silverlight applications out of the browser, dramatic …

By Sunshine in News
March 18th, 2009 at 10:57 pm

Live Messenger Web Toolkit

With the Mix09 Keynote taking place later today (4pm GMT, watch it live at http://live.visitmix.com/), one of the things that will be shown at Mix is the Live Messenger Web Toolkit. Basically, the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit “enables …

By ScottIsAFool in Developer Featured
March 18th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

Calendar Updated

Last week Windows Live Calendar got updated, the following bugs got fixed: 

Syncing Calendar – You will no longer see errors resulting from a high CPU usage for the couple of minutes after the calendar sync. You’ll also see fewer …

By Sunshine in News
March 18th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

Twitter intrigue: Kumo “only the test name”: Live Search

Adding to the intrigue of what to call the falling further and further behind Microsoft search product, the Live Search team posted this tonight:

kumotestname

Here’s the list of Live Search twitter accounts, for those of you playing along …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
March 18th, 2009 at 7:12 am