Live Mesh video interview parts 1 and 2: Abhay Parasnis and Jeff Hanson

Our coverage of PDC continues with some big announcements about Live Mesh coming out of LA.  Sometime this week you will be required to update Live Mesh, and after that will be introduced to some significant changes.  Beginning with very …

By Kip Kniskern in Interviews
October 30th, 2008 at 4:08 pm

WorldWide Telescope gone 3D – Equinox Beta available now

Yesterday Kip added a nice bonus liveblog covering the keynote of Rick Rash from Microsoft Research, which announced an update to their space-exploration software WorldWide Telescope. Codenamed the “Autumnal Equinox Beta”, the update now features a 3D-engine that …

By damaster in News
October 30th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Windows Live Home beta (accidently) available to public!

As I was checking my Calendar (using the dogfood address we mentioned earlier) today, I unconsciously clicked "Home" to take me back to the usual Windows Live Home, forgetting that I was on the dogfood server. Expecting that I …

By damaster in News
October 30th, 2008 at 1:45 am

One more Liveblog: Rick Rashid from Microsoft Research

A little added bonus today, Rick Rashid, who heads up Microsoft Research, is keynoting.  Anything coming out of MSR is interesting and fun, so it should be a good hour:…

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 29th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

The Ray Ozzie PDC: clarity emerges from the cloud

While the Professional Developer’s Conference has traditionally been associated with the operating system it introduces, make no mistake: This is the Ray Ozzie PDC.  Windows 7 made for a nice bit of eye candy after the ethereal and hard to …

By damaster in Bing
October 29th, 2008 at 9:47 am

Live Mesh updates announced at PDC

Live Mesh is going into Beta later this week, along with support for Mac and Windows Mobile 6 clients. Other changes coming later this week (from the Live Mesh blog):

– Drag & Drop functionality in the Live …

By Chris in News
October 28th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

PDC Liveblog Day 2 Part 1: Ray Ozzie, Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie, and David Treadwell

Yesterday was our first attempt at Liveblogging the PDC keynotes.  Today we’re back with Day 2, in two parts.  In the first part we’ll hear about Windows 7, Live Mesh, and a few “surprises”.…

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 28th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

Windows Live Tools For Visual Studio Updated

Whilst there has been no official word on this yet, I noticed today that the Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio has been updated on Microsoft Downloads.

From the download page:

This CTP is an update to July 2008

By kip in Developer
October 28th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

PDC Liveblog Day 2 part 2: Don Box and Chris Anderson

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 28th, 2008 at 8:13 am

David Treadwell at PDC: Live Mesh to join Windows Live

This is the third time we’ve had a chance to talk with David Treadwell, Corporate Vice President for Live Platform Services.  We’ll be talking a lot more in depth about Live Mesh coming up, but we appreciate the opportunity to …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 28th, 2008 at 1:14 am