Windows Live Messenger: Sign-in Problems For Beta Users That Block A Group

This notice just got posted on Inside Windows Live Messenger (messengersays):

An issue has been discovered in the current Windows Live Messenger beta that may leave users unable to sign-in.  Only a very small number of users may encounter

By Sunshine in News
October 24th, 2008 at 11:07 am

Messenger Groups, Where Are They Headed?

We already told you about Groups in Messenger in our Messenger review, but what are they exactly and where are they headed?

The messengersays live space, explains as follows:

Windows Live Groups are persistent groups that are

By Sunshine in News
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:13 pm

Creating a Web Messenger control from Scratch – Part 8

So far in this series we have learned about the Sign-In control, how to use it and the new features allowing you customize and hide it. We have also learned about the User class, how to implement that and also …

By Hackersoft in Developer
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:21 pm

Handling Virtual Earth 6.2 “No Bird’s Eye Imagery” Bug

There are locations in Virtual Earth where Bird’s eye Imagery doesn’t exist for certain directional facings.  When a user attempts to rotate the Bird’s eye view when imagery is unavailable for that directional facing, maps.live.com displays a warning message.  Nothing will occur by …

By Derek Chan in Developer
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 am

Ray Ozzie at the DLA Piper Tech Summit: Cloud Computing has “enormous potential”

Speaking today at a keynote for the DLA Piper Tech Summit, Ray Ozzie tuned up his cloud computing mantra in preparation for next week’s PDC, by talking about the potential for the internet to speed up software usability.  In …

By Nick in News
October 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Search Within Office 2007 Documents: Filter Pack For Windows Search

Windows Search 4 already is an improvement over the standard Windows Search, but did you know you can search inside Office 2007 documents too?

I sure didn’t, Sarah Perez (on 10) does:

With the the Microsoft Filter Pack installed,

By Sunshine in News
October 21st, 2008 at 6:18 pm

Thinking Outside The Box, In The Box! Microsoft Begins Container Testing At Chicago Data Center

Microsoft’s first Data Center that makes use of shipping containers as a primary server-packaging unit, has moved into the testing phase. The facility in Chicago is the first purpose-built Data Center to accommodate containers on such a large scale. When …

By Sunshine in News
October 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Windows Live Messenger Program Managers talk about Wave 3: LiveSide interview part 2 of 3

In part one of our interview, Alton Kwok talked about some of the new features in the new Messenger beta, including an interesting history of “the pawn”, and how it finally was replaced in Messenger Wave 3 with “the

By Kip Kniskern in Interviews
October 21st, 2008 at 10:15 am

Windows Live Messenger Program Managers talk about Wave 3: LiveSide Interview Part 1 of 3

Today I ventured to Microsoft’s Red West campus to talk to three Windows Live Messenger Program Managers; Alton Kwok, Brian Moudy, and Marisol Ontaneda.  It was great getting a chance to talk to them about Windows Live Messenger and Wave …

By Kip Kniskern in Interviews
October 21st, 2008 at 8:14 am

Windows Live Messenger Program Managers talk Wave 3: Part 3 of 3

In the first two parts of our interview, we talked to Alton Kwok and Brian Moudy.  In this part, we talk to Marisol Ontaneda about design, and then we get into an overview of what it means to be a …

By Kip Kniskern in Interviews
October 21st, 2008 at 5:59 am