Windows Live Wave 3: What’s next?

Well we’re through the first round of Wave 3 news, awaiting our next big push starting in a little more than a week from Microsoft’s Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC) in LA.  We’ll be there, of course, and we’re going to …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
October 20th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

HD View: ICE, Photoshop Plugin, And Hdmake Updates

Following the Deep Zoom Composer and the PhotoZoom website, ICE (Image Composite Editor) and the HD View Utilities (Photoshop Plugin and hdmake) have also been updated to work with Silverlight 2 now.

In addition to getting the latest Silverlight

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By Sunshine in News
October 20th, 2008 at 12:10 am

Groups options in Messenger Wave 3 activated – featuring Groups Calendar!

Today it seems like Microsoft have flipped the switch and turned on the menu for Windows Live Groups in the new Messenger wave 3 beta! When you right-click on a Groups’ name the following option menu will pop-up:

group menu

Previously these …

By damaster in News
October 19th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

Live Maps Argentina Is Now Live

Chris Pendleton has just blogged that Live Maps for Argentina is now live. From his post:

This site comes with geocoding places and addresses, road maps, satellite imagery and photography and traffic incident and flow information. In terms of

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By Matthew in News
October 18th, 2008 at 11:41 am

Live Search rebranded as “Windows Live Search”?

Is this for real?

It started with an interesting comment on the Live Search blog by a Group Product Manager for Live Search, hinting at rebranding efforts to come:

We’re glad you like the product and we recognize that

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By Kip Kniskern in News
October 18th, 2008 at 6:28 am

Microsoft Not Happy With Test Results OneCare, Questions Secunia’s Testing Method

In the latest test by Secunia, Windows Live OneCare ended up fifth, detecting only 1,67% of the exploits tested on. The test cases were a mix of three different kinds of exploits: Proof of Concept (PoC), GameOver PoC and …

By Sunshine in News
October 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Photosynth Wins Breakthrough Award

The Photosynth blog has posted that they are one of 10 winners of the Popular Mechanics Magazine’s Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year. Photosynth was released in August and since then has won a lot of praise …

By kip in News
October 16th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Virtual Earth: Get A MultiMap Map On Your Site For Free!

If you own a small business and want to show your customers how to get to you, you could of course screenshot some map and/or type out driving instructions. But why not make it easier on yourself? Use Multimap.com’s …

By Sunshine in News
October 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

Live Search xRank Updated

Today we saw an update to the new Live Search xRank, with its homepage having a major revamp:

xRank …

By damaster in News
October 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

MSN Groups to Close: Windows Live Groups to begin Nov. 17

We’ve been hearing rumors of the closure of MSN Groups and its replacement by Windows Live Groups for years now, last having written about it almost exactly a year ago.  Now, however, in an email from Technical Support posted …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
October 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
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