Deep Zoom Composer And PhotoZoom Site Updated For Silverlight 2

We already told you that Microsoft Released Silverlight 2, but along with that a new version of the Deep Zoom Composer has also been released.

Nothing new in this version besides reliability improvements and that it now works with …

By Sunshine in News
October 15th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

Are you a PC? New Messenger Theme

A bit of marketing fluff, to be sure, but if you want to show off your inner geekiness, Windows Live Messenger is emailing users today with a download link to an “I’m a PC” theme.

ImaPC

ImaPC2

If you haven’t already …

By Nick in News
October 14th, 2008 at 4:46 am

Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2 On Tuesday, Oct. 14

Microsoft will release Silverlight 2 tomorrow. Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

New features include:

.NET Framework support with

By Sunshine in News
October 13th, 2008 at 9:04 pm

Live Services Jumpstart 2009

Via Mary-Jo Foley and Angus Logan we learn that Microsoft has just aired the site Live Services Jumpstart 2009 for their ‘secret training’ sessions ‘to explore the full breadth of the consumer components of … Live Services’. This 2-day training …

By ChrisW in Developer
October 11th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

Live Mesh: Live Mesh Remote Desktop Hot Fix!

Today you will be prompted to update Live Mesh (I just got prompted myself), if you are logged in as admin or if you are on an account with admin rights. This update changes the Live Mesh Remote Desktop component …

By Sunshine in News
October 10th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Live Mesh: Server Maintenance

Over the next couple days the Live Mesh Servers will undergo some maintenance. During this time you may experience Live Mesh service outages, including Live Mesh folders that are not synchronizing, or an inability to establish Live Mesh Remote …

By Sunshine in News
October 9th, 2008 at 11:38 am

Windows Live Movie Maker starts from scratch, plans big

Good to see the Windows Live Wire blog start to focus on Wave 3, this time with a good post by Eric Doerr on Windows Live Movie Maker.  If you’ve taken a look at Windows Live Movie Maker, you’ve …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 9th, 2008 at 8:22 am

New from MS Research: URank – “Search Gets Organized”

Just in from Microsoft Research, a new tool for ranking, sorting, and sharing search results called URank.  URank, a research prototype developed at Microsoft Research by Emre Kiciman, Shuo Chen, and  intern Konstantin Mertsalov, with some help apparently …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 9th, 2008 at 6:13 am

Load Virtual Earth on Demand

The Virtual Earth JavaScript control is not small weighing in at 217KB when compressed in Version 6.2. When you require the rich experience of Virtual Earth this size is not an issue, the control is aimed at broadband users and …

By John OBrien in Developer
October 8th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Virtual Earth: Partnership With DigitalGlobe Results In Worldwide Imagery Improvement

Are you in one of those countries where Microsoft Virtual Earth didn’t have good imagery? Good news for you, and for all those who like to watch these countries with VE too of course and for VE in general. There’s …

By Sunshine in News
October 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm