Windows Live to replace Mail, Photo Gallery, and Movie Maker in Windows 7

Windows Live is set to take a much more prominent role with Windows 7, as Microsoft made it official today that Mail, Photo Gallery, and Movie Maker are being removed from the operating system, to be replaced by the free …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:51 am

Wave 3 download links: The story

So our post earlier in the week with all the Wave 3 download g-links may have annoyed a few people. Or more than a few people. But hey, we’re only fulfilling our roles as both fans and bloggers. Translucency versus …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
September 19th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

Live Search adds features as market share shrinks

More of the same from comScore this week, as the latest numbers show that in the US, Live Search and Yahoo! continue to lose share to Google.  While US search share numbers from the three major reporting services (comScore, Neilsen …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 19th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

Windows Live Calendar Gets New Wave 3 Look And To Do List

The Windows Live Calendar upgrade announced here has now completed. It now has a new look and the thing that one notices right away is that it now has the Wave 3 header. Wave 3 header? Yea the one with …

By Sunshine in News
September 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

Windows Live beta discussion forum

As we’ve been asked a number of times for some discussion forums, we’ve set one up for the Windows Live Wave 3 betas.

Check it out.

This will not formally be moderated, so please keep things on-topic and respectful. …

By Chris in News
September 18th, 2008 at 11:43 pm

Wave 3: Windows Live Toolbar beta

So I drew the short-straw and ended up with the Toolbar beta review. In fact that was a sacrifice I was willing to make, as we’d heard about some cool stuff coming in Wave 3. Alas, none of it made …

By Chris in News
September 18th, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Windows Live Mail Wave 3 – How to Create New Stationary

 

Unless I’m mistaken (which I very well might be) there appears to be a new button in Windows Live Mail Wave 3 beta to allow users to easily create their own stationary.

CreateNew

I’m come across numerous posts in the …

By Hackersoft in Developer
September 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm

Announcing Live Search Maps India

India has a new Live Search Maps site! Features are:

Street Maps for 9 important Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Jaipur and National Road Network of India with roughly 20,000 cities/towns/major localities (as points

By Sunshine in News
September 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

Virtual Earth Imagery Release – September, 2008

After no release for August, there is a 46TB one for September containing:

Orthos

  • Yakima, WA
  • Springfield, MO
  • Spokane, WA
  • Portland, ME
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Billings, MT
  • Minneapolis, MN (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Seattle, WA (UltraCam Refresh)
  • Las Vegas, NV (UltraCam Refresh)
By Sunshine in News
September 18th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

Live Mesh: Update Folder Conflict Issue

Were you wondering, just like us, why it got so quiet after the last warning about unmap/remap/uninstalling of Live Mesh? The team just posted an explanation/update on their blog. If you are interested in the technical details of …

By Sunshine in News
September 18th, 2008 at 11:25 am