Windows Live Messenger Library Updated – V2.5 Is Here

Keiji has just posted on the Messenger Developer blog that the Windows Live Messenger Library has been updated to version 2.5. Highlights of this release are:

  • Easier access to most common contact properties

    • Contact status, display name, personal message,
By kip in Developer
September 18th, 2008 at 9:02 am

Official Windows Live download site goes live

Oh Hai. Looks like http://download.live.com has now been switched on, so if you still haven’t installed the new Windows Live Wave 3 betas that we posted earlier today, now is your chance. Anybody else notice that the Wave 3 …

By Chris in News
September 17th, 2008 at 9:55 pm

Wave 3: Windows Live Photo Gallery – New Features

Along with the Windows Live Wave 3 beta download package – comes the new Windows Live Photo Gallery that we’ve been talking about over and over again. First things first, here’s what you get when you load up Photo Gallery:…

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

Wave 3: Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta – What’s New? A Comparison With 8.5

You probably read about Windows Live Messenger 9 (Wave 3) on here before but let’s take an even closer look. What are the changes compared to windows Live Messenger 8.5?

The Look (and visible features)

The first thing you will …

By Sunshine in News
September 17th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Wave 3: So much news, so little time

I'mAPC Hi, I’m a PC (lol just wanted to get that out of the way).  Wow lots of attention about Wave 3, funny how that happens when there’s no news for a year.  In this post we just want to clean …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 17th, 2008 at 6:23 am

Wave 3: Windows Live Mail – Calendar, Calendar, Calendar (And More)

When you install Windows Live Mail, either for the first time or as an upgrade to an older version, go straight to Calendar.  For the first time, Windows Live has a complete, working, beautiful, and fun calendar.

First of …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 17th, 2008 at 4:08 am

Wave 3: Windows Live Movie Maker Beta

Making its first appearance in the Windows Live suite, Movie Maker Beta is a solid new application lacking in basic features to make it actually useful.

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I’m a huge fan Windows Movie Maker in Vista because it offers a …

By Sunshine in News
September 17th, 2008 at 3:48 am

Wave 3: Windows Live Writer – A First Look

So now that you can download Wave 3, we’ve seen Windows Live Movie Maker and Windows Live Mail, now let’s look at Windows Live Writer:

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A lot of what is in this new beta was seen in …

By kip in News
September 17th, 2008 at 1:27 am

New Windows Live Photo Gallery API

As we alluded to earlier, the Windows Live Developer blog over at http://dev.live.com has just posted about the new Photo Gallery API:

Today, I’m pleased to announce a brand new, simple framework that enables developers to create photo

By kip in Developer
September 17th, 2008 at 12:53 am