New Windows Live Betas – Download Wave 3 Now! (Updated With International Goodness)

With the Windows Live Wave 3 beta due to start today, we thought we’d provide our readers with a small headstart on the rest of the world. Here’s the download links for the new Wave 3 suite of applications, including …

By Chris in Featured News
September 16th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

Todd Bishop, John Cook leave Seattle P-I to join Puget Sound Business Journal

Not really Windows Live news, per se, but Seattle P-I Technology reporter Todd Bishop has left the P-I to join the Puget Sound Business Journal, according to Twitter messages left by both him and fellow ex-P-I reporter John Cook.  …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 16th, 2008 at 8:17 am

Valleywag reports on Live Search “pay for toolbar download” scheme

The Microsoft Affiliate Network is apparently willing to pay up to $2.50 per Windows Live Toolbar download, according to an email acquired by Valleywag.  In the scheme, affiliate Marketer Kowabunga  would take on publisher affiliates for a fee, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 16th, 2008 at 7:11 am

A LiveSide Windows Live Poll: What do you expect from Wave 3?

Ok so admittedly we’re trying out some of the features of Community Server, just to see how they’ve improved in CS 2008. Haven’t quite figured out if we can host the  …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 15th, 2008 at 3:11 am

A little LiveSide housekeeping

logo As you might have noticed, we’ve made some more changes on our site – mostly to make better use of the capabilities of Community Server 2008.  Included in the new version are provisions for “widgets”, which we’ve added to …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 13th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

On blogs and leaks and news

Earlier this week Apple held an event to announce the new lineup of iPods, an event which has been breathlessly anticipated in years past.  This year, reaction was lukewarm, and the stock price dropped 4% immediately after the event.  This …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
September 12th, 2008 at 8:12 am

Community of sneaky geniuses – more Wave 3 teasers in our comments

You know what they say: “two heads are better than one”. The same is true for inquisitive users, as the comments to yesterday’s post on the new Windows Live Wave 3 betas showed.

First up was luisfelipe, who found an …

By Chris in Featured News
September 11th, 2008 at 11:53 pm

Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot: Time To Say Goodbye To The Prototype

As I already mentioned in my Windows Live Translators post, the new Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot (Tbot) has mtbot@hotmail.com as its Messenger addy. If you still have the prototype, mtbot-en_us@hotmail.com, on your list it’s time to say

By Sunshine in News
September 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Live Search coming to Blackberry, according to CNET News

Ina Fried at CNET News is reporting that Microsoft and Research in Motion are set to announce a deal to “make it easier for BlackBerry users to reach Microsoft’s Live Search”.  The announcement, reported to be coming on Thursday, will …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
September 11th, 2008 at 7:08 am

Stream Video And Location Together With GPS-Enabled Mobile Video

Want to show off your route along with your position on a Virtual Earth map? Take people on a tour with you without them physically there? All possible if you have a Windows Live Mobile phone with GPS. Chris Pendleton,

By Sunshine in News
September 10th, 2008 at 4:20 pm