1 Billion Requests A Month And Counting. Nice One Messenger Team

Keiji has posted on the Messenger developer blog that they have reached A billion requests a month with Windows Live Presence API.

Since then, a growing number of sites like Daum in Korea, and applications like the Windows Live

By kip in Developer
September 5th, 2008 at 10:35 am

Movie Maker to join Windows Live family with Wave 3

We first told you about Movie Maker moving over to Windows Live back in March, and our old pal Bill Gates confirmed it to Todd Bishop of the Seattle PI at the end of June.  Movie Maker, up until …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 4th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Wave 3 Is Coming: Mail with Windows Live Calendar sync

No, not the web version, that’s Windows Live Hotmail. We spoke about that one already. This time it’s about the desktop client, Windows Live Mail. That one is going to get a new version in Wave 3 too.…

By Sunshine in News
September 4th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Windows Live Messenger – more new features expected

So now that everybody is using the leaked Wave 3 Milestone 1 build, (oops we can’t talk about that) and Microsoft employees are using the latest Milestone 2 daily builds, we thought it was time to just cut to …

By Chris in Featured News
September 4th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

On the eve of Wave 3; the promise and the problems

It’s been three years almost since Windows Live was launched back in November of 2005, and the road from there to here has been anything but smooth.  Almost from the beginning, no one could seem to answer the simple question …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm

Live Mesh : CAUTION: Deleting Folders From Your Mesh Or Changing Folder Synchronization Settings Will Stop Synchronization Of That Folder On All Devices

The Live Mesh team just posted an urgent warning on their forum:

CAUTION: Please do not delete any folders from your mesh or change folder synchronization settings.

The Live Mesh team has discovered an issue with the latest version

By Sunshine in News
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 am

Windows Live Translators!

You won’t be Lost In Translation with these two:

Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot

A new version of The Windows Live Messenger Translation bot is now available! All you have to do is add mtbot@hotmail.com to your contact list …

By Sunshine in News
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Microsoft to introduce new laser mouse, (LifeCams ?) the same day as Apple unveils new iPods

NX8000_Stand_2NX8000_AFront_FY08_thb_jpg Next Tuesday, September 9th, for some strange reason is shaping up to be a Battle of the Hardware Announcements.  On the same day that Apple is widely expected to unveil a new line of iPods, which apparently only Kevin Rose …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 1st, 2008 at 11:06 pm

Windows Live Writer expiry prompt hints at new applications to download in the next month

If you’re a blogger and have written a blog post today using the latest Windows Live Writer Technology Preview (Wave 3 Milestone 1), then you were probably greeted with this update prompt.

 writer expire

This is the first time we’ve seen any …

By Chris in Featured News
September 1st, 2008 at 10:46 pm

MobileMe –like features coming to Windows Mobile?

Apparently our friend Long Zheng, recently flush with cash, likes living the high life and has been scouting out jobs at Microsoft.  His piece on “Skymarket” an upcoming marketplace for Windows Mobile, tells a part of the story on …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 1st, 2008 at 5:06 pm