More information on Windows Live Wave 3

Mary Jo Foley recently reported on her blog that Windows Live Wave 3 have completed the M1 (Milestone 1) stage. Our friend Picturepan2 over at LiveSino was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to interview a manager for Windows …

By damaster in Featured News
July 24th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

Live QnA: About The Latest Updates To QnA

So Live Search QnA has updated, but what exactly changed? Let me recap the rather large QnA Team post:

  • You now get 1 QnA point for voting again
  • No more deduction of a point for abuse reports that
By Sunshine in News
July 24th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

TrueSpace 7.6 announced – amazing models, uploaded to Live Maps Collections or Virtual Earth

Chris Pendleton has a long post today about TrueSpace 7.6, and on his blog and also on the TrueSpace website there are some truly amazing renderings.  Check out some of the animations, along with the video on Chris’s blog.

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Using …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 24th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Microsoft announces reorganization – Platforms & Services Devision will be split up

In an unexpected move Microsoft today announced that the Platforms & Services Devision (PSD) will be split into two groups: Windows/Windows Live and Online Services. While the PSD President Kevin Johnson will work to ensure a smooth transition he will …

By Gregor in News
July 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am

Live Search coming to Facebook

This morning at the Financial Analyst’s Meeting (FAM), being held on Microsoft’s campus, Satya Nadella announced an extension of Microsoft’s U.S. relationship with Facebook to encompass search.  An email from Waggener Edstrom clarifies:

As part of the deal, Microsoft will

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 24th, 2008 at 3:02 am

Windows Live Photo Gallery Will Soon Recognize Faces In Pictures

 Digital Inspiration unveils a little bit about the face recognition in the upcoming Windows Live Photo Gallery:

Imagine this. You connect a digital camera to your PC for transferring photos and the software is able to recognize family

By Sunshine in News
July 24th, 2008 at 12:40 am

Microsoft releases new Outlook Connector with Windows Live Calendar beta synchronisation for all

 

Microsoft has just released a new version of the Outlook Connector, giving users access to the Windows Live services through Outlook. In what will be a popular move (judging by the comments on our last Calendar post), the …

By Chris in News
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 am

Live QnA: Next Release On July 22nd PDT, Site Down For Maintenance In The Afternoon

Live Search QnA, yes it still exists and still in beta form. Beta means there is still room for improvement and as such there will be a new release on the 22nd. In this release you should see several …

By Sunshine in News
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm

Virtual Earth: July Imagery Release And New Lead For Australia

Virtual Earth has a new Lead for Australia, Peter Ulm.

Peter Ulm has been with Microsoft for over a decade, most recently as the strategic account manager for one of Microsoft Australia’s largest accounts. He previously worked in sales …

By Sunshine in News
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Live Mesh Infrastructure Update

Work is being done behind the scenes of Live Mesh, today they are rolling out an infrastructure update:

Live Mesh infrastructure update

We will be rolling out an update to Live Desktop today, July 21. There will be no update

By Sunshine in News
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:12 am