Live Search in Europe: Microsoft announces plans to open a Search Technology Center

Microsoft today announced plans at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival to invest in Live Search in Europe. A new Search Technology Center will open sometime during the next twelve months in Europe. The location of the facility has yet …

By kip in News
June 17th, 2008 at 1:15 am

Uploading videos using the Silverlight Streaming plug-in for Expression Encoder 2.

This article gives a simple introduction to Silverlight Streaming that will allow you to turn your own video content into a Silverlight Streaming application ready for you to place on your website or blog using Silverlight Streaming plug-in for Expression …

By BronwenZ in Developer
June 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

Microsoft stops Windows Live VOIP services from July

Last year Microsoft announced that the existing VOIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. Currently this service allows Windows Live Messenger users to call friends and family using regular landlines and mobile phones, but this functionality is …

By Chris in Featured News
June 15th, 2008 at 2:30 am

Did Microsoft play Yahoo! like a violin?

While we stopped writing about the day to day exploits of Microsoft and Yahoo! a bit ago, now that it appears to be coming to an end we can’t help but make a few observations.  When Microsoft first approached Yahoo! …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
June 13th, 2008 at 3:50 am

Updated: Office Live Workspace, Hotmail, Windows Live Translator

While none of the updates are in the “mind-blowing” category, three Live services have announce updates this week.  First up, Office Live:

We have good news

We have taken all of the findings and with the help of the

By Kip Kniskern in News
June 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

Live Search adds nice twist to live.com: background picture(s)

Just opened up my www.live.com home page to receive a nice surprise:

livesearchpic

… the less than awe-inspiring blue-gray of the home page has been replaced by a background picture.  This would seem to open up a number of opportunities for …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
June 12th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

Another One Bites the Dust – Windows Live for TV

With all the news about Windows Live/Live Search products being dropped for good lately we almost forgot to add another one to the list  – one that never made it out of beta. After the first drop of Codename Orbit

By kip in News
June 10th, 2008 at 7:53 am

Apple announces Windows Live rival – we’re jealous

At Apple’s annual WWDC event, held today, Steve Jobs announced a new software+services product: MobileMe. Offering to synchronise emails, contact, and calendar data, the new service seems just like Windows Live. Except cooler (check out the screenshots) and …

By Chris in News
June 9th, 2008 at 6:39 am

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 released: now MSN Toolbar works

Bill Gates announced the availability of a new build of Silverlight at his TechEd keynote, and now the new version, Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is available for download. I won’t get into all the new features and improvements in the …

By Kip Kniskern in News
June 7th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Microsoft Videos – Official news, demos, how-to’s and more

In case you can’t get enough of Microsoft videos, there’s now a dedicated site for them in testing: http://preview.microsoft.com/video/. Built using Silverlight, the new Microsoft Video website looks to be a great central point for finding and viewing official …

By Chris in News
June 6th, 2008 at 11:44 pm