Changes Afoot For UK Live Maps Users – A Heads Up

James Senior, a Microsoft UK blogger, has put up on his blog about an impending change to Live Maps in the UK. Don’t worry, we’re not going to see the farce that happened last time! The changes that will …

By kip in News
May 7th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

Live Search Design: Too many cooks?

A new blog entry on the Live Search blog from Evan Malahy, Designer, Live Search describes the “guiding principles for this latest version of Live Search” as Simple and powerful. Human. Fast.  And maybe indeed, the new look lives …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
May 7th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

Get Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free from Amazon.com

While we don’t usually do these kind of late-night TV infomercials, this one should be of interest to a few of you. Amazon.com is currently running a $30 rebate on Windows Live OneCare 2.0, which means after rebate you get it …

By Chris in News
May 7th, 2008 at 6:40 am

Messenger TV is coming soon

Remember Messenger TV? We’ve told you about the French version before. On May 8th Messenger TV will be released to the following 20 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, …

By Sunshine in News
May 7th, 2008 at 1:46 am

Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support Blog: Responding to Customer Feedback – Disabling DAV

We notified you about the changes Microsoft planned for accessing Hotmail with Outlook Express, the disabling of the DAV protocol. The transition deadline has now been postponed:

Recently, many customers received notification regarding Microsoft’s plan to disable the DAV

By Sunshine in News
May 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

Disney + Virtual Earth + Twitter + Flickr = Twisney

What do you get when you combine Disney with Virtual Earth, Twitter and Flickr? You get Twisney! Chris Pendleton, VE Tech Evangelist, writes the following on his blog:

Here’s a unique mashup – Twisney – Virtual Earth, Twitter

By Sunshine in News
May 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Microsoft’s i’m Initiative: Hotmail users can now give Microsoft’s money to good causes

I’m sure you know about the I’m Initiative for Windows  Live Messenger, but now you can also help out by sending mail with Windows Live Hotmail!

What is the i’m Initiative?

The i’m Initiative is a Microsoft program where

By Sunshine in News
May 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

Live Search new Home Page is here to stay

Seems like every time the new-look Live Search Home Page was tested, we happened to be online and caught it, but now the new look is here to stay.  If you don’t already see it at www.live.com you will soon.…

By Nick in News
May 6th, 2008 at 12:15 am

Live Mesh promo video shows Mac and Windows Mobile clients (xbox too maybe?)

Given Long Zheng’s passion for Microsoft promo videos, I thought it only fitting that we pay tribute and post about the Live Mesh one that has appeared on YouTube from the Web2.0 Expo. While I can’t offer high-res stills …

By Chris in News
May 5th, 2008 at 4:11 pm

Live Mesh synch: How to check sync progress to the cloud

While Live Mesh is not nearly feature complete, not even in beta until later in the year, there are some features that would be really helpful, like knowing how far along a synch to the cloud has progressed.  Currently there …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 5th, 2008 at 1:54 am