In an email sent out to Windows Live users, Microsoft today announced that from mid-April, personalised Live.com pages will be available from http://my.live.com. Just last week, the title of the page switched to “Windows Live Personalized Experience”, suggesting that …
Albany Beta launches today, what is it?
Microsoft launches Albany Beta today, but what is it? The name reveals nothing. “Albany” is the codename for a new all-in-one subscription service of essential software and services for consumers. It consists of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007…
I’m Initiative Participants Select UNICEF as Top Charity in First Year of Microsoft’s Initiative
Remember I’m making a difference? Now a year has passed we get to know some of the results. The Initiative has raised $1.3 million in total.
…"The generous support and passion of our Windows Live Messenger customers participating in
Live Maps with Steve Lombardi: Part 1 – Explore Collections and Mapcruncher
The newest release of Live Maps last week introduced some pretty cool new features, and we thought it would be fun to have Steve Lombardi, a Program Manager for Live Maps, take us on a little tour. In this first …
Windows Live Hotmail “CAPTCHA” security compromised; bot attacks in 6 seconds or less, according to security blog
Via Ars Technica
The Websense Security Labs blog is reporting that a new bot threat is capable of defeating the Windows Live Hotmail CAPTCHA security measure, and can break that code in less than 6 seconds, create new accounts, and …
New Live Search News site spotted, testing Rome again?
This evening, for a little while, the Live Search News Site looked completely different from what we are used to. This is what we normally see:
We spotted it like this earlier:
Notice how it shows articles now instead …
Another project from the Ray Ozzie team: EXP – Microsoft’s Experimentation Platform
What happens when you change the look, or some other aspect, of a site? Does it increase traffic? Are you getting results? A new team at Windows Live, The Microsoft Experimentation Platform, is developing an experimentation platform to make …
Ready for Live Mesh? LiveSide to bring you “Live Mesh news”
Next week, at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, Microsoft is expected to unveil Live Mesh, a new product that will bring the first of Ray Ozzie’s services vision to light. Live Mesh combines a …
Live Maps Returns For UK Users
Live Maps has returned for UK users. Going to http://maps.live.com/ in the UK now takes you to just that, and not MultiMap. Let us rejoice!
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Live Maps back in the UK: the whole sorry mess explained
We gave you word last night that the Live Maps to Multimaps.com debacle had been resolved, and now we have a bit more explanation, from the Live Maps / Virtual Earth blog:
…But a couple of unfortunate bugs caused
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