IE 8 Beta coming soon – Download pages up now (links not working

Well we’re here in Las Vegas (more on that later), getting ready for Mix to officially start with the keynote this morning, and it looks like we’re not the only ones getting ready.  Thanks to LiveSide member pikalu0530, we can …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 5th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

Microsoft SearchTogether

In my article Tafiti and Windows Live Quick Apps, I told you how you can do a search project with one, or more, of your live Messenger contacts with Tafiti search Visualisation. There’s another method to search together …

By Sunshine in News
March 5th, 2008 at 10:50 pm

IE8 Beta 1 launched, links working now

By Sunshine in News
March 5th, 2008 at 4:17 am

Office Live Workspace Beta – Now Publicly Available Worldwide

Last week I reported about Office Live Workspace’s first feature update, now, just a few days later, everybody can get instant access to this service! It is now available, in English, Worldwide:

REDMOND, Wash. — March 3, 2008

By Sunshine in News
March 4th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

LiveSide at Mix

Well the Softies are descending on Vegas, and tomorrow I’ll be there too – just in time to meet up with Long Zheng and company, who has a bit of a longer flight from Australia than I do from Seattle. …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 4th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

Big IE8 News: Will support standards by default

Microsoft has just posted a press release announcing that IE8 will support standards by default, which is a change from what had been previously announced (that IE8 would support IE7 "mode" by default, and render to standards only with the …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 4th, 2008 at 8:35 am

MSN Toolbar beta commences – Signup now

As we posted at the end of last week, there is now a new MSN Toolbar beta in town. If you want to signup to use the beta, you can now do so on Microsoft Connect (places are limited …

By Chris in Featured News
March 4th, 2008 at 4:36 am

Silverlight On Your Nokia?

microsoft_silverlight_c Nokia announced today that you will soon be able to see Silverlight content on your Series60 (and earlier Series 40) Nokia mobile phones. The announcement comes just a day before Mix08 starts, and the press release states that:

Microsoft will

By kip in News
March 4th, 2008 at 3:29 am

Windows Live WebMessenger launches into beta

Having been spotted in dogfood back in September, Windows Live WebMessenger today moves into beta at webmessenger.live.com. Replacing the aging MSN WebMessenger, the new Windows Live version sports more advanced features that bring it closer in line with …

By Chris in News
March 4th, 2008 at 3:08 am

Obligatory sappy marketing digital lifestyle post

Video: Your Digital Lifestyle

I kind of like the tune, though…

By Chris in News
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm