New upgrade round, in two phases, coming up:
Phase 1. – For those who still aren’t using Windows Live Messenger 8.5 (Windows XP and Vista, optional upgrade):
…First, everyone running Windows XP or Windows Vista will get a prompt
Upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.5 coming
Earth? No, the Sky is the limit?!
We can already look at Earth with Virtual Earth, but what about the Sky? Microsoft doesn’t have anything for that yet. Yes, that’s right, YET! This might change on February 27th at the TED Conference in Monterey California:
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Microsoft DreamSpark – Free software development tools for students
On Live in Europe, Brian Groth reported students can get free software development tools:
Over on Channel 8, the video blog for students, Bill Gates just announced free software for students in a program called DreamSpark.
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Nielsen Online Web stats for UK in 2007: Google, WL Messenger in lead
Nielsen Online released some interesting web statistics for 2007 in the UK last week, which we found via Mess.be. Google Search was the most popular website in the UK in 2007, averaging 25.1 million British visitors each month, with …
Spaces v13 released: Hey Spaces team – blogging, ever hear of it?
News is filtering out that a new version of Spaces has been released, apparently last week, on Valentine’s Day (Feb 14). Our friend Dev at Hack MSN Spaces has a partial list of the changes, the most visible being the …
Microsoft, Yahoo!, the merger and Google – Online Video
First let’s take a look at some comScore statistics on this one:
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Google Video Sites: Yahoo! Video Sites: Microsoft Video Site(s): |
| Note: YouTube.com accounted for more than 97 percent |
LiveSide news: New poster Sunshine, expanded Yahoo! news, more
Our newest poster, Sunshine, from the Netherlands, has recently joined us to help out with all the news. She has started a series of comparisons between Windows Live and Yahoo! services, and has been generally helping out keeping up with …
Windows Live Developer Program for Mobile Announced
The Windows Live team has announced a structured mobile developer program that provides access to Live services in order to build rich and interactive, connected applications. This program is open to ISV (Independent Software Vendors), OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers, like …
Windows and Online Services get closer on Valentine’s Day with Microsoft reorg
Its been a while coming, but the latest Microsoft re-org has now been announced after several weeks of speculation. That’s not to say the earlier stories weren’t correct though, as Steve Berkowitz will be leaving Microsoft later this year.
The big …
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