Ask.com Sponsored Listings now integrated into Microsoft adManager beta

Office Live is increasing the reach of small businesses everywhere with the addition of Ask Sponsored Listings, part of the IAC Advertising Network.  This is a huge deal for Office Live, which has had a bumpy past, and …

By Matthew in News
July 17th, 2007 at 2:34 am

ComScore: Windows Live gets a search share bump

Today, ComScore released their new set of search engine share stats for May through June and things are looking good for Live Search.

This reported 2.9% bump in Microsoft’s search share serves as more support to the Compete.com data that

By Harrison Hoffman in News
July 16th, 2007 at 5:08 am

Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta – A more detailed look

With the launch of Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta this week, we thought it was worth going through the program in some more detail to do it justice. It is more than a simple anti-virus program, providing both backup and home …

By Chris in Featured News
July 16th, 2007 at 4:32 am

Live Folders To Support Image Previews

image Just a small tidbit found over at the Live Folders Team Blog, they have announced that the next release of Live Folders will include thumbnails of any pictures that are in your folders.

Currently when you have a folder …

By kip in News
July 15th, 2007 at 2:38 am

MSN UK Full Page Live Earth Ad

Just opened up the MSN UK Portal (http://uk.msn.com/) and noticed that there’s now a Full Page Live Earth Interactive Flash Ad, which can be seen by clicking your mouse in the top right hand corner. I’m not sure if …

By Darren Straight in News
July 14th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

Version 2 of the Mobile Search application released

A new version of the Mobile Search application for Windows Mobile, Java-enabled phones and Blackberry’s is now available. New features in the client application (http://wls.live.com) include:

  • Movie times
  • Traffic directions and GPS integration
  • Cache option to save map imagery
By Chris in News
July 13th, 2007 at 7:49 am

Register Your @Live.com Address – No Hacks Involved [Unavailable Now]

I just went to register a new hotmail address, so I went to www.hotmail.com, clicked on Sign Up, selected a free account, and what did I get presented with? Well, this:

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Upon investigation, it looks to only be the @live.com domain at …

By kip in News
July 13th, 2007 at 5:33 am

Windows Live Quick Apps and New Live Partner Initiative

At the World Partner Conference in Denver today, they took a look at Windows Live and the opportunities that are there for companies to take advantage of the services that are offered by Windows Live. They showed off two applications …

By kip in Developer
July 12th, 2007 at 7:12 am

Live Search market share surges, according to Compete

Compete.com, one of a number of sites reporting search market share, has released figures for June showing a substantial increase in search share in June for Live Search:

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According to a blog on the site, much of this …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 11th, 2007 at 7:54 am

Windows Live OneCare 2.0 goes into public beta

After the earlier signs that the OneCare 2.0 beta was about to get started, its finally available for the public to test. You’ll need to fill in your email address and country to get the download, which has the …

By Chris in News
July 11th, 2007 at 3:38 am