Windows Live Hotmail launches in Belgium and India

Its been coming for a while but finally some action – Windows Live Hotmail has just been launched in Belgium and India. While there is no change from the M10 build that launched a few weeks ago, its nice to see …

By Chris in News
April 16th, 2007 at 5:56 am

Live Search for Mobile comes to the Blackberry

Mobile users are continuing to feel the love from Windows Live. For those Blackberry users who have been waiting to try out Live Search for Mobile, good news – a Blackberry beta version is now available for you at http://wls.live.com/

By Chris in News
April 15th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

Remix contest winners announced

Although Donavon updated his Mix07 post announcing the winners of the Remix contest, I just wanted to give a special mention to a few people who’s names I recognised.

Ian Muir came in the top three with Horror Flick

By Chris in News
April 14th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

No more Ideas – beta policy changing?

Last night saw the migration of the Windows Live beta pages from ideas.live.com to get.live.com. While this move now provides a central location for all Windows Live services, it puts a question mark over how future Windows Live betas will …

By Chris in News
April 13th, 2007 at 5:29 pm

Windows Live Gallery Gets Tweaked

Today saw an update for Windows Live Gallery which features new categories, and a new rating system for the users who upload something to show that these users are people you can trust to download their creations.

New Categories

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By kip in News
April 12th, 2007 at 7:07 am

Details on the Xbox keyboard emerge

One more post on the Xbox/Windows Live Messenger marriage.  While pricing or availability have not been announced, a picture of the new text input device, which fits in between the “horns” of the Xbox controller, has surfaced.

Kotaku has more

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 10th, 2007 at 1:26 pm

Live Earth lineup announced: Tickets available soon

Back in February, we reported on the upcoming Live Earth concert series, sponsored by MSN, to combat global warming.  Today, they have announced the lineup of artists who will be performing as well as the venues, spread throughout the …

By Harrison Hoffman in News
April 10th, 2007 at 5:04 am

It’s official: the press release on Windows Live Messenger on Xbox

Microsoft confirmed in a press release that Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360 will launch the week of May 7.  The 260 million plus Windows Live Messenger users will be able to connect with 6 million Xbox Live community members …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 9th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

Spaces survey hints at key areas for development

With user feedback being a key driving force behind Windows Live, the Windows Live Spaces survey currently linked from the Spaces homepage gives a possible insight into areas the Spaces team may be looking to develop.

Unsurprisingly a key theme throughout the …

By Chris in News
April 9th, 2007 at 5:26 am

Xbox 360 Dashboard update news: will include Messenger integration, more

A new video floating around the web today brings us news of an update to Xbox 360, including integration with Windows Live Messenger, allowing Messenger conversations from within Xbox, the ability to see what game a Messenger contact is playing, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
April 8th, 2007 at 9:57 am