Danny Thorpe of the Windows Live Platform team announced on his blog Momentary Gouts of Reason what he calls "a new kind of web component" the Windows Live Contacts Gadget.
…What's it for? The contacts gadget is client-side JavaScript
Windows Live Contacts Gadget beta released
Windows Live Ideas updating UI
Just noticed that Windows Live Ideas (http://ideas.live.com/) is now updating it's UI and though the page contains some errors right now, it's clear that all the Windows Live Services are starting to get the flair header along with …
Windows Live in Vista, LiveDrive, and OneCare: catching up on the news
Mary Jo Foley reveals that direct download links for Messenger, OneCare, Live Toolbar, and Desktop Mail are included in the welcome screen of Vista build 5506, rumored to be released to beta testers soon. Bink has a screenshot.
While …
Windows Live Favorites updated
Very quietly, some of the Windows Live services are being updated to include the new Windows Live UI. Yesterday, as JCXP noticed, Windows Live Favorites updated their UI and made some improvements, although as yet no word from the …
Interesting Windows Live Mail Survey
Just got an email from Michele Scotellaro a Live.com fan who has been kind enough to tell me about a post by Andre Da Costa in which he tells us how he got a MSN Research e-mail this yesterday morning …
First Windows Live Writer Plugins Become Available
It hasent been long at all since the first release of Windows Live Writer Beta and already we are starting to see plugins become available for this excellent blogging application.
The current list of plugins available for Windows Live Writer …
Some more on Live Writer; Is Live Clipboard next?
Lots and lots of buzz around Windows Live Writer, the little app from the Onfolio team headed by JJ Allaire. This one feels a little different than the Windows Live offerings up until now – first because it comes …
Exclusive: Interview with J.J. Allaire, Architect for Windows Live Writer
Now that the word on Windows Live Writer is out, LiveSide has the exclusive interview with J.J. Allaire, the founder of Onfolio and Architect of the Writer team. You may remember that Onfolio was acquired by Microsoft back in …
Windows Live changes the way you write your blog
Whether you are a full time blogger or you are just blogging as a hobby, we all have a need for the same thing: an easy to use blog editor to publish our entries from. Luckily, Microsoft recognized this need …
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