Mail Desktop to become Mail Center

maildesktop.pngUnsurprisingly given yesterday's announcement that the Windows Live Search client will be called Windows Live Search Center, Mail Desktop is to follow suit and become Windows Live Mail Center.

Ignoring the fact that the spelling is americanised and will …

By Chris in News
July 12th, 2006 at 11:36 pm

Windows Live Expo Launches in US, UK Beta to begin

WLExpo icon.gifAnother Windows Live beta product has graduated, this time Expo, the free classified listing site. Expo has been updated with a new look to fall in line with the Windows Live look and feel, including the Windows Live orb. …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 12th, 2006 at 6:24 pm

Ballmer announces Windows Live Search Center: soon in beta

At his keynote at the Worldwide Partner Conference yesterday (July 11), Steve Ballmer announced the new name for Windows Live Search (the desktop one), or OneView as it has been known internally, as Windows Live Search Center. The new …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 12th, 2006 at 5:53 pm

And…We’re Back

WLSoon icon.gifHello to all of our RSS readers out there. Sorry about leaving you in the dark for a few days, but the problem has been solved and now we're back and operating at full strength. The feed is fixed, so …

By Harrison Hoffman in News
July 12th, 2006 at 8:43 am

Office Live Beta in more countries

office live beta logo.jpgThe Office Live Team blog points to a sign-up page to get on a waiting list for when Office Live becomes available in four new countries: France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. No word on when the beta will …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 12th, 2006 at 7:54 am

Windows Live Messenger Yahoo Interopability releasing tonight

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According to the MessengerSays blog, Microsoft will be releasing a new version of Windows Live Messenger including Yahoo interoperability tonight.

With the new build, you will be able to add and talk to your Yahoo Messenger contacts within Live …

By Harrison Hoffman in News
July 12th, 2006 at 4:58 am

Windows Live Storage: Live Drive, Sky Drive, SDrive, Project M?

Lots of buzz around a first peek at Google's GDrive plans, and speculation on the Windows Live "response" has been in the news as well.

A bit of clarification on the Windows Live plans, as we know them. The project …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 11th, 2006 at 10:17 am

Experience Windows Live at experience.live.com

WindowsLive.gifFollowing the recent news about the new Windows Live promotional site called Inside Live, Picturepan2 has just let me know about another new Windows Live promotional site, this time called Experience Windows Live.

At the moment the Experience Windows …

By Darren Straight in News
July 10th, 2006 at 5:23 pm

MSN Spaces Friends Module now available in the UK

Great news for those of us in the UK (maybe other countries) who have been waiting for the MSN Spaces Friends Module for the MSN Spaces Friends Beta Network, because it's now available for your MSN Space.

"The Friends Explorer,
By Darren Straight in News
July 10th, 2006 at 4:25 pm

RSS Difficulties

As you may have noticed, we have been having some problems with our RSS feed for the last few days. We are working on correcting the problem and have a limited version of the feed up now (Headlines & Links …

By Harrison Hoffman in News
July 10th, 2006 at 8:23 am